Primamati the Alchemy Beast - Origin Dreamlog

>Also apparently the alchemy beast sparked something because I had this weird series of snapshot-dreams on her origins in a series of vignettes
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>First one was some alchemist/wizard sort; think older guy in something between medieval and steampunk alchemist.  His boots were the more antiquated foldover style, shirt was more akin to the Victorian style shirt, but the sleeves were slightly ballooned akin to older more poet-shirt style.  Over the shirt was something that was like, an odd blend of doublet and waistcoat, embroidered with all kinds of sigils in gilt thread in various metallic colors; I think they were protective in some way.
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>But yeah, the first thing was him prepping a bunch of stuff, creating this uneven black lump of matter, the first step in the Great Work/Magnum Opus, Nigredo.  This oblong, not-quite-charred, not-quite-tarry mass that he kept isolated under this dome, since it seemed to shift and pulse slightly with potential energy
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>The Magnum Opus is, basically the grand goal of Alchemy, the creation of the Philosopher's Stone
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>Further vignettes were progressing through the various stages of the Magnum Opus, with the mass as it's treated with various reagents and chemicals, and it progresses through the further stages, growing in size and going pale and chalky through Albedo, the surface smoothing out and taking a texture like half-polished stone and taking on a sort of aged-parchment golden hue in Citrinitas, before that outer layer flaked away and left a glassy oblong gem that looked like a massive garnet the size a watermelon
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>Which, in this world, it turned out the Philosopher's Stone didn't itself create the Elixir of Life and convert lead to gold
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>But rather created a creature, attuned to its creator, which would do so.  Which is the alchemy beast's origin, she hatched from that gem.  The creature being attuned to its creator was an important safeguard to keep this power out of the hands of those that would use it badly, by those who originally devised the method.  One who would use it for ill would end up ended at the fangs and claws of their own beast, those who would use it for the betterment of all will find themselves with an eternal companion working in sync with them
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>I'm still, trying to hammer out a name for her (Primamati, perhaps?  Derived from the concept of 'prima materia', the formless base from which all matter is created) but I do know that her creator was a good one, and even though it's bee a few centuries, is still around, aiding in small ways here and there but not trying to control societal growth in any ways; if anything he simply tries to give those on the lowest tiers of society the tools to try and guide the world on a better course
>But I learned a lot about her through the dream...  She's capable of producing both the Elixir as well as Alkahest via her fangs, and can consume base metals such as lead or iron and convert them to precious metals such as gold, silver, or platinum
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>She does need to feed off of life energy, but unless she's actively producing Elixir or Alkahest, or in the process of material conversion, her needs are surprisingly light, enough she's able to sustain just spending time close to her Creator.  But, she's able to store reserves by endo-noms, consuming someone and holding them a while, gently draining and letting them out later, groggy but unharmed