[@Celeste], as well as anyone else who may be interested.

A brief explanation on the precise nature and value of Ammacre Pearls.

Ammacre is an impossible color, a shade of opalescent purple that is darker than black, named and witnessed only in the form of eponymous Ammacre Pearls.

Ammacre Pearls are secreted only be a specific species of mollusk in warm waters, and are tremendously rare. Their rarity is due not to the number of the mollusk species in the seas (though they are not common), but simply from the fact that they very rarely secrete nacre in response to the plantation of irritants in their muscle, as it appears to be a largely vestigial physiological response.

For this reason, there are very few Ammacre Pearl farms. The only three widely known to exist are all in the Kawachian Isles. One is owned directly and wholly by the Imperial Throne, while the other two are both owned by House Chalarensis.

Appraisers and merchants throughout Ethica estimate that no more than twelve Ammacre Pearls are harvested each year, ensuring their nearly priceless market value. They feature most prominently in certain sets of royal regalia, and otherwise in some of the most hideously expensive jewelry ever conceived of by man.

@Celeste, in regards to the painter, I leave their identity and personage, as well as their written experience, in your hands.