They are. The power they have is-- it's a compelling thing. They want to be used, they call out to people, they encourage their power to be mishandled-- these relics need to be needed. It's why we had to set them loose in the world to begin with.

...I've found that the people who made them are the only ones capable of resisting that thrall. Every reclaimer I've ever tried to hire, everyone I have ever sent after these relics and allowed to get too close to them, they've all inevitably suffered from their corruption.