Codex - Indrik-hide Strap

Galen Codex - Indrik-hide Strap

• Verita Numida Frog Metal Buckle How unusual, a belt buckle made of buoyant steel. Perhaps intended for a sailor's belt? The properties of frog metal are well documented, though its origins are still a bit murky.
• Amalien Frog Metal Buckle Very true. Whenever you're dealing with a piece like this, determining whether it's a primary-source creation from an alchemical process. Old Syrabane in action again! Or made from a reclaimed chunk of Thrassian material is a useful step.
• Reginus Buca Frog Metal Buckle All indications suggest this was primary source. If the papers are true and Syrabane himself did develop the process to artificially create the metal, this may have been forged by his hand. It's certainly old enough.
• Gabrielle Benele Silverthread Stitching Thread made of silver is not all that uncommon, especially in the workshops of magic-minded craftsfolk. But the skill with which this has been spun is breathtaking. It reminds me of the jewelry worn by Sapiarchs, actually.
• Ugron gro-Thumog Silverthread Stitching I agree. Consider too, the broader implications of silverweaving in Aldmeri culture. The purity, the disconnect from broad Tamriel norms. Whatever this stitching was intended for, clearly it was highly valued by the crafter.
• Amalien Silverthread Stitching Disconnect from broad Tamriel norms, you say. Regardless of the editorializing, it's beautiful. If the stories are true and Syrabane did teach my people this art, it's a gift we can never repay him for. I wish we still had the knack.
• Reginus Buca Iridescent Pearlwater Wash How intriguing, this pot contains a blend of sea water (Eltheric, I believe) and ground pearl. Leaves such a delightful sheen on materials when applied. Do you think it was ceremonial or mystical in nature?
• Amalien Iridescent Pearlwater Wash I'm not familiar with any cultures that make regular use of pearlwater in ceremonies, though most sea-faring groups do make use of oceanic byproducts. The aesthetic effect is quite pleasant. Verita, what mystical implications might this have?
• Verita Numida Iridescent Pearlwater Wash Symbolically, the pearl's association with the hard shells of clams could represent some kind of defensive element? I can think of a half dozen ways to incorporate pearlwater in protective magics, though I've never seen a reagent quite like this.
• Reginus Buca Rune-scribed Braces These brackets are made up a few different metals, and sized for a belt of some kind. Interesting, if a bit of over kill. Why would you need multiforging techniques to brace something that holds up your breeches?
• Verita Numida Rune-scribed Braces The materials, as well! Gold, frog metal, silver, stahlrim. Needlessly complex, but quite potent from an arcane perspective. If I had to guess, these metals were chosen as much for their symbolic properties as for their physical ones.
• Gabrielle Benele Rune-scribed Braces I believe I may have an answer. A tiny stamp on one of the braces, a maker's mark. Syrabane himself, from the time of the All-Flags Navy. Perhaps, as you said, Verita, he forged this melting pot of metals in symbolic resonance to the armada.
• Amalien Indrik-hide Strap I'm not even sure where to start. It took a great deal of research to even determine the beast of origin. I was very surprised to learn it's Indrik hide. Not a material you regularly find in the finest of clothing, let alone used as a humble belt strap.
• Ugron gro-Thumog Indrik-hide Strap The fact that Indrik was used indicates either this piece was connected to a sacred relic of Aldmeri faith, or perhaps just that the crafter had access to a dead Indrik. Either way, it's a unique opportunity to study the material properties of the hide.
• Gabrielle Benele Indrik-hide Strap I am going to go with the former. Or at least, I posit that the crafter at least had some respect for Summerset social norms. I believe the beast was dead for some time before the strap was cut free, fitting for a beast so majestic.