Arambar (energy)

Arambar was a kind of ambient energy that enveloped the atmosphere of the world of Abeir, changing the color of the sky from blue to steel-colored. Abeirans called this phenomenon the Steelsky. Arambar had other uses as well, such as its ability to grant temporary precognitive powers.

Uses
A few Abeiran dragons inhaled arambar in a complicate ritual before their sleep in hopes to gain insights of current or past events in a specific area of knowledge. This process was not reliable, however, and most of the time the dragons who performed the ritual learned nothing. In a few and rare instances, dragons failed to wake up again, and in time faded to a wraith-like form called rathrea, gaining the ability to predict the future.

As of 1479 DR, the Dragon Empress Gauwervyndhal was known for forcing her suzerains to perform the ritual on her behalf.

History
The arambar began to exist on Abeir not long after the death of the primordial Arambar, and many believed this energy came from its corpse, hence the name.

In 1385 DR, when the Spellplague sent the continent of Laerakond to the world of Toril, the arambar suffusing the land was so strong that it changed the portion of the torilian sky over Laerakond from blue to steel-colored. The Steelsky persisted even a century after, as in 1479 DR the sky above Returned Abeir was still the color of steel.