Elemental Gems

Elemental gems, are rare stones that hold the essence of their respective element. The five types are fire, water, earth, wind, and electric- sometimes called volt.

Origin
Elemental gems are produced inside of a kobold's stomach and heaved up sporadically. Kobolds often then sell them at a high price. Only witches are able to naturally extract the energy from an Elemental Gem. While there are ways to extract this energy without beign a witch, these can be difficult processes with low sucess rates. Many non-magic users still covet gems and pay high prices for them, due to their brilliant colors, which appear to swirl about beneath the outer surface. When all of the energy is exhausted from an elemental gem, it becomes a dull grey and loses the visible swirling inside.

Earth gems tend to be the cheapest, as they are the most common type and aren’t as visually appealing as the others.

There is a fabled sixth type of elemental gem- the light gem. Information about this stone is introduced in the titular track from “Legend of the Light Gem.” According to the fable, a kobold who is pure of heart may produce light gems, which can then be wielded by a witch who is also pure of heart. The legend also mentions the light gem being used to create a bright blade. Chapter one of the NCU revolves around Kat, Grub, and Astrid venturing to Shinrin to investigate rumors that a kobold named Larv has produced a light gem.

Witches & Elemental Gems
Witches can pull the energy from elemental gems for offensive and defensive magic. Pulling the energy from these gems in other ways is very difficult, but it has been done in rare instances. Arden’s armor has earth gems socketed into it, and can pull their energy to conjure stones at his will. This is the only known extant example, although the royal family is researching other potential uses.

Trivia

 * The type of gem produced by a kobold appears to be random, although certain variables have been known to influence the chances of a particular type of gem being produced.

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