Blood Iron

Blood Iron is a form of armor that is made by combining Iron with Bloodstone, a red mineral that grows in bulbous clusters, looking like a metallic form of diseased flesh. Though not nefarious in any way when mined or smelted to make arms or armor, there is a superstition among most people that blood iron is made from actual blood, some say its virgins blood, other say its the blood of demons, though really the truth is just that this metal just looks ominous and striking.

If forged into weapons or armor, blood iron gets more resilient the more pressure is applied, this means weapons become harder to break the more it seems combat, and armor is hardened as it absorbs blows. Its striking red color is purely aesthetic, and it can be purified to not be a deep red hue if the color is found to be undesirable, though the metal always reddens when it begins to display its unique properties in battle, but not too brightly.