Ithilmar

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Ithilmar, Truesteel, or Sky Silver, is a metal favoured by the High Elves who are experts in creating both weapons and armour from it.^[2][3][4]

It is a bright, reflective silver in colour, and is known for being just as strong as steel while also being a great deal lighter and more flexible.^[1] Notably the metal does not tarnish and can only be forged using other ores found in the same region.^[2]

Ithilmar is found in only one region of Ulthuan - Caledor on the black slopes of the Dragonspine Mountains.^[2][4] It is not mined but chunks of ithilmar ore are retrieved after they are shaken loose by volcanic tremors. ^[4]

Weapons and Armour

Armour made from this metal is extremely light and often long coats of scale mail are made from it as well as corselets and high helms. Weapons retain their cutting edge but are also extremely light.^[2]

Notes

The following information is not to be considered officially sanctioned and/or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

The reference to the Dragonback Mountains in Warhammer Armies: High Elves (5th Edition) is likely a mistake on Games Workshop's part, as the mountains in Caledor are the Dragonspine Mountains, and which they are named later in the same subheading, while the actual Dragonback Mountains are half a world away in the Badlands. The High Elf Players Guide confirms it is the Dragon Spine mountains.

Sources

• 1: Mordheim Rulebook, Armour, pg. 51
• 2: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (5th Edition), High Elf Special Rules, pg. 55
• 3: Warhammer Armies: High Elves (4th Edition), The Kingdoms of Ulthuan, pgs. 7, 10
• 4: High Elf Players Guide, pg. 34

Uncited

• Warhammer Armies: High Elves (6th Edition), High Elf Armoury, pg. 15^{Needs Citation}
• Old World Armoury:^{Needs Citation}
  • Chapter II: Old World Armour, pg. 18
  • Chapter III: Arms of the Old World, pg. 42
• Night's Dark Masters, Chapter VII: Rules of the Night, pg. 114^{Needs Citation}
• Palace of the Plague Lord (Novel), chs. Two, Four^{Needs Citation}