OVERVIEW Sunbranch is a pre-cataclysmic name for wood logged from the ((Narbeleth)) bush. Outer layer (about 70% of the total width of a stalk) is completelly black where as the inner heartwood is run trough red and yellow lines. Depending on age of the bush only 1 to 3 meters, per stalk, is usable as the stalks separate into narrow branches slightly above half way. Only the eldest, over 200 years old, bushes are suitable for, for example, longbow making where as younger can be used as a material for shortbows and everyday goods. It is good to remember that only very little of it can be used as a material. When in logged and pruned form, it looks like a 1 to 3 meters long and about 5-10 cm thick, black wooden club depending on the availability of material. One Narbeleth bush has three to five stalks which are about same length and width. ((Narbeleth)) is most commonly found in higher mountain regions where weather is cold but not too cold for the plant (see description of the plant). It was quite rare material even in pre-cataclysmic world and is now even rarer. PROPERTIES As a material Sunbranch is very durable and resists well both fire and cold. Sunbranch is especially good for bow making as it is very flexible when cut but becomes stiffer in a few days. It is possible to prevent this by immersing the stalk into fresh water and pre-cataclysmic bowyers often used this method when they fashioned bows from it. If properly cut and polished, sunbranch reacts to light, glowing in darkness if first exposed to even tiniest of light sources (such as a candle). This made it very popular material for wooden jewelry. Wooden jewelry was often fashioned from the heartwood because of its beautiful colors, and because the golden lines of heartwood are especially keen to light. Besides uses as a material for many (valuable) goods, the Sunbranch wood doesn't have any alchemical or medical uses, though many other parts of the plant have. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: || CLIMATE/TERRAIN: || Semi-cold to warm mountains (see plant) || || AVAILABILITY: || Rare || || DENSITY: || Not sure yet || || QUALITY: || Good || || PROCESSABILITY: || Average || || PROPERTIES: || Glows in dark ||