Pig Iron

Pig Iron (PI) is a reagent that is in use on Pagan.

Pagan
Pig Iron is created by smelting iron ore with a high-carbon fuel. While normally only an intermediate product before re-melting, this form is the only useful one for magic. This reagent is not difficult to acquire, as it is created in great quantities during the smelting process by blacksmiths. For the magic of Sorcery, this reagent is useful in creating effects of protection within a spell, a novelty in an otherwise highly offensive-oriented school of magic with a focus on destruction.

Ultima Online
Pig iron is also used as a reagent in Ultima Online for the school of Necromancy.

Trivia

 * The graphical appearance of pig iron in Ultima VIII is not correct. While in the game pig iron has a reddish color, it in reality is shades of grey to white, as seen in the picture. This was probably done to keep them better apart from the other reagents.


 * The name has nothing to do with real pigs, but with how the small ingots are created.