Amplimet
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The Amplimet is a crystal featured in Ian Irvine
's The Well of Echoes
quartet. It is given to Tiaan by her friend Joeyn the miner as he dies in the manufactory mines. It is a perfect geometric shape, two pyramids of quartz
joined at the base, each with a ball of very fine crystal needles inside and a small bubble of liquid between the two in the centre. Even though it is a natural occurrence, the amplimet is already awakened to the field when Tiaan finds it. As she uses it more, she discovers it is an incredibly powerful crystal, able to draw on fields further away than any other crystal, channel geomantic forces and even draw on the mysterious Strong Forces which allow the first Thapter to fly.
Throughout the series, it becomes clear the characters that the amplimet is no ordinary crystal. It begins to communicate with The Well of Echoes at Tirthrax and with the nodes at Boreah Ngurle and Snizort. While in contact with Tiaan in the patterner, it begins to manipulate the torgnadr being developed to channel power into itself. Its reasons for doing this are made clear by the Aachim in Tetrarch
. The amplimet is a sentient crystal whose purpose in the first and second stages of awakening is to draw power from the field into itself to advance its awakening. Upon reaching the third stage, the amplimet becomes fully awake. This happened on Aachim long ago and though the consequences are not explained, they were certainly nothing good.
Ian Irvine
Ian Irvine is an Australian fantasy and eco-thriller author and marine scientist. To date Irvine has written 27 novels, including fantasy, eco-thrillers and books for children. He has had books published in at least 12 countries and continues to write full-time.- Career :Irvine was born in...
's The Well of Echoes
Well of Echoes
The Well of Echoes is a quartet of novels written by Ian Irvine and is the second arc of The Three Worlds Cycle series.-Titles:The Well of Echoes consists of four books:*Geomancer*Tetrarch*Scrutator / Alchymist...
quartet. It is given to Tiaan by her friend Joeyn the miner as he dies in the manufactory mines. It is a perfect geometric shape, two pyramids of quartz
Quartz
Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz,...
joined at the base, each with a ball of very fine crystal needles inside and a small bubble of liquid between the two in the centre. Even though it is a natural occurrence, the amplimet is already awakened to the field when Tiaan finds it. As she uses it more, she discovers it is an incredibly powerful crystal, able to draw on fields further away than any other crystal, channel geomantic forces and even draw on the mysterious Strong Forces which allow the first Thapter to fly.
Throughout the series, it becomes clear the characters that the amplimet is no ordinary crystal. It begins to communicate with The Well of Echoes at Tirthrax and with the nodes at Boreah Ngurle and Snizort. While in contact with Tiaan in the patterner, it begins to manipulate the torgnadr being developed to channel power into itself. Its reasons for doing this are made clear by the Aachim in Tetrarch
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
Tetrarch is the second novel in Ian Irvine's The Well of Echoes quartet.- Plot summary:Tiaan wanders the ancient, abandoned city of Tirthrax aimlessly. She still clutches the dead body of her adopted-sister, Haani, who was killed by a nervous Aachim shooter...
. The amplimet is a sentient crystal whose purpose in the first and second stages of awakening is to draw power from the field into itself to advance its awakening. Upon reaching the third stage, the amplimet becomes fully awake. This happened on Aachim long ago and though the consequences are not explained, they were certainly nothing good.