Difference between revisions of "Brass"

A brass [[Ferring]] is known as a '''Firesoul'''. Brass is used to store warmth. While filling a brassmind, a Feruchemist will be cool.{{book ref|mb4|part=ars}} A Brass Ferring's body, not unlike an [[Iron]] Ferring's, is able to resist the higher temperatures of their Feruchemy, but is not immune to intense heat in general. {{qawob ref|977|30|As everything in Feruchemy, you become immune to the effects of the ability only.|date=Sep, 20121097}} By cooling the body by filling a brassmind, however, one could resist higher temperatures - heat would flow to the colder region that is your body, allowing one to become immune to fire and other sources of intense heat by carefully regulating the rate at which one filled their metalmind. {{qawob ref|977|30|As everything in Feruchemy, you become immune to the effects of the ability only.|date=Sep, 20121097}}

*Brandon made a mistake while writing [[The Well of Ascension]]. The Feruchemical effects of brass and [[electrum]] were to be swapped. By the time he realized this was forgotten, however, the book was already in print. Brandon didn't want to retcon this, so the effect of brass was canonized.{{qawob ref|977|23|How is heat a mental attribute in Feruchemy?|date=Sep, 20121090}}