Shadow Hand

- Intent: To create a Sith-forged alchemical metal used in missile casings, armor plating, and weapon reinforcement, especially potent in carrying ritual energy and resisting technological/electromagnetic interference.
- Image Source:
- Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A

- Manufacturer:
- Malsheem Automated Factories
- Shadow Mind
- Darth Prazutis
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Bloodsteel
- Modularity: Yes (Can be alloyed with other alchemized materials or shaped for multiple applications (missile casings, armor, weapon cores)
- Production: Limited
- Material:
- Sith Alchemized Sarrassian Iron (Base)
- Sacrificial Vitae Infusions
- Blood of Slain Force Sensitives
- Ritual Binding Runes
- Dark Energetic Tracers

- Ritual-Bound Structure: Forged through sacrifice and Sith ritual, Bloodsteel holds metaphysical charge better than conventional alloys.
- Psionic Channeling Medium: Excellent conductor of dark side energy can store or transmit pain, fear, or psychic pulses.
- Jammer-Resistant Casing: Alchemical lattice resists electromagnetic interference and signal jamming; often used in warhead shells or electronics housings.
- Emotion-Imprint Reactivity: The material responds to violent emotions, rage, pain, hatred, making it especially suited for Sith weapons or armor.
- Bonded Flesh Memory (Optional): In select creations, Bloodsteel can "remember" trauma inflicted upon it, reinforcing its structural cohesion temporarily in battle.

- Sith Symbiosis: Optimized to work with Sith spells, artifacts, and power systems; serves as a metaphysical amplifier.
- Signal Resilience: Naturally resistant to ion disruption, tracking scramblers, and high-EM environments.
- Dark Side Conductor: Enhances the effects of Force-infused technologies, talismans, or munitions.
- Durable Yet Moldable: Can be forged into thin layers for casing or reshaped for heavier armored forms.

- Corruption Hazard: Prolonged exposure to unshielded Bloodsteel can induce nightmares, bloodlust, or hallucinations in weak minds.
- Vulnerable to Light Side Purification: Force Light and high-grade purification techniques can weaken or unbind the alloy's power.
- Force Nullification: In Force Dead zones or areas affected by voidstone or ysalamiri interference, Bloodsteel loses its metaphysical properties. While it remains a durable alloy, its dark side resonance, sacrificial energy, and fear-inducing effects are mostly suppressed until reintroduced to a Force active environment.

Bloodsteel is one of the signature Sith alloys produced in the furnaces of Malsheem, created under the direction of Darth Prazutis to arm the Shadow Armada and the elite legions of the Kainate. It is a fusion of traditional Sarrassian iron, alchemical mastery, and sacrificial blood rites that bind dark energies directly into the metal's matrix.
Each forging involves blood, often from Force-sensitives, prisoners, or battlefield sacrifices, infused into the molten alloy while Sith rituals weave runes of endurance, hatred, and domination into every layer. The result is a material that doesn't merely carry dark energy, it remembers it.
Used most notably in missile casings such as the Shriekfang Warheads, armor plates for elite bodyguards, or internal components of Sith weaponry, Bloodsteel holds its edge not through hardness alone, but through fear, pain, and dark legacy. Its shrieking resonance can disrupt sensors, resist disruption fields, and serve as a potent focus for sorcery.
While it thrives in war, Bloodsteel is no ordinary material. It is forged in horror, tempered in pain, and bound to the will of the Dark Side.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a Sith-forged alchemical metal used in missile casings, armor plating, and weapon reinforcement, especially potent in carrying ritual energy and resisting technological/electromagnetic interference.
Canon Link:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
The Kainate
Model:
Bloodsteel
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Sith Alchemized Sarrassian Iron (Base) Sacrificial Vitae Infusions Blood of Slain Force Sensitives Ritual Binding Runes Dark Energetic Tracers