Item:Frost-green sanowret crystal

frost-green sanowret crystal
Look:	The sanowret crystal glows with a soft light and is shaped into a perfect cube. Thin lines of silver reinforce the crystal in a complex lattice, displaying a differently shaped snowflake on each of the six sides.
Weight:	2 stones
Metal:	Unknown
Appraised Cost:	10000 Kronars8,000 Lirums <br />7,216 Dokoras <br />10 LTBpoints <br />10 Tickets <br />10 Scrips <br />
Properties:	This is an item. This item is magical. This item is worn in the neck slot. This item trains a skill with its use.
Dimensions:	1 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources:

This item is a sanowret crystal and trains Arcana on use.

Lecture

You gaze intently into your sanowret crystal, seeking the promise of hidden knowledge as light dances across its surface. A soft light blossoms in the very center of the crystal, and begins to fill your mind with the knowledge of Magical Events.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
You recall a story, once told by Larienna Forest-Seord. One of the Magical Events that occurs roughly every three and a half years is the sighting of Chris' Mass. Some call this a constellation that is only visible with the right alignment of the moons and planets; while others say it is a mass of swirling particles that circles our world like a comet; still others claim it is a sign of the Gods or some demonic upheaval. Moon mages have studied this phenomenon for centuries with no answers forthcoming.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
Yet, regular as clockwork, the skies light up with brilliant streams of red and gold and portals open to a wintery wonderland where Elanthians throughout the realm celebrate a festival in its honor. Much cheer can be seen in the streets and an abnormal amount of goodwill towards each other with gift giving and playing in the snow and ice skating dances fueled by hot chocolatey drinks and candy cane lollipops.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
On one early morning, a pair of young elves were just waking up in their tree when the sky exploded in a glory of reds and greens so brilliant and shimmering that they thought the world must be ending. They ran to their mother in terror and jumped up and down screaming that a moon was dying or some necromancer or evil mage had backlashed horribly and set the world on fire.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
Their mother smiled and explained that this was just the beginning of their very first Chris' Mass when the skies light up and Elanthia celebrates with a wintery festival. It's just a natural phenomenon, she said, which we celebrate with gift giving and fun games. She took them over to the living branch room and gave them each a red and gold gift bag which had been hanging on the mantel there.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
The children tore open their bags and danced about the tree with their presents. Both Fern and Leafey found warm sweaters and nuts, fruits, and berries in their bags, as well as a few toys and some new leathers. But they each also got a mysterious box marked From Your Secret Snowflake which filled them with wonder. Who could their snowflake be? What had they gotten? How could they thank them? The Secret Snowflake Gifts were truly amazing!

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
Run off with you to Town Green South! Take the wintery portal there and go explore the Festival their Mother shouted as she put her loaf of Elven bread into the oven. Perhaps you will find your Secret Snowflake there. So they each dressed in their new sweaters - Fern in her plaid turtleneck decorated with a red-nosed prereni covered in green glitter, and Leafey proudly sporting his cable-knit sweater with the fat elf dressed in red on the front - and off they ran to find the festival.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
Filled with wonder as they entered the winter portal, the two children were instantly delighted to find snow and ice everywhere, even though it was only Fall and raining back at their tree. They dove into a mass of powdery snow and made snow angels, laughing all the while. Two aloof Elothians shot them a quick smile as they passed, and the children ran after them tugging on coats and crying Are you my Snowflake? Do you know my Snowflake?

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
Next, they came upon a cheerful Elf surrounded with mounds of colorful paper and ribbons with glitter everywhere. This must be our snowflake, they thought as they ran up to greet the peddler. Are you my Secret Snowflake? Did you wrap my present? Do you know who my Snowflake is? He laughed as he managed to tie his finger into one package and glue his elbow to another. He told them he just wrapped presents, but he didn't know who was giving what to whom or have a clue who their snowflake was.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
During a round of snowball fights with a pack of Rakash teens bent on making trouble, Leafey took a stinging hit to his ear and Fern got a mouthful of dubiously off-white powder, and neither met their Secret Snowflake. So they headed off to the frozen lake where they saw a dozen skaters gliding backwards, forwards, doing spins and throwing each other in the air as they danced across the ice.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
Fern took a step onto the ice when Leafey hit her in the back with asnowball. Fern fell on her face and slid halfway across the lake before she could get herself back upright. A dwarven couple doing an ice stomp stopped to make sure she was ok. Are you my Secret Snowflake, Fern asked, as she brushed the ice from her sweater. No, we drew the Togs this year, the Dwarven lass replied. Leafey skated up and did a few figure eights around Fern before taking her hand and skating with her to the bank.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
Leafey's ear was still stinging from the snowball blast, so they stopped in the hut to buy ear warmers - extra large elf sized. Fern got a pretty green pair, to match her eyes, while Leafey picked a fluorescent snot colored pair to match the barely visible dot of ooze stitched under the nose of the elf on his sweater. The hulking Gor'Tog who manned the shop wasn't their Secret Snowflake, though he did give them a discount on the ear muffs.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
After a round of sled races with a group of halflings who piled two to a sled, the children all trudged to the hut to warm up at the blazing fire and have some hot chocolate. There they met another group of Prydaens and Gnomes who traded stories about their Snowflake gifts and tried to guess who the Secret Snowflakes could be. It seemed that these Secret gift-givers would never be discovered, but it only made the gifts that much more special, and they all vowed to be the best of friends forever.

Knowledge from your sanowret crystal about Magical Events rings clear in your mind:
And so, this mass of whatever it is which glows in the sky every three and a half years could be explained scientifically perhaps; but in fact, it is mostly a magical event which not only lights the sky, but the minds and hearts of Elanthians as long as it shines.

The light and crystal sound of your sanowret crystal fades slightly as you come to the end of the knowledge about Magical Events. You feel quite enlightened, if a bit mentally tired.