Adamant

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The word adamant is used in two ways. Adamant (capitalized) is the name of the layer of adamant which forms the foundation of Faierie. The closer to Adamant, the less mutable and changeable things are. Thus, the Trolls of the deep are the most long-lived, slowest, and most un-teachable of all of the Fay. They also have the longest memories.

The material adamant is a stone which is utterly impervious to all forms of physical abuse, and almost all magical alteration. Only a few of the Fay (The Trolls? Deep Wyrms? Elementals? powerful mages?) can shape it.

Special Properties

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• Implements of adamant never dull, break, scratch, but they can bend.
• Musical instruments made of adamant produce a pure tone, and the music played on them alters the nature of Faierie.
• It is the most effective way of detaining Fay, since its presence constrains their mutability and forces them to maintain their true form.
• Adamant naturally forms perfect spheres, and will flow together with any other adamant it touches, like two lumps of mercury. It also is attracted to itself, so adamant tends to (when disenchanted) coagulate into spheres, and roll to the center of Faierie, where it merges again with Adamant. Despite these liquid properties, Adamant is otherwise immutably hard.
• Adamant can be made mutable by exposure to the outer fire.