Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-34724302-20180602080708/@comment-4010415-20180603012844

Pretty much like SYUTK said. Obsidian is just lava that has cooled down a certain way. It's why you do not want to trip and fall in a volcanic field because, odds are, that rock you're walking on also has obsidian mixed in, and you will cut yourself open on it.

It seems that orange Dust is capable of allowing the user to generate lava. That's the color that Cinder used, and it's also the color that was present in the volcanic biome in the tournament, which had lava geysers spouting out of it.

And, once again, like SYUTK said, we did see Cinder create obsidian without Dust, both in the Battle of Haven and the Battle of Beacon. In the Battle of Haven, she generated fire-filled swords and a spear made of obsidian. In the Battle of Beacon, she generated an obsidian bow and arrows, and when Pyrrha shattered the first arrow, Cinder melted the pieces back into lava and then reformed and cooled them into an arrow on the other side of Pyrrha's shield. In both events, her clothes did not glow, meaning she was using magic, not Dust.