Darkanium

Darkanium is an incredibly strong alien metal which is controllable by those with control over dark magic. The metal can me molded into any shape given enough focus. Darkanium cannot be broken, however it will corrupt over time, lose its mallble properties and turn into iron.

Notable Facts

 * Illiago is made completely out of darkanium, and is the largest known reserve of it.
 * Because of its unique properties many warriors seek to wield a darkanium weapon. However, aside from the darkanium which forms Illiago, it is an incredibly rare metal. Coupled with the fact that only those who have some control over dark magic can mould the metal makes it an extremely rare item.
 * The Hilt of Lazen will corrupt any darkanium which comes near it, almost instantly turning it into iron.
 * The Source was made of a pure liquid Darkanium, and held massive amounts of energy which hadn't been used to form anything else. This power was able to briefly empower Ventriss, until Soren destroyed it and used up the power to create a temporary gateway across space amd time to Darvanim the Great.
 * When Kel banished the spirit of Vladamir from the Hilt of Lazen and reformed it into The Hilt of Soren, it briefly mutated into a powerful form of darkanium, almost killing Kel, before being repelled and corrupting itself into Mantallium