Glacierium
Glaicierium is a special type of ice found only on Reshyk. The material is often compared to Eskite, because its growth is fed by Flow. When found naturally, Glaicierium will slowly grow as it feeds off of the ambient Flow in the atmosphere around it. The growth is as slow as it is because Flow naturally moves through the atmosphere, so the amount it can absorb is limited. However, long ago, the Dwarves discovered how to bind this material so that it can only grow within the bounds of a given shape -- often in the form of large blocks or bricks.
Due to the extremely low levels of Flow found in Reshyk's atmosphere after the development of the Flow Condenser, Glaicierium doesn't grow very much naturally anymore. Instead, the Dwarves grow it artificially in factories. They will first roughly cut out a Glaicierium block, and then bind it to a perfect square or rectangular shape, and then inject Flow into the metaphorical "container" to artificially grow the Glaicierium rapidly to fill the space. Glaicierium grown by injecting Flow in this way grows much faster than naturally. The Glaicierium "bricks" are then used as a construction material.
Most settlements in Reshyk now use Glaicierium for their outer walls because it is cheap to produce and grow, and beyond being very sturdy because it is as hard as some softer metals, the Dwarves can easily "repair" a wall simply by having a team come by and injecting Flow into the binding of the brick. Although the Dwarves don't have to worry about a "siege" due to their advanced Runetech, if the walls were to be damaged, they could simply grow them back. However, if a brick is damaged enough, the binding will fail and the Glaicierium will be destroyed.
Glaicierium has become a popular export good for merchants traveling to hotter regions like the Yzerid Desert, where it can be used to create cool structures which will not melt. It is an alternative to Rimestone, which is a much better building material, but is much more expensive and not as abundant as Glaicierium. Besides, Glaicierium has no known magical applications, whereas Rimestone can be used as a reagent for created enchanted items.
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