Shadow Hand
- Intent: To create a supreme Sith-forged metal, surpassing all known alchemical materials in durability, Dark Side resonance, and combat superiority.
- Image Source:
- Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions: N.A
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer:
- Affiliation:
- The Kainate [Requires Admin Permission]
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Zîrkaris ("Dread-Touched Iron")
- Modularity: Limited (Can be further refined with Sith runes but its composition cannot be altered.)
- Production: Unique
- Material:
- Abyss-Forged Sarrassian Iron (Primary Structure)
- Blood-Forged Aurodium Veins (Power Conduit)
- Sith Rune-Inscribed Blackstone Core (Dark Side Amplifier)
- Obsidian Voidshard Inlays (Perception-Warping Properties)
- Immutable Sith Forging: The metal is denser than Phrik, tougher than Beskar, and more conductive to the Dark Side than any other, making it one of the strongest materials ever forged.
- Dark Side Conduit: Unlike regular Sith materials, Zîrkaris is not just infused with the Dark Side, it is deeply attuned to it. It actively amplifies Sith powers, rituals, and combat prowess.
- Void-Warped Density: Forged through an arcane Sith alchemical process, the metal's structure has been collapsed and reforged at the molecular level, creating an unnatural density that defies conventional physics. It is denser than any natural element, yet remains weightless to its chosen wielder, responding to the Dark Side's will rather than physical laws.
- Void-Warped Perception: The Obsidian Voidshards inlaid within the metal distort enemy perception, making attacks against the wielder less precise.
- Self-Reinforcing Structure: The material can passively regenerate fractures by drawing in ambient Dark Side energy.
- Soul-Imprint Lock: Only the bonded wielder can wield this metal. If anyone else attempts to wield it, their mind will likely collapse under the strain of the abyssal power bound within.
- Sith Lightning Conductor: Unlike normal metal, this alloy stores, amplifies, and redirects Sith Lightning, turning it into a weaponized discharge.
- Extremely Durable: This material is not just durable; it is far beyond that. It exhibits exceptional resistance to conventional weapons, lightsabers, energy attacks, and even Light Side powers such as Force Light. However, with sufficient force, concentrated effort, or prolonged exposure, it can eventually be breached.
- Dark Side Resonance: Zîrkaris is deeply attuned to the Dark Side, forged through immense ritual sacrifice and Sith sorcery. While not a nexus, its composition resonates powerfully with nearby Dark Side energy, enhancing the focus and potency of Sith abilities when wielded. It passively draws strength from its environment, making it feel "alive" in areas steeped in darkness.
- Dark Side Anchored: Unlike most Sith-forged materials, Zîrkaris exhibits a rare and extreme resistance to Force-null effects. While not truly immune, it retains a faint metaphysical "echo" of its forging, allowing it to remain faintly active or reactive when submerged in Voidstone fields or Force-dead zones. It also shows remarkable resilience against Light Side attacks, such as Force Light or purification techniques, enduring longer than most known alchemized alloy, though not without eventual strain.
- Self-Reinforcing Structure: The material can passively regenerate fractures by drawing in ambient Dark Side energy.
- A Living Weapon: This metal responds to the will of its wielder, subtly shifting in combat to best suit their strikes and defensive movements.
- Sith Lightning Channeler: Zîrkaris is capable of absorbing and redirecting Force Lightning due to its unique alchemical composition and high dark side conductivity. When channeled through a weapon or artifact forged from the material, it can store and re-release Lightning in short bursts, allowing the wielder to use it as a talisman of wrath and destruction. This effect requires active Force use and cannot be triggered passively or infinitely.
- A Beacon of Darkness: Zîrkaris cannot be concealed. Its presence in the Force is so immense that even across great distances, it can be sensed by powerful Force users.
- Unusable by the Unworthy: If an unbonded being attempts to wield it, they suffer immense mental feedback, akin to staring into an abyss that devours the soul.
- Overloads Lesser Sith: The raw power stored within Zîrkaris can be overwhelming. A Sith without absolute control risks being mentally or physically overwhelmed by its raw abyssal might.
Zîrkaris is the pinnacle of Sith metallurgy, an unholy convergence of alchemy, sacrifice, and the raw, untamed hunger of the Dark Side, a material so potent that it is no longer just an alloy, but an extension of the very powers of the dark. It is not merely forged; it is imposed upon reality, a construct of the Mortarch's will made manifest through ritual and conquest. Where others shape metal, he redefined it, surpassing all known Sith materials and shattering the limits of alchemical possibility. No forge could temper Zîrkaris, no mortal hands could shape it, only he could command its existence into being.
Its creation was an act of domination upon the Force itself, requiring not only the greatest mastery of Sith sorcery but a war against existence itself. Countless Jedi and thousands of slaves were slaughtered, not for their deaths, but for their suffering, their souls bound into the lattice of the metal itself. They were not merely executed; they were consumed, their lingering fear and agony woven into the very foundation of Zîrkaris.
This was no ordinary forging, it was a months-long nightmare of alchemical upheaval, a ritual so catastrophic that lesser Sith would have been obliterated by merely witnessing it. Sarrassian Iron, already a metal imbued with the Dark Side, was broken apart at the molecular level and reforged through Sith sorcery, its composition twisted, violated, and rewritten. The very concept of durability was transcended, as Zîrkaris became a living metal that thrived in battle, growing stronger through destruction.
Unlike lesser materials such as Phrik, Beskar, or any other, Zîrkaris does not merely endure, it feeds, adapts, and dominates. Where other metals resist destruction, Zîrkaris thrives upon it, drawing power from suffering and war. It is one of if not the most durable alloy in the galaxy, extremely resilient to being shattered, melted, or broken. It is not simply resistant to the Light, it devours it, nullifying Jedi purification, Force Light, and suppression abilities, turning their own strength into fuel for the abyss. This is not merely a Sith metal, it is a conduit of Sith dominion, a nexus of hatred and power given form.
Bound by ritual and will, Zîrkaris cannot be wielded by any other than to whom it is bonded. Should an unworthy being attempt to take it, their mind would collapse beneath the sheer weight of its abyssal presence. It is a living extension of those who bond to it, an artifact of absolute power. No forge can replicate it, no Sith can match it, no Jedi can withstand it. Only the Dark Dyad know how to create it. Zîrkaris is not just a Sith metal, it is the will of Darth Prazutis given form, the weaponized, eternal will of the Kainate.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create a supreme Sith-forged metal, surpassing all known alchemical materials in durability, Dark Side resonance, and combat superiority.
Canon Link:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
N/A
Technical Information
Affiliation:
The Kainate [Requires Staff Permission]
Model:
Zîrkaris ("Dread-Touched Iron")
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Abyss-Forged Sarassian Iron (Primary Structure) Blood-Forged Aurodium Veins (Power Conduit) Sith Rune-Inscribed Blackstone Core (Dark Side Amplifier) Obsidian Voidshard Inlays (Perception-Warping Properties)
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