> A suggestion I made many years ago was Arsenic, the metal of
> the Taking Earth (just as copper was the metal of the Giving Earth).
>
It is certainly a nice idea. No reasons I can think of that it doesn't work. Poisoned blades are also a nice idea - and perhaps the copious use of blade venom by old Runequesers can be retconned in some way.
I am not sure if there is a direct reference but I got the impression from somewhere that blue moon metal might share some characteristics with Uranium - invisible, dangerous. Not sure if this analogy can get us any neat ideas - I know next to nothing about metallurgy.
Keith
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