Weeping Steel

When regular steel is quenched in the Tears of the Divine during its forging, it becomes infused with the properties possessed by the sacred liquid and is referred to as weeping steel. All Seekers carry swords forged from the material, as the anointed metal cuts especially deep when used against the Hatelings of the Black Forest.

Properties

Weeping steel is a remarkably durable metal, weathering blows that would deform iron or regular steel without so much as incurring a dent. Yet, at the same time, it is surprisingly light and is in fact lighter than regular steel, the infusion of the tears somehow unburdening the metal.

Just as the tears cause intense pain to the Hatelings, so too does anything crafted from weeping steel, such as the Weeping Mementos, small keepsakes forged from the divine metal.

Curiously, the miraculous healing effects the tears have in their natural state do not entirely carry over into the metal. A small token of weeping steel can heal small cuts and bruises via being pressed against the skin but open wounds and other, more serious injuries are beyond its capacity to heal.

Weaponsmithing

A blade, mace or spear forged from weeping steel is a formidable weapon, doubly so in the capable hands of a Seeker. When balanced properly, these weapons are incredibly wieldy and many of those who have carried them to battle remark on the feeling of security that being armed with such a weapon provides.

If the forging of weeping steel did not require precise technique and the extremely limited resource that is the Tears of the Divine, surely all of the weapons wielded by humanity would be forged from it.

Armorsmithing

The suits of armor worn by the Seekers are, excluding special cases such as the personal suits crafted for the Seeker-Captains, not actually forged from pure weeping steel but an alloy made by mixing weeping steel and silver. This is done to lessen the amount of tears required to craft an entire suit of armor, and it seems that creating an alloy out of the metal has a negligible effect on its properties.

A breastplate forged from weeping steel will turn arrow, blade and claw with reliable consistency. Due to the slight healing properties of the material, wearing a suit of armor made from it imparts upon the wearer a feeling of general well-being that translates to increased morale and confidence, both useful qualities on a field of battle.

Fletching

Arrows tipped with heads of weeping steel are favored by the bowmen of the Seeker fellowships, who loose the arrows upon Hatelings in punishing volleys.

Wilhelm Greust, the Seeker-Captain of the Circle of Dawn commissions special arrows for himself that are tipped with weeping steel infused with Ignisite. These arrows ignite in a bright flash of light and force upon impact, inflicting grievous wounds even if the arrow itself only glances off of its intended target.

No, it doesn't actually weep. The term is symbolic.

–A Glarithian blacksmith

by Midjourney

_{A suit of armor forged from an alloy of silver and weeping steel. This suit was forged for a Seeker of Pilgrim's Watch.}

by Midjourney

_{A bundle of arrows soaking in a bowl of the Tears of the Divine.}