Talk:Artifacts Explained/@comment-5782071-20190412215243

I kind of want to address Excalibur and the special metal it's made of, but I can't decide on a good name for it. i'm thinking "metallum aether" or "aetheris", or "metallum incorporeus or incorporealis", but if someone better versed in Latin can decide, or come up with a better name, feel free to contribute.

I firmly believe that the intangibile property of the sword is based on the metal itself, and it is not an artifact that simply gained the ability to pass through the same metal. I like the idea of it being a kind of natural phenomenon that was either suppressed by the WH, extracted until the supply ran dry, or just extremely hard to create or find. Cavorite does exist, so there is a precedent for non-artifact minerals and metals with special properties existing without being known and used by the world at large.