Cinnabar

Cinnabar was a soft red mineral found in ore form and used decoratively, in magic spells and rituals, and in poisonmaking.

Usages
Cinnabar dust had several uses in magic. In the land of the Red Wizards, Thay, cinnabar was used in overly complex arcane spells for the small quantities of quicksilver in the mineral. When used together with mustard oil, it was converted to quicksilver, which allowed for additional reflective and translocative dweomers. In Halruaa, wizards developed a spell that conjured cinnabar rain that possessed certain dispelling properties.

As a spell component, cinnabar was used in castings of animate water, animate wood, and surelife.

More mundanely, cinnabar was used as a dye or a coloring pigment to color various designed and runes in. In Waterdeep, carved cinnabar jewelry, such as brooches, could be seen worn by the wealthy.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Simbul's Gift &bull; The God Catcher &bull; Fire in the Blood &bull; Ashes of the Tyrant &bull; The Adversary
 * The Wizardwar
 * The Wizardwar