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'''Wildfire''' is a volatile liquid that can burn for a long time. A thin layer of wildfire can burn for an hour.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Tyrion</ref> It is typically commissioned for use as a weapon of war, though Alchemists will sometimes use wildfire torches as a display of power. The red priest, [[Thoros of Myr]], fights with a sword covered in a thin layer of wildfire.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 29|Chapter 29]], Sansa</ref>
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'''Wildfire''' is a volatile liquid that can burn for a long time. Once wildfire takes fire, the substance will burn until it is no more. It will sleep into cloth, wood, leather, and even steel so that they take fire as well. Wildfire will burn even when floating on water, It is typically commissioned for use as a weapon of war, though Alchemists will sometimes use wildfire torches as a display of power. The red priest, [[Thoros of Myr]], fights with a sword covered in a thin layer of wildfire.{{Ref|aGoT|29}}
  
It is created by the [[Alchemists' Guild]] in what they claim is a magical process. The wildfire jars are created in a series of bare stone cell. Over each cell lies a room filled with sand and a "spell" on the floor so that should anything happen, the sand will fall on the fire and help it extinguish.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Tyrion</ref> Alchemists typically refer to it as "the substance". Wildfire can be set aflame with the smallest spark, and sometimes even by the heat of sunlight. As it ages, it becomes even more volatile. For protection purposes, the Alchemists put the old, wildfire-soaked clay jars in a vault full of water to avoid explosion.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 20|Chapter 20]], Tyrion</ref> Once wildfire is lit, it burns with green flames that are almost impossible to extinguish. Wildfire will seep into many materials, making them flammable as well. Great quantities of wildfire can explode with tremendous force.
 
  
Wisdom [[Pollitor]] held to the idea that the spells necessary to make wildfire as strong as it should be are dependent on magic, which in turn is dependent on [[dragon]]s.<ref>[[A Clash of Kings]], [[A Clash of Kings-Chapter 49|Chapter 49]], Tyrion</ref>
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Making wildfire is a lengthy and dangerous process, which is only known to the [[Alchemists' Guild]] who claim it involves magics. The alchemists place wildfire in small jars of pottery, the clay roughened and pebbled to improve grip. The jars are filed in a series of bare stone cell. Over each cell lies a room filled with sand and a "spell" on the floor so that should anything happen, the sand will fall on the fire and help extinguish it.{{Ref|aCoK|20}}
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Old wildfire is 'fickle', Any flame, any spark can set them off. Too much heat - such as that caused by being exposed to sunlight for even a short time - could lead to blazing as well. Once the fire begins, the heat makes the wildfire explode violently which can lead to a vast chain reaction. The more volatile jars of wildfire are transported from place to place only by night, in carts filled with sand to lessen any jostling at all and then sealed in wax and placed in rooms pumped full of water.{{Ref|aCoK|20}}
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Certain steps in making wildfire work better and more efficiently now. A pyromancer speculates that this could have something to do with dragons, as an old Wisdom [[Pollitor]] held to the idea that the spells for making wildfire were not as effectual as they once were because [[dragons]] had gone from the world.{{Ref|aCoK|49}}
  
 
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Revision as of 10:30, 18 September 2011

Wildfire is a volatile liquid that can burn for a long time. Once wildfire takes fire, the substance will burn until it is no more. It will sleep into cloth, wood, leather, and even steel so that they take fire as well. Wildfire will burn even when floating on water, It is typically commissioned for use as a weapon of war, though Alchemists will sometimes use wildfire torches as a display of power. The red priest, Thoros of Myr, fights with a sword covered in a thin layer of wildfire.[1]


Making wildfire is a lengthy and dangerous process, which is only known to the Alchemists' Guild who claim it involves magics. The alchemists place wildfire in small jars of pottery, the clay roughened and pebbled to improve grip. The jars are filed in a series of bare stone cell. Over each cell lies a room filled with sand and a "spell" on the floor so that should anything happen, the sand will fall on the fire and help extinguish it.[2] Old wildfire is 'fickle', Any flame, any spark can set them off. Too much heat - such as that caused by being exposed to sunlight for even a short time - could lead to blazing as well. Once the fire begins, the heat makes the wildfire explode violently which can lead to a vast chain reaction. The more volatile jars of wildfire are transported from place to place only by night, in carts filled with sand to lessen any jostling at all and then sealed in wax and placed in rooms pumped full of water.[2]


Certain steps in making wildfire work better and more efficiently now. A pyromancer speculates that this could have something to do with dragons, as an old Wisdom Pollitor held to the idea that the spells for making wildfire were not as effectual as they once were because dragons had gone from the world.[3]

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