Lulawar Clan

The Lulawar are a dwarven clan that cultivates pearls artificially.

Cultivation
The Lulawar cultivate pearls in a very controlled way. The mussels in which the pearls are grown are all in a controlled environment, with artificial tides, water temperature, food, and all the rest. All of the mussels are grown in large flat vats, where fires below heat and pumps create tides.

The first round is the collection of mussels who have already collected pearls, the next being to collect the pearls they have made, then separate the shell from the flesh. The flesh is diced into cubes, while the shell is also diced then ground into spherical cores. One flesh cube and one shell core is implanted in the growing mussel, and several years later out comes a pearl.

Based on the shape of the core, the pearls can be made into different shapes, and while it is rare, there are Lulawar who cultivate gigantic mussels in order to create sword hilts from pearl.