Pallobalt

Pallobalt is the Metal that was contained within Origin and brought to Earth during the 1st Calamity.

Physical Properties

 * When observed at an atomic level, Pallobalt appears to be a compound of Palladium and Cobalt.
 * It has a density of 44kg/m^3. Gravity is 7 times stronger on Arcerra than it is on Earth so increase that sevenfold to get 308kg/m^3
 * It can absorb an unlimited amount of both Aura and Ethraksha.
 * Pallobalt is conductive, but expels any Aura/Ethraksha contained within when a current goes through it.
 * It is a dull grey colour.
 * When Aura or Ethraksha has been absorbed, Pallobalt will take on a brilliant lustrous Lavender colour. How bright the Pallobalt becomes is directly proportional to how much of the Gas or Liquid it contains.
 * Pallobalt cannot break by any means other than with another piece of Pallobalt. You have to use the Pallobalt to destroy the Pallobalt.
 * Pallobalt can still be deformed like any other metal, but only when a sufficiently capable pallobalt tool or Ethraksha is involved, will it ever shatter.
 * Pallobalt can be compressed, but there is no man-made invention capable of doing so. Only the Great Kings have ever managed to accomplish this.
 * Pallobalt has a melting point of 5000 Celcius. There is only one place on Arcerra capable of reaching such high temperatures, Noxtyres' Furnace.

Anti-Magic
Since Pallobalt absorbs ethraksha and Aura, they cannot affect it in any way. even deadly ethraksha programming that's been set to destroy everything it touches wont do shit to a piece of pallobalt. But it does keep any programming contained withing the ethraksha it absorbs.

Making contact with Pallobalt will absorb the Aura out of your body. You can die from touching one for too long.

Abundance
Ever since the 1st Calamity, Pallobalt makes up about 96% of all the metal that can be found on earth. It's everywhere, but luckily it does literally everything every other metal can do, but better.

Charged Pallobalt
Pallobalt filled with raw, unaltered Aura is called Charged Pallobalt. It glows purple in proportion to how much Aura it contains. Chargeed Pallobalt can be made synthetically, quite easily too. Animals, who all absorb Aura and have part-Pallobalt skeletons, have bones of Charged Pallobalt which allow them to store even more Aura within their bodies than would be able to without them. Some animals are hunted for their skeletons which are used to make weapons of decorations.

Gemstones
Pallobalt filled with Aura that's been augmented by a Magic Sytstem. everyday inventions. Most Gemstones are of the Flow System, Elemental Gemstones, since the other Systems have died out. These ones are used in many household appliances and are probably the reason science hasn't advanced all that much.

Ethr Crystal
Pallobalt filled with Ethraksha. They can be Programmed to serve whatever function a person desires. All Ethr Crystals were created by the Great Kings, and can not be replicated in the modern day of Era IV. They glow a blinding white-purple colour. Standard crystal cut is a 20mx5m cuboid with tetrahedrons on both ends, but size varies. Most Ethr Crystals survived the 3rd Calamity and are still used to this day.. 1500 standard size and several thousand smaller ones were located and identified during the E.C.S.E (Ethr Crystal Search Expedition) Handling them is dangerous.

Ethr Cores
An Ethr Core is an Ethr Crystal that's been compressed to insane levels; 444 times as dense as regular Pallobalt, Ethr Cores have a density of 19,536kg/m^3. But on Arcerra this is also increased sevenfold to give us 136,752kg/m^3. Ethr Cores are the only suitable material for creating technology that requires a lot of Ethraksha Programming. By taking massive amounts of Ethraksha and compressing it into tiny spaces, people can use more complex and voluminous Programming to create things. Many devices from Era III and some that survived into Era IV have a small Ethr Core that allows them to do what they do. All Originals, such as the Great King's Artifacts, are made entirely out of Ethr Cores since they're the only material able to facilitate their massive power consumption and the only material able to store the vast amounts of Programming they require to function properly.

The concept of Ethr Cores was discovered by Great King Shuichi Tsuneo by complete accident, after experimenting with his gravity manipulation powers and using them on an Ethr Crystal. The Crystal compressed and shrank, something thought physically impossible for decades.