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The '''Pool of Tears''' is a mystical lake that is said to give [[Gelfling]] the ability to survive the immense heat of [[Mithra]]. [[Fireling|Firelings]] are unaffected by its water.
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The '''Pool of Tears''' was a mystical lake located in [[Mithra]], reputed to give [[Gelfling]] the ability to survive the immense heat of [[Mithra]]. [[Fireling]]s were unaffected by its water.
   
The name comes from a story of two lovers, one made of fire and the other ice. Because of their forms, they could not touch each other, and spent a hundred years talking and simply looking at one another. During these years they cried enough tears of sorrow to create a lake that covered them both, and rose from it completely unaffected by the other's element.
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The name came from a story of two lovers, one made of fire and the other ice. Because of their forms, they could not touch each other, and spent a hundred years talking and simply looking at one another. During these years they cried enough tears of sorrow to create a lake that covered them both, and rose from it completely unaffected by the other's element.
 
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The Pool of Tears was a mystical lake located in Mithra, reputed to give Gelfling the ability to survive the immense heat of Mithra. Firelings were unaffected by its water.

The name came from a story of two lovers, one made of fire and the other ice. Because of their forms, they could not touch each other, and spent a hundred years talking and simply looking at one another. During these years they cried enough tears of sorrow to create a lake that covered them both, and rose from it completely unaffected by the other's element.