Ironwood

Ironwood is a tree type commonly found on the hillsides in the Black Steel Hills. It is often used to make shields and weapon handles. Ironwood is known for its hard, almost impenetrable Heartwood, Sapwood, and Cambium, this in conjunction with its rarity throughout the rest of the world makes it a fairly expensive material. The dwarves living in the Black Steel Hills have sanctioned off most of the area where the trees grow. Careful harvesting and replanting have made it a modest commodity that a lot of larger, well-known blacksmiths use in their crafts.

Properties

Material Characteristics

Ironwood is dense like iron, it barley burn and has a grey coloration to it. The tree itself can grow up to 70 feet and has almost no branches along the trunk but has a lot of smaller branches in the end. They carry rounded matt grey leaves that disappear when autumn comes. An Ironwood Trees are seemingly immortal and no natural dead Ironwood tree has ever been recorded by humanoids.