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Geomantic Cores, known to the [[:Category:Barbarian Tribes|Barbarian Tribes]] and the [[Lunar Exalted]] as [[Groundstone]]s, are Exotic Components used in [[Artifact Creation]].

On the outside, they appear to be solid rods, but their internal composition is far different, made from compressing a carefully-arranged selection of plants and stones taken from the [[Dragon Line]]s of a [[Demesne]]. The arrangement and compression are done according to geomantic principles, the same as those employed in the construction of [[Manse]]s.

A completed Core shares some properties with a [[Hearthstone]], channeling the energies of Creation, touched by the character of the Demesne, a useful thing when used as the core of an artifact. It does not, however, provide motes and powers akin to a Hearthstone, nor does it cap the Demesne: such areas are perhaps slightly calmed, but their essence remains wild and dangerous. Yet this loose connection means that unlike a hearthstone it is very difficult to disrupt a Core’s connection with the land’s flows of essence: raising Manses and floods of the [[Wyld]] have little effect, though major destruction of the [[Ley Line]]s themselves (such as by a [[Thousand-Forged Dragon]]) will cause them to crumble into dirt and pebbles.

In the [[Scarlet Empire]] and [[Scavenger Lands]] (and within the [[Shogunate]] before them), Geomantic Cores are considered wasteful and primitive, study of their production ignored in favour of building true [[Manse]]s. It is towards the peripheries of Creation that the simplicity of the geomancy involved, and the robust nature of the groundstones, make them useful in the artifice of barbarians, and amongst the [[Lunar Exalted]] of the [[Silver Pact]] who often consider these Exotic Components to bind their artifacts to Creation, balancing out the stranger components recovered in their journeys past Creation’s edges.

[[Category:Exotic Components]] [[Category:Geomancy]]

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Storyteller: Created page with "Geomantic Cores, known to the Barbarian Tribes and the Lunar Exalted as Groundstones, are Exotic Components used in [[Artifact Creation]..."