Special Materials

A number of special unique materials are found within the 011121 setting. Most of these materials are based upon Quantium.

Tectonium
Tectonium is a naturally occuring material in the Earth's crust (and theoretically may be found in other planets as well). Tectonium is notable for its vibration dampening properties. Tectonium is not all that rare but it is usually only found in trace amounts throughout the entire crust. Processing enough material to extract significant amounts of Tectonium is prohibitively expensive.

Quantium
Quantium is a rarely occuring natural material best known for its property of having quantum wells or traps. These wells can hold other materials or various forms of energy. Resonance effects of the wells amplifies the essential nature of whatever is within them.

No known method for synthesizing Quantium has yet been found. Excessively funded research into synthesis continues.

Amaranthium
Quantium with trapped Tectonium produces Amaranthium, a virtually indestructible blue-black metal. As the product of two rare materials Amaranthium is incredibly rare and worth a fortune.

Oblivium
Oblivium is Quantium with trapped antimatter. Oblivium is a superior energy source if properly controlled. As it implodes it produces enormous amounts of energy. Oblivium is considered a potential WMD by most governments. The difficulty of manufacture relative to nucear weapons has kept any arms race in Oblivium weapons from occuring.

Mote
Motes are quanta of magical energy. They appear as bright floating sparks and often are created spontaneously near powerful magic. The magically inclined sometime create artifacts directly out of motes. The Chromaforge are believed to have been created this way by Artiface.

Tenebrae
Tenebrae are shadow-stuff. They appear to occupy a nebulous area between magic and science being composed of neither motes nor any discernable matter or energy. Nevertheless it is indisputable that Tenebrae can affect physical objects and even become facsimilies of physical objects.

Umbrium
Umbrium is Quantium with trapped Tenebrae. Umbrium appears as a black mirror. It's uses are not well understood but it appears most often as a component in time travel devices.

Orichalcum
Quantium with trapped motes was first created by the Antediluvian Counsel though they had only the shallowest understanding of Quantium. Orichalcum is a powerful material for the creation of mystical artifacts. The Mirror of Nestezre was purportedly made mostly of Orichalcum.

Ymirium/Suturium
Ymirium is Quantium with trapped cold energy while Suturium is Quantium with trapped fire energy. Each provides a powerful amplifier for cold or fire energy sources respectively.