atium, as the place was a natural outlet for Ruin’s trapped power. When people burned atium, then, they were drawing upon the power of Ruin—which is perhaps why atium turned people into such efficient killing machines. They didn’t use up this power, however, but simply made use of it. Once a nugget of atium was expended, the power would return to the Pits and begin to coalesce again—as the power at the Well of Ascension would slowly return there after it had been used.
