Siminen Tomu

Sininen Tomu(La. "Blue Dust") is a Beadmaker ruin standing on the north shore of Sheltered Bay. The Jäämiehet give it this name for the heavy, stone jars of blue powder which turn up from time to time at the site. Their viisaat make use of this mysterious substance in rituals and ceremonies (primarily in winter, when the blue dust contrasts with the white snow). The powder is actually an ancient Númenórean glaze, which the Men of Westernesse presented to the Helmivalmistajat in token of friendship, but the Jäämiehet have no knowledge of this fact, and believe the dust to be a gift from the Spirit World. Little more can be recovered from Sininen Tomu apart from pottery sherds and the occasional unbroken jar containing glaze. The latter, however, is not without potential value to Dúnedain. The Glassblowers' Guild of Tharbad, for instance, would pay handsomely for the recovery of the glaze in hopes of recalling the lost secrets of its making. Loremasters from Fornost might also take great interest in the pottery sherds (though without any offer of compensation that could rival that of the Glassblowers' Guild).