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Blod

Follow the blod, and you shall find your path. -Empire proverb     Blood of the old world is streaks of dried, black viscous liquid, which streaks across the world, creating paths that are more easily traversable. Shortened to blod, it is believed to have been used as channels of magic in ancient times, but during the doom it was spilled into it's current form. Nowadays, the dryed blod is often covered in a thick layer of dust and sand. However, since trees have trouble growing over these streaks, they can still be used to travel through forests more quickly.

   

Origin

It is said that ancient magics flowed through these paths, enabling the people of old many luxuries, giving it the name lifeblood of the old world. The original make of these conduits is unknown, but during the doom it seems all of them got destroyed, spilling the lifeblood on the ground and marking the paths. After resurfacing, the blood of the old world was stiff and frozen solid in place, creating many paths that people could follow, and many settlements where made near these paths. On hot sunny days, uncovered patches of blod might melt just a little bit, showing it's old nature.

   

Spread

 

Blod is spread widely over the Empire and is used by travelers to move between settlements quickly. While quite common, due to it's hardness and heaviness, it is rarely excavated and used in construction. Broken pieces of blod can be used to create walkways and foundation for homes, but not many advantage are found between the use blod and rock. As such, it's main use persists as a natural web of paths, joining together the patchwork of settlements within the empire.

 

Properties

 

Blod is a black glassy solid that can be melted in low temperature. In it's usual form, it is contaminated with dust, rocks and earth, and is much harder to melt. Artificers have managed to extract pure version of the liquid, and describe it as thick and sticky. It is debated whether or not it's black color is related to the evil energies released during the doom, but no experiments have managed to isolate a version of blod that lacks the color.


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