Kechrimpar Clan

The Kechrimpar Clan is a dwarven clan that specializes in the creation of amber products.

Amber Production
The Kechrimpar produce amber very efficiently, due to relatively large-scale production and cooperation causing efficiency.

Every spring, the trees are tapped, and the sap is transported from buckets into large vats. These vats are then connected to pumps on moving platforms, and the platforms move on two axes. The sap is poured into molds that are on a large rectangular block. The platform-moving mechanism is moved away from the block, and a second block is placed on top to simulate pressure. Below, a fire heats the sap. After three days of intense heat and pressure, the top block is lifted and the molds are broken.

Most amber production is for hilts, pommels, and ingots of amber - amber has long been stable in cost, and is therefore a favorite investment for the rich in times of crisis. At other times, amber ingots are used in banks to guarantee that they have the money they are loaning.

Amber is more valuable than various metals, but less so than silver and roughly the same as petrified wood from the Susevar. Due to this, amber is not as used by the poorer residents of Staeroth.