Iron
Names: Ironsecret weaponblood-metalvitredur
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 44 (6)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 44Iron works against both Tanu and exotics like Howlers and Firvulag; the Lowlives intend it as a secret weapon against the Tanu.
- Ch 47Newcomers are not to be told about the iron until the day of the attack; only the most competent fighters get it.
- Ch 49Iron weapons pass through Tanu mental screens and can kill Tanu easily; dying Tanu cursed those who use the blood-metal.
- Ch 49Blood-metal: the slightest prick kills a Tanu, but human gold-torcs can be wounded and not mortally poisoned.
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 13Iron, called blood-metal, is absent from Exile and deadly to Tanu and Firvulag, though harmless to humans.
- Ch 15Iron was used in the Finiah battle with human allies; a dying Tanu engineer cursed all who use it, foretelling a bloody tide.
- Ch 23Thagdal suspects hybrids are immune to iron like humans, a focusing factor Bryan does not yet know about.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 5Iron is poisonous to the Tanu and Firvulag; iron weapons helped Lowlives and Firvulag destroy Tanu Finiah.
Connections
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