Ore-Blossom

Ore-Blossoms; Ore-Blossoms are one of the more common types of flora within the ironwood familythough the family itself is rare to come across – these lotus-like flowers grow in small clusters on portions of the Ore-Vine which breach or come close to the surface. While appearing much like other lotuses, the entirety of each blossom is composed of one or more types of metal frarely more than two) which are thin, malleable, and often sharp; these blossoms are alive as any other plant though feed on fire and earth essence rather than sunlight. These flowers blossom night and day with the exception of rain, snow, or other kinds of precipitation.

The inner portion of each blossom collects and condenses fire essence which is then fed to the Ore-Vine in return for the ore it uses to continue growing. As the Ore-Blossom grows it sheds the outer, oldest layer of its petals which can be collected by those in search of metal, the quantity is, however, often small due to natural dispersal by wind or animal. Though extremely rare, Ore-Blossoms may additionally

produce red diamonds infused with extremely potent amounts of elemental fire. ‘Cinder Diamonds' occur from the extraction of large amounts of carbon from the metals within an Ore-Vine, the blossom must then remain closed for an extremely long period of time during-which the extreme heat and pressure (in addition to the forces of elemental earth and fire essences) compress the carbon and form a single often very small Cinder Diamond; larger diamonds are possible though even rarer as the size of the diamond is directly proportional to the essence contained.