Warrens can be used to enchant physical objects through a process called investment. Examples include the unbreakable flint weapons of the T'lan Imass, which permit knapping useful blades of a size that would normally shatter, Icarium's arrows which had warrens carved into them, and a stone slab used to trap a Forkrul Assail for thousands of years.
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