Duskwood

Despite its mystical name, Duskwood is not at all magical. The wood from the Dusk Pine hold no special properties, but the peculiarity about duskwood is its color. When freshly cut, the wood is a pale brown color which quickly turns to grey and then over the years it turns into a dark navy blue.   Duskwood is not an easy or cheap wood to find, and aged duskwood even less so. It is a valued material amongst craftspeople, artists, painters and architects. The blue pigment of the wood can be processed into paints with a beautiful dark blue shade. Duskblue paints are used in a variety of famous paintings, such as the Reflection of the Divine. The wood itself is also used for furniture and buildings, rarely as the main material but mostly as a decorative or ornamental element. Duskwood is beautiful and when polished and oiled it truly comes alive with colors that are reminiscent of the sky shortly after the sun goes down.   In some places, Duskwood is seen as a cursed material. The origins for this superstition are unknown, but it is commonly thought that the darkening of the wood might symbolize the corruption of something which was once pure. It might also be because fey creatures sometimes make their homes within dusk pines, and upsetting a fey is never a good idea.