Quenching
Quenching is the cooling of a metal, often done quickly under water. After purification through smelting, the next step is to cool down the metal into a storable or usable state.
It is simple enough to do, though care must be taken when handling the hot materials. The common way follows as such: The material must be cooled naturally to a solid state, never quenching liquified metals. Using any heat resistant technique or tool, commonly tongs, immediately dunk in the quenching material. This often takes form of a liquid, often water or oil but will differ depending on the material and technique. However, for constructs made out of common Copper, Iron, or Adamantite, it is more than enough.
Magically, water mages are of most use in this regard.
Through quenching, the metal is hardened throughout the material and its form is permanently solidified. Bending it from this point on would cause internal damage and stress and must be resmelted to reshape it.
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Viridium, Austereia, Prismithium
There are some materials that are best not quenched through the common ways, however. Viridium, Austereia, and Prismithium must not be quenched normaly, as it will dissipate its magical properties. The same goes with orichalcum, blue mercury, or any material that have been imbued with specific magical properties to be inherited by the construct.
Heat must be disperesed but it's magicality must be supressed so it will remain within the constructed form. A mage must take great care and supervise this portion carefully, and with great effort at that. Further special care taken when handing Viridium and Austereia as their inherent magic are particularly volatile, especially at higher amounts.
A way to mitigate this is through the use of Tyrium within the construct, it's property of magical absorption carefully utilized to contain inherent magic within various metals. Naturally, a great deal of skill must be used to prevent Tyrium from monopolizing such energies.
Quenching is the cooling of a metal, often done quickly under water. After purification through smelting, the next step is to cool down the metal into a storable or usable state.
It is simple enough to do, though care must be taken when handling the hot materials. The common way follows as such: The material must be cooled naturally to a solid state, never quenching liquified metals. Using any heat resistant technique or tool, commonly tongs, immediately dunk in the quenching material. This often takes form of a liquid, often water or oil but will differ depending on the material and technique. However, for constructs made out of common Copper, Iron, or Adamantite, it is more than enough.
Magically, water mages are of most use in this regard.
Through quenching, the metal is hardened throughout the material and its form is permanently solidified. Bending it from this point on would cause internal damage and stress and must be resmelted to reshape it.
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Viridium, Austereia, Prismithium
There are some materials that are best not quenched through the common ways, however. Viridium, Austereia, and Prismithium must not be quenched normaly, as it will dissipate its magical properties. The same goes with orichalcum, blue mercury, or any material that have been imbued with specific magical properties to be inherited by the construct.
Heat must be disperesed but it's magicality must be supressed so it will remain within the constructed form. A mage must take great care and supervise this portion carefully, and with great effort at that. Further special care taken when handing Viridium and Austereia as their inherent magic are particularly volatile, especially at higher amounts.
A way to mitigate this is through the use of Tyrium within the construct, it's property of magical absorption carefully utilized to contain inherent magic within various metals. Naturally, a great deal of skill must be used to prevent Tyrium from monopolizing such energies.