Tears of the Node

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The Tears of the Node are extremely powerful sorcerous artefacts in Ian Irvine's The Well of Echoes quartet and the yet to be written trilogy, that centres around the Tears; The Song of the Tears. The Tears are made of the purest substance on Santhenar, Nihilium. Even a tiny piece of Nihilium is craved by mancers beyond all things, as it can turn a minor-mancer, into a mancer, who's power surpasses all others. The Tears are exceptionally dangerous as they are each the size of a grape-fruit and give the user the power of an entire node.

The Tears were formed when the node at Snizort exploded, because power was fed back into it, via the node-drainer.