Uru
Licensed IP · Legendary · Timeless
Dwarf-forged metal from Nidavellir, worked in the heat of a dying star because nothing cooler will move it. Uru takes its enchantment during the forging rather than after, so the spell is part of the shape instead of a layer laid over it, and the Asgardian smiths use nothing else for a weapon meant to last an age. Cold and unworked, it is merely very hard grey metal.
Identity
- Source
- Marvel Comics / Norse mythology
- Also known as
- Asgardian metal, Dwarven ore
- Comes from
- Nidavellir
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Dull grey-blue ore that becomes lustrous silver-grey when worked; faintly warm to the touch
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 10.5 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 3200 °C
- Lighter
- Silver
- Denser
- Titansteel
- Magnetism
- Non-magnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- High
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 11
- Tensile strength
- 1300 MPa
- Softer
- Voidsteel
- Harder
- Adamantine
- Workability
- Difficult
- Brittleness
- Tough
- Malleability
- Moderate
- Ductility
- Moderate
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- Absolute
- Reactivity
- None
Lore & Narrative
Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor, is the most famous uru weapon. Its enchantment is so deeply bound into the metal that even destroying Mjolnir does not fully release it: the fragments retain the worthiness enchantment independently.
- Notable uses
- Divine weapons, enchanted armor, reality-anchoring relics
- Forge uses
- Divine weapons, Enchanted armor, Relics
- Worldbuilding traits
- Divine, Enchantable, Asgardian, Cosmic
Sources
- Uru, Marvel Database
- Nidavellir was read in search excerpts of the Marvel wikis, whose pages could not be fetched: to be checked against the comics.
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