Mishka Larraq
Farmer's Daughter
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To make a fancy new metal
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Restricted Missions: Raging Mother
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Name: Bes'manda / Kyber Beskar / the Divine Metal
Manufacturer: House Larraq Plate and Blade
Homeworld: Mandalore
Production: Semi-Unique
Affiliation: Private Sales
Modularity: Can be mixed with other (non-restricted) metals, ores, and crystals during the forging process
Material: Force-infused Manda'yaim Beskar + Kyber Crystals
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Metal
Weight: Heavy
Quality: 8-10
Color: Usually shades of Gold.
DESCRIPTION
In the wake of the disaster that claimed billions of Mandalorian lives and forever changed the world, desperate survivors sought out any resource that could be traded for another days worth of food and supplies. For those familiar with the forging of Soul-Steel and hopeful that the functions of geology would play out in their favor, a quest began to find fresh sources of Beskar among the areas hit hardest by natural disaster. Morbid as it may be, the Blacksmiths understood that intense emotions and incredible loss of life could sometimes taint a world in a spiritual way. A taint that could sometimes be harvested if one was both skilled and lucky.
Located deep within flowing lake, rivers, and oceans of lava at only the most active and intense volcanic sites, Bes'manda is found in a still-molten form. Bright like molten gold and faintly glowing from within, Bes'manda ore slowly churns in on itself until it eventually cools to a solid state from the outside in. If allowed to cool, the Bes'manda will be destroyed and will become normal Beskar, albeit infused with the residual Nexus energy from the Mandalorian Cataclysm.
What makes Bes'manda truly unique though, is not the Beskar ore or the mystical energy that infuses it, but the subtle impurities that exist within the ore while it remains in it's molten form. Freshly upheaved from deep within Manda'yaim, Bes'manda is heavily saturated with micro-Kyber Crystals, each no larger than the head of a pin. While these fragile crystals are quickly destroyed during the natural cooling phase of the ore, they can be saved and enhanced by a skilled Smith if immediate action is taken.
With careful meditation and precise manipulation by a highly skilled metalworker, a combination that demands both years of experience and an affinity with the Force (or Manda, as the Mando'ade know it), the crystal matrix of the Beskar ore can be adjusted to match that of the Kyber Crystals held within it. As the metal is forged, the properties of the crystals and the ore become one. The result is a material that is both crystal and metal.
Sometimes called Kyber Beskar, any object crafted of Bes'manda is, functionally, a single, massive Kyber Crystal that retains all the properties of Beskar and is naturally infused with energy from a Force Nexus.
Strengths:
As the molten core of Mandalore destabilized and deep wells of molten rock were thrust up upon the surface of the world, rich pockets of metal ore, diamonds, gems, and crystals flowed forth as well. As these precious resources we're given birth to by Manda'yaim, billions of lives were being extinguished by fire and ash, causing a deep emotional scar upon the fabric of the force. A scar which seeped into and forever tainted the freshly birthed resources in the dark side of the force. Among these metals and gems, Darkside aligned Beskar ore could sometimes be found. Occasionally, this saturated Beskar ore would sometimes play host to an even more rare anomaly. This rare ore would come to be called Bes'manda, the Divine Metal. To aruetii though, it is known as Kyber Beskar.
A unique fusion of force infused metal with the properties of a rare and highly prized energy crystal, Bes'manda possesses all the properties of Beskar with additional mystical properties. Most unique of these properties is the capacity to absorb, amplify, and release huge quantities of energy, memory, and emotion. All of which were thanks to the rare Kyber Crystals birthed within the pure, molten ore itself.
While the residual energy from a Force Nexus event is typically Darksided in nature, due to the substantial loss of life required to create such an anomaly within the Force, the natural attunement of Kyber Crystals to the light side of the force shifts the attunement of Bes'manda and causes it to be strongly balanced within the Force and resistant to manipulation by individuals and effects that are strongly tied to either the dark or light side of the force.
Bes'manda is forged buy meditating upon the individual crystals and shaping the Beskar ore so that the metal adopts and expands upon these structures. Eventually becoming natural extensions of the powerful crystals, the metal slowly becomes more and more resistant to both heat and hammering as it adopts the properties of the Kyber Crystals. With each hour of forging, the metal becomes increasingly difficult to forge, requiring a steady increase in strength while maintaining a precise precision and force with each blow. Already hugely taxing upon the forging smith, Bes'manda comes with the added risk of exposure to Darkside energies.
While forging, the Smith is exposed to powerful memories and emotions from the Mandalorian Cataclysm and can easily get lost within the darkness that infuses the ore. However, the mind and attention of the Smith will also be drawn towards the more light-sided energy of the fledgling Kyber Crystals, upon which the Smith must focus to properly forge Bes'manda. By using these lighter-aligned Kyber Crystals as the base upon which the Bes'manda's crystal lattice is formed, the Smith is unintentionally shifting the alignment of the metal itself away from the dark side of the force and towards the light, creating an object of great balance that becomes neigh incorruptible to either side of the force.
During the forging process, smiths become facinated and fixated upon the crystalline metal and suffer addiction-like symptoms as they work with the metal, suffering from piercing headaches and insomnia as they feel drawn towards an imperceptible harmonic frequency said Smith will insist is coming from the metal.
Kyber Crystals, naturally light-sided, will resist attempts by both dark-sided and light-sided individuals to manipulate them and will feel hot to the touch for any individual to attempt such a feat. However, with great effort a Kyber Crystal can be dominated into submitting to the dark side. An act which causes the crystal to "bleed" and transition into a red coloration.
Kyber Beskar, on the other hand, is naturally and strongly tied to a balanced state known as a twilight axis and is highly resistant to manipulation towards either the dark or light side of the force, an act that would require a total crystal lattice shift for the entire object (an act that comes with the very real risk of accidentally shattering the object during some failed attempts). A feat made particularly difficult by the incredible strength of the metal which augments this crystal lattice. While nearly unheard of, the feat is possible and causes a dramatic shift in the appearance of the metal.
While twilight oriented Bes'manda is gold in color and radiates a golden light, Darkside dominated Bes'manda is black in color and radiates a red light and Lightside dominated (purified of the negative memories and emotions, each being replaced by a lifetime's worth of light-sided memories and emotions) Bes'manda is silver in color and radiates a blue light.
Technology Modifications:
Intent: To make a fancy new metal
Image Source: N/A
Restricted Missions: Raging Mother
Primary Source:
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Name: Bes'manda / Kyber Beskar / the Divine Metal
Manufacturer: House Larraq Plate and Blade
Homeworld: Mandalore
Production: Semi-Unique
Affiliation: Private Sales
Modularity: Can be mixed with other (non-restricted) metals, ores, and crystals during the forging process
Material: Force-infused Manda'yaim Beskar + Kyber Crystals
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Metal
Weight: Heavy
Quality: 8-10
Color: Usually shades of Gold.
DESCRIPTION
In the wake of the disaster that claimed billions of Mandalorian lives and forever changed the world, desperate survivors sought out any resource that could be traded for another days worth of food and supplies. For those familiar with the forging of Soul-Steel and hopeful that the functions of geology would play out in their favor, a quest began to find fresh sources of Beskar among the areas hit hardest by natural disaster. Morbid as it may be, the Blacksmiths understood that intense emotions and incredible loss of life could sometimes taint a world in a spiritual way. A taint that could sometimes be harvested if one was both skilled and lucky.
Located deep within flowing lake, rivers, and oceans of lava at only the most active and intense volcanic sites, Bes'manda is found in a still-molten form. Bright like molten gold and faintly glowing from within, Bes'manda ore slowly churns in on itself until it eventually cools to a solid state from the outside in. If allowed to cool, the Bes'manda will be destroyed and will become normal Beskar, albeit infused with the residual Nexus energy from the Mandalorian Cataclysm.
What makes Bes'manda truly unique though, is not the Beskar ore or the mystical energy that infuses it, but the subtle impurities that exist within the ore while it remains in it's molten form. Freshly upheaved from deep within Manda'yaim, Bes'manda is heavily saturated with micro-Kyber Crystals, each no larger than the head of a pin. While these fragile crystals are quickly destroyed during the natural cooling phase of the ore, they can be saved and enhanced by a skilled Smith if immediate action is taken.
With careful meditation and precise manipulation by a highly skilled metalworker, a combination that demands both years of experience and an affinity with the Force (or Manda, as the Mando'ade know it), the crystal matrix of the Beskar ore can be adjusted to match that of the Kyber Crystals held within it. As the metal is forged, the properties of the crystals and the ore become one. The result is a material that is both crystal and metal.
Sometimes called Kyber Beskar, any object crafted of Bes'manda is, functionally, a single, massive Kyber Crystal that retains all the properties of Beskar and is naturally infused with energy from a Force Nexus.
Strengths:
- Crystal Matrix produces a superior cutting edge and thermal dissipating capability to traditional Beskar
- Loses "special features" properties while within a Force Nullification field
- All stored energy is violently released upon exposure to a Force Nullification field
- Only a force user can communicate with Bes'manda, guiding it on how and when to unleash it's stored energy
- Glows faintly
- Serves as a focusing medium for meditation and certain abilities
- Possesses a memory and emotion based consciousness that borders on sentience
- Capable of non-verbal communication with other pieces of Bes'manda and force sensitive beings
- Saturated with the collective memories and emotional impact of the Mandalorian Cataclysm
- Radiates memory and emotion as communication
- Will feel warm to the touch to those it likes
- Will feel cool to the touch for those it dislikes
- Will feel hot to the touch (near-burning) to those it hates (Sith and ultra-good Jedi)
- Enjoys music, songs, and stories
- Seems to enjoy violence against Aruetii, particularly against Dar'manda, Jetii, and Dar'jetii
- Highly damaging/resistant to Sithspawn, Dark Side Spirits, Light Side Spirits, Purified Force Golems, or any other force infused entity strongly tied to only one side of the force
- Absorbs, focuses, and amplifies any form of energy
- Can store large quantities of absorbed energy
- Can control when and how to release stored energy
- Core temperature increases with amount of stored energy, can get hot enough to melt Durasteel like a lightsaber
- Glow increases in intensity when nearing limit of energy storage capacity
- Overloaded Bes'manda must vent excess energy, typically as an explosive pulse (uncontrolled) or directed beam (controlled)
As the molten core of Mandalore destabilized and deep wells of molten rock were thrust up upon the surface of the world, rich pockets of metal ore, diamonds, gems, and crystals flowed forth as well. As these precious resources we're given birth to by Manda'yaim, billions of lives were being extinguished by fire and ash, causing a deep emotional scar upon the fabric of the force. A scar which seeped into and forever tainted the freshly birthed resources in the dark side of the force. Among these metals and gems, Darkside aligned Beskar ore could sometimes be found. Occasionally, this saturated Beskar ore would sometimes play host to an even more rare anomaly. This rare ore would come to be called Bes'manda, the Divine Metal. To aruetii though, it is known as Kyber Beskar.
A unique fusion of force infused metal with the properties of a rare and highly prized energy crystal, Bes'manda possesses all the properties of Beskar with additional mystical properties. Most unique of these properties is the capacity to absorb, amplify, and release huge quantities of energy, memory, and emotion. All of which were thanks to the rare Kyber Crystals birthed within the pure, molten ore itself.
While the residual energy from a Force Nexus event is typically Darksided in nature, due to the substantial loss of life required to create such an anomaly within the Force, the natural attunement of Kyber Crystals to the light side of the force shifts the attunement of Bes'manda and causes it to be strongly balanced within the Force and resistant to manipulation by individuals and effects that are strongly tied to either the dark or light side of the force.
Bes'manda is forged buy meditating upon the individual crystals and shaping the Beskar ore so that the metal adopts and expands upon these structures. Eventually becoming natural extensions of the powerful crystals, the metal slowly becomes more and more resistant to both heat and hammering as it adopts the properties of the Kyber Crystals. With each hour of forging, the metal becomes increasingly difficult to forge, requiring a steady increase in strength while maintaining a precise precision and force with each blow. Already hugely taxing upon the forging smith, Bes'manda comes with the added risk of exposure to Darkside energies.
While forging, the Smith is exposed to powerful memories and emotions from the Mandalorian Cataclysm and can easily get lost within the darkness that infuses the ore. However, the mind and attention of the Smith will also be drawn towards the more light-sided energy of the fledgling Kyber Crystals, upon which the Smith must focus to properly forge Bes'manda. By using these lighter-aligned Kyber Crystals as the base upon which the Bes'manda's crystal lattice is formed, the Smith is unintentionally shifting the alignment of the metal itself away from the dark side of the force and towards the light, creating an object of great balance that becomes neigh incorruptible to either side of the force.
During the forging process, smiths become facinated and fixated upon the crystalline metal and suffer addiction-like symptoms as they work with the metal, suffering from piercing headaches and insomnia as they feel drawn towards an imperceptible harmonic frequency said Smith will insist is coming from the metal.
Kyber Crystals, naturally light-sided, will resist attempts by both dark-sided and light-sided individuals to manipulate them and will feel hot to the touch for any individual to attempt such a feat. However, with great effort a Kyber Crystal can be dominated into submitting to the dark side. An act which causes the crystal to "bleed" and transition into a red coloration.
Kyber Beskar, on the other hand, is naturally and strongly tied to a balanced state known as a twilight axis and is highly resistant to manipulation towards either the dark or light side of the force, an act that would require a total crystal lattice shift for the entire object (an act that comes with the very real risk of accidentally shattering the object during some failed attempts). A feat made particularly difficult by the incredible strength of the metal which augments this crystal lattice. While nearly unheard of, the feat is possible and causes a dramatic shift in the appearance of the metal.
While twilight oriented Bes'manda is gold in color and radiates a golden light, Darkside dominated Bes'manda is black in color and radiates a red light and Lightside dominated (purified of the negative memories and emotions, each being replaced by a lifetime's worth of light-sided memories and emotions) Bes'manda is silver in color and radiates a blue light.
Technology Modifications:
- Changed typo from Non resident to Non restricted - Cira 7/21/2017