https://wiki.massivecraft.com/index.php?title=Jade&feed=atom&action=historyJade - Revision history2024-03-28T21:34:02ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.38.1https://wiki.massivecraft.com/index.php?title=Jade&diff=48222&oldid=prevHydraLana at 20:37, 18 December 20232023-12-18T20:37:16Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an often-green gemstone with both a rough and glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down, carved, and treated. While rarely found in wider [[Aloria]], its greatest deposits are instead unearthed in distant [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Zhong</del>]], making it a valuable component of jewelry to [[Ailor]] and other groups while to the [[Sihai]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>it is common<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>and<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, in fact, </del>vital to their very survival. Jade is also used to create decorative items in homes for the Sihai, with ornate and beautiful carvings of [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong </del>Dragon]]s often etched into the material’s surface. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an often-green gemstone with both a rough and glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down, carved, and treated. While rarely found in wider [[Aloria]], its greatest deposits are instead unearthed in distant [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jadeheart</ins>]], making it a valuable component of jewelry to [[Ailor]] and other groups<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>while to the [[Sihai]] it is common and vital to their very survival. Jade is also used to create decorative items in homes for the Sihai, with ornate and beautiful carvings of [[Dragon]]s often etched into the material’s surface. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==History==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==History==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade was well known to the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Altalar]] of [[Daen</del>]] for millennia, but was extremely rare in their voyages across the world during the dominance of the [[Allorn Empire]]. However, one land <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which </del>was abundant in Jade was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Zhong and [[Sheng]], </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lands of [[The Far East]] </del>which the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Altalar </del>eagerly sought out over the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">centuries </del>of their thriving civilization. But unlike <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Alorian </del>Jade, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai-based </del>Jade had an innate connection with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">those who were native to its homeland</del>, and the Sihai largely barred its sale to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these </del>outsiders. Yet, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Altalar </del>had their ways, and a slow stream of Sihai-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">based </del>Jade would filter into the Allorn Empire. However, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with </del>the [[Cataclysm]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, many things across the world changed, chief among which was the nature of Jade. Jade appeared in Aloria more commonly, surfacing in deposits scattered over the western reaches of the world. However, in The Far East, Zhongan Jade became beyond powerful</del>. The Jade Wall rose in opposition to the [[Akula]], [[Void]] monsters <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pushed </del>from <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wider Aloria to these distant lands</del>, but were repelled. Huge pieces of Jade emerged from the waters as well, forming crystalline plates over the waves or lodging themselves deep into the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">water</del>, while the island of Dexai itself was half-frozen in the material, locked as the only spot where the Wall did not exist. In the following decades, the Sihai came to use Jade ever <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">more </del>increasingly, such was its abundance and new importance as a symbol of their people’s strength and fortitude. Sihai <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Engineering </del>in particular perfected ornate and beautiful uses for Jade into [[Jadetech]], an entire school that now works to defend the Jade Wall<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>and protect the Sihai of the world. Today, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Zhongan </del>Jade<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">source for all </del>Sihai <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stocks, remains close to their [[Race]] while </del>Jade in wider Aloria is rare, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </del>often <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of </del>more diverse colorations, leaving it to fall into the hands of the wealthy though many still quest after the splendor of Jadetech <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and more</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade was well known to the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Elves</ins>]] for millennia, but was extremely rare in their voyages across the world during the dominance of the [[Allorn Empire]]. However, one land <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </ins>was abundant in Jade was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jadeheart (giving </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">area its designation on Ailor charts) </ins>which the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Allorn </ins>eagerly sought out over the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">millennia </ins>of their thriving civilization. But unlike <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deposits found elsewhere</ins>, Jade had an innate connection with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the local people</ins>, and the Sihai largely barred its sale to outsiders. Yet, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Allorn </ins>had their ways, and a slow stream of Sihai-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mined </ins>Jade would filter into the Allorn Empire. However, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in Jadeheart, Jade became beyond powerful a short time before </ins>the [[Cataclysm]]. The Jade Wall rose in opposition to the [[Akula]], [[Void]] monsters <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that surfaced </ins>from <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the deep</ins>, but <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who </ins>were repelled. Huge pieces of Jade emerged from the waters as well, forming crystalline plates over the waves or lodging themselves deep into the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ocean</ins>, while the island of Dexai itself was half-frozen in the material, locked as the only spot where the Wall did not exist. In the following decades, the Sihai came to use Jade ever increasingly, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>such was its abundance and new importance as a symbol of their people’s strength and fortitude. Sihai <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">engineering </ins>in particular perfected ornate and beautiful uses for Jade into [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Technology Branches|</ins>Jadetech]], an entire school that now works to defend the Jade Wall and protect the Sihai of the world. Today, Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">remains treasured by </ins>the Sihai<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. While </ins>Jade in wider Aloria is rare, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">though not as sought after. It also </ins>often <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has </ins>more diverse colorations, leaving it to fall into the hands of the wealthy though many still quest after the splendor of Jadetech.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Characteristics==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Characteristics==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Appearance===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Appearance===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an opaque gemstone with colors ranging from pale mint to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </del>mossy green, while singular shades out of this spectrum include pale yellows, dull oranges, whites, and blacks. The verdant tones are exclusively seen in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai-born </del>Jade, while <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aloria’s </del>Jade is known to have examples of all colors. In its natural state, it exists in large veins edged by pale green to white sections easily visible when <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">once </del>first cut through. Once the material has been refined, these pale white sections are largely carved away, leaving behind a waving pattern of lighter and darker shades of the primary color throughout. It also possesses a rough, oily texture that retains only a mild shine once it is treated<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Zhongan Jade is also notable for being able to throb with unseen energy, which reacts to the presence of the Sihai</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an opaque gemstone with colors ranging from pale mint to mossy green, while singular shades out of this spectrum include pale yellows, dull oranges, whites, and blacks. The verdant <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">green </ins>tones are exclusively seen in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">eastern </ins>Jade, while Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">found elsewhere </ins>is known to have examples of all colors. In its natural state, it exists in large veins edged by pale green to white sections easily visible when first cut through. Once the material has been refined, these pale white sections are largely carved away, leaving behind a waving pattern of lighter and darker shades of the primary color throughout. It also possesses a rough, oily texture that retains only a mild shine once it is treated.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===General Uses===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===General Uses===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has many uses for many different groups. The most common that Alorians will experience is its use in decoration, crafted into all sorts of jewelry and accessories for those who can gain access to them. Jade jewelry outside of Sihai circles largely finds itself partnered with [[Silver]], and while art made using Jade is rare, some [[Allar]] and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Altalar </del>have been known to carve small decorative items or detailed pendant images. For the Sihai, their jewelry pieces often feature raw pieces of the substance, since they might use the material for a range of purposes due to their power over <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Zhong-originating </del>Jade. However, other pieces are known to be carved into a final form in Sihai society, from statues to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wall </del>murals to simple clothing clasps, hair combs, or symbols of public office. They are also used in Sihai construction, often still serving to clad buildings, or to be incorporated into the floors of a magnificent structure. Finally, there is Jade’s use in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Engineering</del>, the entire sphere of Jadetech as developed by the nation of Dexai <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in Zhong</del>, and then spread to other groups of Sihai. Embellished with [[Gold]], and often carved with imagery of nature, this technology is impressive to watch being made, as much as it is to see the final product.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has many uses for many different groups. The most common that Alorians will experience is its use in decoration, crafted into all sorts of jewelry and accessories for those who can gain access to them. Jade jewelry outside of Sihai circles largely finds itself partnered with [[Silver]], and while art made using Jade is rare, some [[Allar]] and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Teledden </ins>have been known to carve small decorative items or detailed pendant images. For the Sihai, their jewelry pieces often feature raw pieces of the substance, since they might use the material for a range of purposes due to their power over Jade. However, other pieces are known to be carved into a final form in Sihai society, from statues to murals to simple clothing clasps, hair combs, or symbols of public office. They are also used in Sihai construction, often still serving to clad buildings, or to be incorporated into the floors of a magnificent structure. Finally, there is Jade’s use in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">engineering</ins>, the entire sphere of Jadetech as developed by the nation of Dexai, and then spread to other groups of Sihai. Embellished with [[Gold]], and often carved with imagery of nature, this technology is impressive to watch being made, as much as it is to see the final product.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Some Sihai who travel to Aloria make it a mission to hunt down and reclaim Jade of their ancient homeland in the possession of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Altalar in Daen</del>. Such <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an affair</del>, while difficult, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is </del>made easier due to the abilities of the Sihai to call and summon <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">native-born </del>Jade to them.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Some Sihai who travel to Aloria make it a mission to hunt down and reclaim <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>Jade of their ancient homeland in the possession of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outsiders</ins>. Such <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">efforts</ins>, while difficult, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">are </ins>made easier due to the abilities of the Sihai to call and summon Jade to them.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Jade among the Allar seen in wider Aloria is rare today, though it was more common back on [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sendras</del>]] and many believe it is still used to decorate the form of Sendrassian elites<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Jade among the Allar seen in wider Aloria is rare today, though it was more common back on [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hadar|Sendrass</ins>]] and many believe it is still used to decorate the form of Sendrassian elites.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </del>green gemstone with both a rough and glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down, carved, and treated. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It can only be mined </del>in [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dexai</del>]], making it a valuable component to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jewelry. Each </del>[[Sihai <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dynasty</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">uses a unique decorative insignia made at least partly out of the gemstone</del>. Jade is also used <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a </del>decorative <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">item </del>in homes, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">along the </del>[[Loong Dragon]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temples architecture, and jewelry. Some currencies of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai also uses Jade as a decorative centerpiece to small bolt-shaped coins. It’s common in present-day to see many Jade artifacts or art that glorifies the Loong Dragons and their actions that benefitted the Sihai</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an often-</ins>green gemstone with both a rough and glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down, carved, and treated. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">While rarely found in wider [[Aloria]], its greatest deposits are instead unearthed </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">distant </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Zhong</ins>]], making it a valuable component <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of jewelry </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Ailor]] and other groups while to the </ins>[[Sihai]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, it is common, and, in fact, vital to their very survival</ins>. Jade is also used <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to create </ins>decorative <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">items </ins>in homes <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for the Sihai</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with ornate and beautiful carvings of </ins>[[Loong Dragon]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">s often etched into </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material’s surface</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has been an exclusive resource </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai and Dexai lands </del>for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">centuries. The mines leading to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resource are believed to have been manifested by </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong Dragons themselves, guiding </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai’s common dynasty before anything to the resource</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Since then</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">upbringing </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">many other Dynasties for </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai, </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gem has been used in art</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">architecture, jewelry</del>, and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">currency. Jades mythology orients around </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong Dragons, believed that the gem was aesthetically pleasing </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the deities</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The gem can be seen in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">present day used by each upbringing Dynasty</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">With the formation of </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">War Dynasty</del>]], the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gem </del>was <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">artistically molded by skilled metallurgist </del>in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shape </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a pendant with </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">insignia of two cross bladed eastern blades</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Other culturally specific pendants exist including the shape of a small Sihai calendar used by </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Greater Dynasty</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">during its initial creation</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The other Dynasties focus on less specific shapes</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">simply molding pendants into </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shapes of their occupations </del>or <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">religious symbols of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong Dragons themselves. </del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was well known </ins>to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Altalar]] of [[Daen]] </ins>for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">millennia, but was extremely rare in their voyages across </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world during </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dominance of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Allorn Empire]]</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">one land which was abundant in Jade was Zhong </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Sheng]], </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lands </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[The Far East]] which </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Altalar eagerly sought out over </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">centuries of their thriving civilization. But unlike Alorian Jade</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai-based Jade had an innate connection with those who were native to its homeland</ins>, and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai largely barred its sale </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these outsiders</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yet, Altalar had their ways, and a slow stream of Sihai-based Jade would filter into </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Allorn Empire</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However, with </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Cataclysm</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">many things across </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world changed, chief among which </ins>was <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the nature of Jade. Jade appeared </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aloria more commonly, surfacing in deposits scattered over </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">western reaches </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">world. However, in The Far East, Zhongan Jade became beyond powerful</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Jade Wall rose in opposition to </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Akula]], [[Void</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">monsters pushed from wider Aloria to these distant lands, but were repelled</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Huge pieces of Jade emerged from the waters as well</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">forming crystalline plates over </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">waves </ins>or <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lodging themselves deep into </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">water</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">while the island of Dexai itself was half-frozen </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the material</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">locked </ins>as the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only spot where </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wall did not exist. In </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">following decades, </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai came to use Jade ever more increasingly, such was its abundance and new importance as a symbol of their people’s strength and fortitude</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai Engineering in particular perfected ornate and beautiful uses for Jade into </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jadetech</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an entire school that now works </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">defend </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade Wall</ins>, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">protect </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai </ins>of the world. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Today, Zhongan Jade</ins>, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">source for all Sihai stocks, remains close </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their [[Race]] while </ins>Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in wider Aloria </ins>is rare<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and often </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">more diverse colorations</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">leaving it </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">fall </ins>into the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hands </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wealthy though many still quest </ins>after the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">splendor </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jadetech and more</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade</del>, in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">present-day</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">is used </del>as <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a high-class luxury good that brings about a trade surplus to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dexai lands, exported by </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exterior trading posts along </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">isles outside </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dexai mainlands</del>. [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ithania</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in particular takes a great interest in the stone</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">its upper class soughting it out specifically for the jewelry and art made from it. In contrast </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exported resource</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the metallurgy skills to carving </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shaping Jade is very specific and closed off to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rest </del>of the world. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">As such</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">finding a metallurgist who is not of sihai descent with </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">skills </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mold </del>Jade is rare<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The market </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade sculpting has always been perceived to be a risky one</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as in some cases the gems are hollow, depleting its value </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a great degree once cut </del>into <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">by a sihai metallurgist. A hollow lump of Jade often reveals a contingency to </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">intended design </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sculpting, making </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">market for Jade sculpting a gamble. It’s not uncommon to see Sihai metallurgists in the past spend their savings on one stone for sculpting, only to find themselves in poverty </del>after <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">discovering the stone is hollow soon after with very little value or potential. In vise versa, Sihai metallurgists have also been noted going rich overnight by </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">auction </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a finalized art sculpture out of Jade</del>. </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Characteristics==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Characteristics==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Appearance===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Appearance===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">almost translucent gem </del>with colors ranging from pale mint to a mossy green. In its natural state, it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">looks like a dirty-green stone surrounded </del>by pale white <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">colors that appears in large veins</del>. Once <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">it is </del>refined, these pale white sections are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mostly </del>carved away, leaving behind a waving pattern of lighter and darker <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">greens </del>throughout. It also possesses a rough, oily texture that retains only a mild shine once it is treated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">opaque gemstone </ins>with colors ranging from pale mint to a mossy green<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, while singular shades out of this spectrum include pale yellows, dull oranges, whites, and blacks. The verdant tones are exclusively seen in Sihai-born Jade, while Aloria’s Jade is known to have examples of all colors</ins>. In its natural state, it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">exists in large veins edged </ins>by pale <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">green to </ins>white <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sections easily visible when once first cut through</ins>. Once <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the material has been </ins>refined, these pale white sections are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">largely </ins>carved away, leaving behind a waving pattern of lighter and darker <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shades of the primary color </ins>throughout. It also possesses a rough, oily texture that retains only a mild shine once it is treated<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Zhongan Jade is also notable for being able to throb with unseen energy, which reacts to the presence of the Sihai</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===General Uses===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===General Uses===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">several </del>uses <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">despite being limited </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>Sihai and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wealthy upper class</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">They are primarily used decoratively in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">architecture </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong Dragon temples in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dexai mainland where there are often entire panels </del>for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the walls, tiling the floor or features </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the roof itself</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The gemstone is used </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">make art</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as carved statuettes </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">dragons and local wildlife </del>are <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">popular among </del>Sihai <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">artists. The mineral can be used </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">make jewelry as</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">like many gemstones, it can </del>be <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cut and crafted </del>into <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earrings</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">necklaces</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">brooches </del>and other <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">items</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It is most commonly paired </del>with [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Silver</del>]]<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The final use for Jade is in the currency of Sihai</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which is made up of </del>carved <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade tablets and small cog like coins </del>with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an interior circle </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade with similar material carved into it that hold information only meaningful </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Sihai found there. In the rest of Aloria</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they are almost useless save to eccentric collectors.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">many </ins>uses <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for many different groups. The most common that Alorians will experience is its use in decoration, crafted into all sorts of jewelry and accessories for those who can gain access </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">them. Jade jewelry outside of </ins>Sihai <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">circles largely finds itself partnered with [[Silver]], and while art made using Jade is rare, some [[Allar]] </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Altalar have been known to carve small decorative items or detailed pendant images</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">For </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai, their jewelry pieces often feature raw pieces </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">substance, since they might use </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">material </ins>for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a range </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">purposes due to their power over Zhong-originating Jade</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However, other pieces are known to be carved into a final form in Sihai society, from statues to wall murals </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">simple clothing clasps, hair combs</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or symbols </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">public office. They </ins>are <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also used in </ins>Sihai <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">construction, often still serving </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">clad buildings</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">or to </ins>be <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">incorporated </ins>into <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the floors of a magnificent structure. Finally, there is Jade’s use in Engineering</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the entire sphere of Jadetech as developed by the nation of Dexai in Zhong</ins>, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">then spread to </ins>other <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">groups of Sihai</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Embellished </ins>with [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gold</ins>]], <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and often </ins>carved with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">imagery </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">nature, this technology is impressive </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">watch being made</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as much as </ins>it is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to see the final product</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">===Abilities===</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade has no inherent properties; </del>it is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">capable of a slight shine once cut, but this requires a concerted effort</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Trivia==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Trivia==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Some Sihai <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">believe that </del>Jade <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">aids </del>in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ritual </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Cleansing</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </del>it is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">often performed in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temples</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">For added “potency”</del>, some <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">secure </del>Jade <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">talismans around the subject before they are purified</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Some Sihai <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who travel to Aloria make it a mission to hunt down and reclaim </ins>Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of their ancient homeland </ins>in the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">possession </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Altalar in Daen. Such an affair</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">while difficult, is made easier due to the abilities of the Sihai to call and summon native-born Jade to them.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*Jade among the Allar seen in wider Aloria is rare today, though it was more common back on [[Sendras]] and many believe </ins>it is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">still used to decorate </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">form of Sendrassian elites</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*The most notable Jade artifact is a [[Suvial]]-forged dagger known</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">somewhat confusingly, as The Emerald Blade. Lost during the Cataclysm, it is sought after by Suvial to this day, but also by </ins>some <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai who believe the </ins>Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used to adorn its hilt is of their homeland</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Writers = HydraLana<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, JarrettdaCarrot</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Writers = HydraLana</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Processors = <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">HydraLana</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AlphaInsomnia</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|Processors = <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Acosmism</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">BillyTheScruffy</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>HydraLanahttps://wiki.massivecraft.com/index.php?title=Jade&diff=35380&oldid=prevHydraLana at 14:23, 25 October 20212021-10-25T14:23:34Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is a green gemstone with both a rough and glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down, carved, and treated. It can only be mined in [[Dexai]], making it a valuable component to jewelry. Each [[Sihai Dynasty]] uses a unique decorative insignia made at least partly out of the gemstone. Jade is also used as a decorative item in homes, along the [[Loong Dragon]] temples architecture, and jewelry. Some currencies of the Sihai also uses Jade as a decorative centerpiece to small bolt-shaped coins. It’s common in present-day to see many Jade artifacts or art that glorifies the Loong Dragons and their actions that benefitted the Sihai. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is a green gemstone with both a rough and glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down, carved, and treated. It can only be mined in [[Dexai]], making it a valuable component to jewelry. Each [[Sihai Dynasty]] uses a unique decorative insignia made at least partly out of the gemstone. Jade is also used as a decorative item in homes, along the [[Loong Dragon]] temples architecture, and jewelry. Some currencies of the Sihai also uses Jade as a decorative centerpiece to small bolt-shaped coins. It’s common in present-day to see many Jade artifacts or art that glorifies the Loong Dragons and their actions that benefitted the Sihai.</div></td></tr>
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</table>HydraLanahttps://wiki.massivecraft.com/index.php?title=Jade&diff=24073&oldid=prevHydraLana at 01:35, 22 September 20192019-09-22T01:35:46Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|nicknames = <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch’ien</del>-jyte, Green Topaz</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|nicknames = <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dex</ins>-jyte, Green <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Topaz<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is green gemstone with a rough<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down and treated. It can only be mined in [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yang-Tzu</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but is not especially precious </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wider </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Aloria</del>]]. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">To the [[Ch’ien-Ji]] however, it </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an essential aspect of their culture </del>as a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">key </del>decorative item <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">used </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their </del>homes, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temples and on their person. They are also used in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">regional currency of the Isles. Today, </del>[[Dragon]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">worshippers from this race often carry a carved Jade totem </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">creature with them. Even in [[Regalia]] and other regions bearing different culture, the </del>uses <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of </del>Jade<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, which the Ch'ien</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ji call Ch’ien</del>-<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jyte, ranges within </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">carving of jewelry </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other decorative objects</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </ins>green gemstone with <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">both </ins>a rough <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and </ins>glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, carved, </ins>and treated. It can only be mined in [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dexai</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, making it a valuable component </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jewelry. Each </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai Dynasty</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">uses a unique decorative insignia made at least partly out of the gemstone</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also used </ins>as a decorative item in homes, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">along </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong </ins>Dragon]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temples architecture, and jewelry. Some currencies </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai also </ins>uses Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as a decorative centerpiece to small bolt</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shaped coins. It’s common in present</ins>-<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">day to see many Jade artifacts or art that glorifies </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong Dragons </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their actions that benefitted the Sihai</ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has been <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">known </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch’ien-Ji </del>for centuries, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but was only recently introduced </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rest of Aloria through trade </del>and the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">evolution </del>of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Chi’Di-chuo]] culture </del>in the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Regalian Empire</del>. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mineral had long been part of Ch’ien-Ji culture, going back to their arrival on </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yang-Tzu Isles</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Their mythology claims </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">earth manifested a form </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mineral moss and vines through </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rocks of their home island as a welcome to newcomers. Ever since then</del>, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">green gemstone has been mined </del>by the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch’ien-Ji </del>with <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ease as it is plentiful across </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">archipelago and has been used in jewelry, art, and currency</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">They also named </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">great barrier that protects them from </del>the [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Huon-ji</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">after </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mineral</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">most likely </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reference </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade-coated </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong Dragon</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temples</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">though some believe </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">barrier was once green</del>. In <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">recent years</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">as </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yang-Tzu Isles has grown more connected </del>to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">outside </del>world, Jade has <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">appeared </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">many Chi-Towns and is </del>often <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">worn by those who live there</del>, the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Chi’Di-chuo Ch’ien-Ji</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">In addition </del>to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">this</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">further exposure is seen </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">certain members of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">upper class, particularly from Ithania</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who </del>have <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sought the gemstone as well as </del>the art <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that is made with it</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has been <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an exclusive resource </ins>to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai and Dexai lands </ins>for centuries<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The mines leading to the resource are believed to have been manifested by the Loong Dragons themselves</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">guiding the Sihai’s common dynasty before anything </ins>to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">resource. Since then, </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">with </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">upbringing </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">many other Dynasties for the Sihai, </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gem has been used </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">art, architecture, jewelry, and currency. Jades mythology orients around the Loong Dragons, believed that the gem was aesthetically pleasing to </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">deities</ins>. The <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gem can be seen in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">present day used by each upbringing Dynasty</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">With </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">formation </ins>of the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[War Dynasty]]</ins>, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gem was artistically molded </ins>by <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">skilled metallurgist in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shape of a pendant </ins>with the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">insignia of two cross bladed eastern blades</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Other culturally specific pendants exist including </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shape of a small Sihai calendar used by </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Greater Dynasty</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">during its initial creation. The other Dynasties focus on less specific shapes, simply molding pendants into the shapes of their occupations or religious symbols of </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Loong Dragons themselves. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade</ins>, in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">present-day, is used as a high-class luxury good that brings about a trade surplus </ins>to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dexai lands, exported by the exterior trading posts along the isles outside the Dexai mainlands. </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ithania</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in particular takes a great interest in the stone</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">its upper class soughting it out specifically for </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jewelry and art made from it</ins>. In <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">contrast to the exported resource</ins>, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">metallurgy skills to carving and shaping Jade is very specific and closed off </ins>to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rest of the </ins>world<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. As such</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">finding a metallurgist who is not of sihai descent with the skills to mold Jade is rare. The market of </ins>Jade <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sculpting </ins>has <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">always been perceived to be a risky one, as </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">some cases the gems are hollow, depleting its value to a great degree once cut into by a sihai metallurgist. A hollow lump of Jade </ins>often <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">reveals a contingency to the intended design of sculpting</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">making </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">market for Jade sculpting a gamble</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It’s not uncommon </ins>to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">see Sihai metallurgists in the past spend their savings on one stone for sculpting</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">only to find themselves </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">poverty after discovering </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stone is hollow soon after with very little value or potential. In vise versa</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai metallurgists </ins>have <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">also been noted going rich overnight by </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">auction of a finalized </ins>art <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sculpture out of Jade</ins>. </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Characteristics==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Characteristics==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Appearance===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Appearance===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an almost translucent gem with colors ranging from pale mint to a mossy green. In its natural state, it looks like a dirty-green stone that appears in large veins. Once it is refined, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the gem has </del>a waving pattern of lighter and darker greens throughout. It also possesses a rough, oily texture that retains only a mild shine once it is treated.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade is an almost translucent gem with colors ranging from pale mint to a mossy green. In its natural state, it looks like a dirty-green stone <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">surrounded by pale white colors </ins>that appears in large veins. Once it is refined, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">these pale white sections are mostly carved away, leaving behind </ins>a waving pattern of lighter and darker greens throughout. It also possesses a rough, oily texture that retains only a mild shine once it is treated.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===General Uses===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===General Uses===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has several uses despite being limited to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch’ien-Ji </del>and wealthy upper class. They are primarily used decoratively in Loong Dragon temples <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">on </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yang-Tzu Isles </del>where <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">they </del>are often entire panels for the walls, tiling the floor or features of the roof itself. The gemstone is used to make art, as carved statuettes of dragons and local wildlife are popular among <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch’ien-Ji </del>artists. The mineral can be used to make jewelry as, like many gemstones, it can be cut and crafted into earrings, necklaces, brooches and other items. It is most commonly paired with [[Silver]]. The final use for Jade is in the currency of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Yang-Tzu</del>, which is made up of carved <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jade </del>tablets that hold information only meaningful to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch’ien-Ji </del>found there. In the rest of Aloria, they are almost useless save to eccentric collectors.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has several uses despite being limited to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai </ins>and wealthy upper class. They are primarily used decoratively in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the architecture of the </ins>Loong Dragon temples <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Dexai mainland </ins>where <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">there </ins>are often entire panels for the walls, tiling the floor or features of the roof itself. The gemstone is used to make art, as carved statuettes of dragons and local wildlife are popular among <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai </ins>artists. The mineral can be used to make jewelry as, like many gemstones, it can be cut and crafted into earrings, necklaces, brooches and other items. It is most commonly paired with [[Silver]]. The final use for Jade is in the currency of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai</ins>, which is made up of carved <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Jade </ins>tablets <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and small cog like coins with an interior circle of Jade with similar material carved into it </ins>that hold information only meaningful to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai </ins>found there. In the rest of Aloria, they are almost useless save to eccentric collectors.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Abilities===</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>===Abilities===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has no inherent properties<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>it is capable of a slight shine once cut, but this requires a concerted effort.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jade has no inherent properties<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; </ins>it is capable of a slight shine once cut, but this requires a concerted effort.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br/></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Trivia==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Trivia==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Some <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ch’ien-Ji </del>believe that Jade aids in the Ritual of Cleansing, as it is often performed in the temples. For added “potency”, some secure Jade talismans around the subject before they are purified.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Some <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Sihai </ins>believe that Jade aids in the Ritual of Cleansing, as it is often performed in the temples. For added “potency”, some secure Jade talismans around the subject before they are purified.</div></td></tr>
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|officialname = Jade<br />
|nicknames = Ch’ien-jyte, Green Topaz<br />
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Jade is green gemstone with a rough, glossy texture that retains only a mild shine when sanded down and treated. It can only be mined in [[Yang-Tzu]] but is not especially precious to wider [[Aloria]]. To the [[Ch’ien-Ji]] however, it is an essential aspect of their culture as a key decorative item used in their homes, temples and on their person. They are also used in the regional currency of the Isles. Today, [[Dragon]] worshippers from this race often carry a carved Jade totem of the creature with them. Even in [[Regalia]] and other regions bearing different culture, the uses of Jade, which the Ch'ien-Ji call Ch’ien-jyte, ranges within the carving of jewelry and other decorative objects.<br />
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==History==<br />
Jade has been known to the Ch’ien-Ji for centuries, but was only recently introduced to the rest of Aloria through trade and the evolution of the [[Chi’Di-chuo]] culture in the Regalian Empire. The mineral had long been part of Ch’ien-Ji culture, going back to their arrival on the Yang-Tzu Isles. Their mythology claims the earth manifested a form of mineral moss and vines through the rocks of their home island as a welcome to newcomers. Ever since then, the green gemstone has been mined by the Ch’ien-Ji with ease as it is plentiful across the archipelago and has been used in jewelry, art, and currency. They also named the great barrier that protects them from the [[Huon-ji]] after the mineral, most likely in reference to the Jade-coated [[Loong Dragon]] temples, though some believe the barrier was once green. In recent years, as the Yang-Tzu Isles has grown more connected to the outside world, Jade has appeared in many Chi-Towns and is often worn by those who live there, the Chi’Di-chuo Ch’ien-Ji. In addition to this, further exposure is seen in certain members of the upper class, particularly from Ithania, who have sought the gemstone as well as the art that is made with it.<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Appearance===<br />
Jade is an almost translucent gem with colors ranging from pale mint to a mossy green. In its natural state, it looks like a dirty-green stone that appears in large veins. Once it is refined, the gem has a waving pattern of lighter and darker greens throughout. It also possesses a rough, oily texture that retains only a mild shine once it is treated.<br />
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===General Uses===<br />
Jade has several uses despite being limited to the Ch’ien-Ji and wealthy upper class. They are primarily used decoratively in Loong Dragon temples on the Yang-Tzu Isles where they are often entire panels for the walls, tiling the floor or features of the roof itself. The gemstone is used to make art, as carved statuettes of dragons and local wildlife are popular among Ch’ien-Ji artists. The mineral can be used to make jewelry as, like many gemstones, it can be cut and crafted into earrings, necklaces, brooches and other items. It is most commonly paired with [[Silver]]. The final use for Jade is in the currency of Yang-Tzu, which is made up of carved jade tablets that hold information only meaningful to the Ch’ien-Ji found there. In the rest of Aloria, they are almost useless save to eccentric collectors.<br />
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===Abilities===<br />
Jade has no inherent properties, it is capable of a slight shine once cut, but this requires a concerted effort.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Some Ch’ien-Ji believe that Jade aids in the Ritual of Cleansing, as it is often performed in the temples. For added “potency”, some secure Jade talismans around the subject before they are purified.<br />
*The largest Chi-Town in Regalia, Haibo, possessing a large Loong Dragon sculpture brought with the original settlers from Yang-Tzu. Time has worn the dragon down so much that some now call it “The Worm Fountain” as its scales are gone and major features have worn almost smooth.<br />
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