Black Ivory Sap
Black Ivory Sap is a rare but thick, viscous resin that is secreted by the Sealed Ivory Trees. It is known for its many uses in the realm of espionage and ritual studies, from ink to sealants to paints, despite its rarity. Unfortunately, it is also known for its rather “baffling” smell.
The scent of the sap itself varies depending on who is smelling it, at least anecdotally. To those that are psy-reactive or carry such genes, it carries a distinct smell of gasoline. While to the few non-reactive people that have smelled the resin, it smells of rotting flesh. Its
This has led to some rather interesting myths from the areas that have had a tree or two pop up after strange psychic incidents that may have introduced seeds of the tree from one of the peleterras like Kaawa, if not a displaced tree itself. One infamous example is The Tarred Groom, a foundational myth from the Ridge Rider Tribe (name and article needed) in the Methati Plains area near The Ridges.
Despite its somewhat stained reputation, it is still a heavily used material even in the emerging era of synthetic manufacturing of many different kinds of psychic based materials and fuel sources. It is still used for ritualistic work as well as producing mobile sources of psychic energy and powers. It can also be used as a natural fuel for simple psyenergy based machines or lamps.
Black Ivory Sap is technically not a sap at all.
It is in fact a resin that the tree produces as a defense mechanism.
The tree's secretions range from a bright red to a deep blood red, which only adds to the grim outlook on the trees that the resin is harvested from.
It is added to the resin based ink to give it a slight reddish sheen, which is why it is referred to as philosopher’s blood. Its more mystical properties are the result of the tanner mentulpas' biological processing of the sap in the trees and which gives off psy energy as a by-product which is taken up by the mentulpas in the trees’ trunks and leaves.
The scent of the sap itself varies depending on who is smelling it, at least anecdotally. To those that are psy-reactive or carry such genes, it carries a distinct smell of gasoline. While to the few non-reactive people that have smelled the resin, it smells of rotting flesh. Its
This has led to some rather interesting myths from the areas that have had a tree or two pop up after strange psychic incidents that may have introduced seeds of the tree from one of the peleterras like Kaawa, if not a displaced tree itself. One infamous example is The Tarred Groom, a foundational myth from the Ridge Rider Tribe (name and article needed) in the Methati Plains area near The Ridges.
Despite its somewhat stained reputation, it is still a heavily used material even in the emerging era of synthetic manufacturing of many different kinds of psychic based materials and fuel sources. It is still used for ritualistic work as well as producing mobile sources of psychic energy and powers. It can also be used as a natural fuel for simple psyenergy based machines or lamps.
Physical Characteristics
Black Ivory Sap is technically not a sap at all.
It is in fact a resin that the tree produces as a defense mechanism.
The tree's secretions range from a bright red to a deep blood red, which only adds to the grim outlook on the trees that the resin is harvested from.
It is added to the resin based ink to give it a slight reddish sheen, which is why it is referred to as philosopher’s blood. Its more mystical properties are the result of the tanner mentulpas' biological processing of the sap in the trees and which gives off psy energy as a by-product which is taken up by the mentulpas in the trees’ trunks and leaves.
Properties
Material Characteristics
History & Usage
Discovery
There is not an exact date of discovery for the sap itself, Baroness Eliza Ecklebet, is noted as the first person to study and keep detailed records on the Ivory Trees of the Primordial Forest, which included the morph that produces the "sap". She would eventually earn a Crown Standard for her work with them and other ecological discoveries.
Most scholars often use the first dated entry she wrote about the trees' resins and saps as the discovery date of the material, (date), although the plains and forest peoples had been using it long before the Great Crack. Baroness Ecklebet does note extensively about the ways in which the people she was from used the material when they could get their hands on it.
Most scholars often use the first dated entry she wrote about the trees' resins and saps as the discovery date of the material, (date), although the plains and forest peoples had been using it long before the Great Crack. Baroness Ecklebet does note extensively about the ways in which the people she was from used the material when they could get their hands on it.
Value
Highly valuable among pyschics and spiritual communities
Rarity
Rare
Odor
Varies, noted scents are gasoline and rotting flesh
Color
Deep Red, almost black
Common State
Thick liquid
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