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Sweating Stone - Research into Unconventional Alchemy XXXI

Journal of Conrad Azohi - Day 1,368 after embarking

Apparently the phrase "yanvir'id yantad Auwar" that keeps coming up is a question. The structure of phrases is strange. There's usually a leading sound, such as "yan-," in the previous phrase, which occurs in multiple words and marks the topic. I believe "yan-" is meant to be whoever is being spoken to. The "-'id" part marks questions. Then "Auwar" is a title, for people who are from Auwar'Tor. I'm not sure what "-vir-" means, yet, but I recently learned the meaning of the "-tad" sound.

While working with my friend, who I believe is some manner of chemist, I managed to inquire about it. Apparently, though I didn't notice it before, there are many sounds that go with the "-'id" marker to signify questions, and they change depending on the context. There are dozens of these sounds, but "-tad" is one that is apparently only appropriate when speaking to a spirit.

Which, I should expound upon. This culture believes in ethereal tangible spirits that roam the mountains. When they speak to these spirits, in prayer, they use the "-tad" signifier. However, they don't always use it when speaking to us. There are other sounds that go in its place.

I believe this implies that they are asking us whether we are spirits of Auwar'Tor.

I've also learned that someone is coming. A religious figure of some sort. My friend, the chemist, has told me.

Most of my time has been working with the chemist, and I must admit that I am impressed with what I see. The crystal precursor is apparently widely used to make a great deal of items. To justify this entry in my journal, I am recording a recreation of one of the paths that the crystal is used.

In my previous entry, I noted compression of the powder reduced it to stabilized iron. However, doing so in the ways that the chemist employs will force quicksilver to be used inefficiently, which produces waste heat. When large amounts of the crystal precursor is produced at once, that heat is enough to partially melt it, and, as any alchemist knows, molten stabilized iron is a very chaotic compound.

However, the chemist uses a special chamber, controlling the humidity and the temperature of the stabilized iron to achieve specific results. One of the most common is listed in the following page. A mass of warm, partially reactive putty. This is produced in very large quantities, too. The chamber can contain several tons of stabilized iron at a time.