Porcelain is a ceramic good originating from the aptly name Porcelain Cities along the Kharunyana in Haless. Porcelain is sometimes referred to as 'Yana', after the river that gives its creators their home.
History[]
While the original inventors of porcelain were the artisans of Sempherong, they have since become eclipsed by their sister cities both in quality, like the masters in Khirapsid, and in quantity, like the burgeoning workshops within the slum-city of Sarisung.
By the 17th century porcelain exports to Cannor reached an all-time high due to safer trade routes in the Serpentspine and the reconstruction of the Golden Highway. Perhaps learning from the "borrowing" of silkworms by the Zanbari in 500 BA, the practices of porcelain-making had long been a guarded secret by the cities, and as such was naturally a target by Cannorian spies. One such incident ended with an execution of a Lorentish spy in Keyattordha in 1699, which led to Lorentish colonial officials to bribe the slave-state of Bhuvauri with exclusive-trading rights and crowns to abandon their protection contracts with the cities, leading to mass sacking of the porcelain cities (and more importantly, porcelain guild workshops) in what is known as the Typhoon of Broken Vases. Luckily, the city of Sempherong, the grandfather of porcelain, was being protected by other mercenaries at the time, and avoided the catastrophy, causing a short resurgence in Sempherongi dominance in the porcelain trade.
Magical Storage[]
During the Age of Witch Kings Porcelain became popular in the usage of magic, as it had been discovered and confirmed that porcelain, moreso than any other material, was strangely resistant to magic. Unlike Black Damestear, which nullified magic, porcelain was found to be adept at storing it.