Silvergold Yews

A mysterious wood of unknown origin, they are short yew trees that pull in gold and silver ores from the ground they grow in and converts them into solid gold and silver within their graining to allow them to thrive on the flow of mana rather than water in order to survive. As a result, they are perhaps the most magically conducive material in the universe. They are found most often as solitary trees, though on very rare occasion, as a pair on random worlds... with the few worlds to have them often only having the one. Their age is unknown and often they are considered sacred by the societies that discover them.

This is not the case of the Malkese or demigod like entities that thirst for power who would fell them to convert them into artifacts of immense power, most commonly as staves and tomes. The Ashremalk Empire expends a great deal of effort to secure any Silvergold Yew tree that their scouts discover, thinking nothing of sacrificing whole armies to capture a single plant.

Life Cycle
Because none has been observed early on in their life cycles, it is unknown where they come from, they've also never been observed to grow seeds, even by societies that grow around one for millions of years. They'll grow to 30 feet in height and then ceases further growth most often. Their ability to live indefinitely is rare among plants, and their random and exceedingly sparse distribution is a mystery to those cultures that know of multiple occurences of these plants throughout Ikran.

Known Locations and Artifacts
Ashremalk Empire:  The Malkese have accrued a collection of 137 Tomes and 78 Staves constructed of this rare wood as a result of conquering several worlds that possessed such plants. After the discovery of "Bard Magic" in recent conquests, they have permitted the construction of a handful of musical instruments out of the next Silvergold Yew plant that they can secure.

Ceciderunt Dea:  On the outer slopes of the Bladesrim Caldera, the Featherkeeper watches over a grove of such plants that were there long before the Caelestine and Dalimos arrived there, and making it the largest concentration of such trees in known existence. Among the Caelestine, Seraphina Lunasdiei has become the first to receive any form of equimpent to be constructed of the rare wood in the form of her Light of Hope Spear as constructed by Conrose Lanturz. Additionally, it is known that the Emperor was given an Abyssteel Shield that is backed by a solid plank of Silvergold Yew, a gift to him from Drakling in the early years of Drakling's reign of terror throughout the cosmos.

Drak'osh : The Flute of Bahamut, one of the very few musical instruments constructed of the wood, it is kept in the stash of the Dragon God, Bahamut. He is known to take it out and play it on rare occasion where its deep notes can be heard across whole worlds.

Abyssal Lords: The Shadow Dancer is known to, on rare occasion, bring a Silvergold Yew harp out to play music that she herself can dance to. It has been observed by some cultures to strengthen the stability of a portal for approximately 100 years, and can be heard across both worlds that the Aethertube she performs in are connected to. She once performed with it in Atrumdiei, and her song was heard across every world the Portal Hub was connected to. None understands the mysterious connection between this instrument and the portals.