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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 20, 2005 17:58:17 GMT
What is korlinium supposed to look like? I don't recall any specific descriptions, but it appears quite frequently in the Magnakai adventures. The Lorestones are made of korlinium, and they initially glow with a golden light, which leads me to believe that korlinium is translucent (or can be, at least). However, Lone Wolf is later given a korlinium scabbard, and I hardly believe that is translucent (since it's supposed to hide the Sommerswerd, which glows). So... what's this stuff supposed to look like?
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Post by Thomas Wolmer on Jun 20, 2005 20:43:35 GMT
Book 8 offers:
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 20, 2005 20:58:08 GMT
So... is the korlinium the crystal or the marble? And if it's a bit of each, how is it "solid" korlinium?
I tell you, the damnable stuff keeps confusing me. I mean, I know how it reads if you don't read it closely, but if you scrutinize the verbiage, it's describing two different minerals, and doesn't specify which is korlinium. I would assume, I suppose, that it would have to be the crystal, but a crystal scabbard? Seriously?
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Post by Black Cat on Jun 20, 2005 23:03:09 GMT
I think that korlinium must be similar to asbestos in texture so that they can sew it into a piece of clothing and that it has the color of silver.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 20, 2005 23:06:48 GMT
So... the Lorestones are made from magic asbestos.
It's as good as any explanation I've seen thus far.
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Post by Honza on Jun 21, 2005 10:02:29 GMT
I think korlinium should have more types of crystal structure, like carbon.(Diamond and graphite are one chemical element). So the lorestones are "diamonds", and the scabbard is impregnated with "graphite".  |
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Post by Peregrine on Jun 21, 2005 11:20:07 GMT
The Lorestones are not made of Korlinium, but they come with Korlinium shells. I think the veins that glisten like liquid fire are the Korlinium of the quote; it's called 'marble' because of the marbling pattern, not because it's like the stone of that name, and it's spoken of as 'solid' because it's a pure vein, not an ore. My two korlinium coins anyway. |
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 21, 2005 15:37:26 GMT
I understand enough basic geology to know that saying "marble" is like saying "air" in that you're not talking about a pure form of anything, but saying that the term "solid" is meant to imply a pure vein rather than an ore sounds like ex post facto apologism to me. There's crystal, there's marble, and somehow this is "solid korlinium." This is rather like my saying something is an alloy of pure iron. I think Joe probably just intended to say it differently, but it sounded good so he never double-checked it.
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Post by Peregrine on Jun 21, 2005 17:47:25 GMT
But that's just it; 'alloy' is nowhere stated, and 'marble' is not necessarily incompatible with 'pure' if it is veins of unalloyed korlinium running through the crystal in a marbled way.
On a less semantic-pedantic note, I personally imagine that korlinium looks metallic, probably a very shiny-pale metal.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 21, 2005 18:17:14 GMT
I was using alloy as an example, not stating it was somewhere in the description. I'm not blind.
And while your argument has some merit, it still seems to me like you're hanging from a very thin thread.
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Post by North Star on Jun 21, 2005 21:46:49 GMT
The Lorestones are physically the korlinium shells, but spiritually they are the etheric essence of the Kai within them. After all, LW trained from them, leaving them as shells and then left them to recharge.
They're like artefact batteries.
NS.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 21, 2005 22:16:04 GMT
Right. I get that part. The part I don't get is what the korlinium looks like. This is the important part.
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Post by North Star on Jun 22, 2005 8:06:43 GMT
Hmmm. My opinion is that they are made of a translucent golden material (korlinium), with crystalline structure and appearance, but with metallic hardness, and that they glow with an inner light according to which Lorestone it is.
NS.
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Post by Nathan P. Mahney on Jun 22, 2005 9:09:25 GMT
I always figured it was some kind of crystalline substance. The Korlinium Scabbard, in my opinion, is not made completely from pure korlinium, but is lined with korlinium on the inside. Outside it looks like a regular scabbard.
So, does Pimp Rimoah have Korlinium Bling-Bling? (It's a special item, so I have to capitalise it.)
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jun 22, 2005 21:34:13 GMT
Hmmm. My opinion is that they are made of a translucent golden material (korlinium), with crystalline structure and appearance, but with metallic hardness, and that they glow with an inner light according to which Lorestone it is. NS. This is essentially what my mental image of the material is, but that doesn't necessarily mean that's what it actually looks like. Oh well. There may not be an answer to this question. |
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