Alsakar Clan

The Alsakar Clan is an ofshoot of the Aeroquar Clan, with similar housing and travel methods. Alsakar culture differs, however.

Mining
Alsakar also have tubecraft, and send these tubecraft through portals to other planes with the help of ostomancers, much like the Aeroquar.

However, a Alsakar tubecraft differs much from those of the Aeroquar in that it lacks the various pumping machines for gaseous metals. Instead, the Alsakar ride down from the airships in landing barges similar to those of the Dwarven Military. The Alsakar, led by their captain, then ride their horses toward obsidian streaks, to which they intentionally travel. They use pickaxes to break off shards of the obsidian, continue until the streaks of obsidian run out on this plane, and travel back up to the ship, burdened with crates and crates of obsidian shards.

The shards are then put into airtight chambers, heated, and the pressure in the chamber increased until the obsidian liquefies. An ingot mold is placed next to a tap, and the obsidian is cast into ingots. While it is incredibly difficult to use this obsidian for practical purposes, it is used as a unit of reserve in the banks of the Gnomic Colleges, to whom the ingots are sold in large amounts.