Actually, only one is technically an "igneous _rock_" (my emphasis), and only two others are any other kind of "rock". Problem is that there just aren't enough cool-sounding igneous and metamorphic rocks ("Pumice Phalanx" or "Gneiss Phalanx" or "Schist Phalanx" anyone?).
Granite is igneous rock, and Marble is metamorphic (sedimentary rock reshaped by great heat) rock, and Slate is sedimentary. All of the other ones which I know of from printed sources are minerals and 5 of 'em are quartzes!
FWIW, here are the ones I believe in, and their locations and their origins:
Name Location Discussed in - ---- -------- ------------ Granite Dragon Pass WBRM/DP/Tarsh War Marble Pavis WBRM/DP/Pavis Jasper Dragon Pass WBRM/DP Beryl Dragon Pass WBRM but not DP Agate Harandash MOB in Lonely Lozenge Guide to Sog City Onyx Harandash MOB in Lonely Lozenge Guide to Sog City Quartz ? Some scribblings of Greg's from long, long ago Slate ? Some scribblings of Greg's from long, long ago Jade *disbanded* My own one for an Alkoth scenario. Made it out to be a bunch of Shargashi yahoos which the Red Army *officially* lists as disbanded.
Danny Bourne and I also contemplated Basalt (hey, that one is igneous) and Carnelian and Obsidian (black glass sounds good, and now is even more appealing with Nick's Troll-tinged suggestions). I'm not sure about slate, it sounds a bit girly, and it is sedimentary. But then it's better than mica, schist or gneiss.
>I can't recall any connection with the Ten Princes; this may be a
>myth. (But as I said the other day, my Fortunate Succession has gone
>walkabout).
Long ago there was discussion of a link of the 10 sacred phalanxes with the 10 cities of Dara Happa, one having been traditionally raised from each city, but I do not recall where that discussion went.
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