Mithril

Mithril
Mithril is a very strong metal found on the earth. The metal didn't originally exist on the planet until the meteor Mithrillius F1 crashed into the earth after an unsuccessful backfire mission ordered by S.M.O. The meteorite was later renamed to what it is called today after an investigation group found a new metal in the crater of impact. This metal turned out to be an insanely strong and useful material.

After further research it turned out that fractions from the meteor had been shot into the core of the earth by immense powers. This later lead to the metal "growing" inside the earth's underground region. The reason why it has this behavior is still unknown, but it has lead to the S.M.O farming metal on mithril farms where small bunches or mithril "seeds" will grow over a few years and be ready for harvest.

The metal itself is very light, but still very resistant. It can be used to forge weapons and even modern armor. It's melting point lies at 2000 °C and doesn't turn into gas until it is heated up to about 10 000 °C.

Name
The name of the metal comes from the scientist that worked the most on this newly discovered material, Isaac Van Gornim. Isaac was a huge fan of the series "Lord of the rings" and "The hobbit". He noticed a pretty big similarity between the yet unnamed metal and "Mithril", a fictional metal from these two series. After some days he decided to name it after the fictional metal as he simply liked the name and was a huge fan of the fictional world of Middle Earth.