Item:Glowing iron fragment
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| glowing iron fragment | |
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| Look: | Pale white light surrounds a crazed and pitted piece of iron. At first the fragment appears to glisten and shine with a crystalline quality, but upon closer examination you realize this is due to a layer of condensation that has frozen fast to its surface.
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| Weight: | 5 stones |
| Metal: | Unknown |
| Appraised Cost: | 0 Kronars0 Lirums <br />0 Dokoras <br />0 LTBpoints <br />0 Tickets <br />0 Scrips <br /> |
| Properties: |
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| Dimensions: | 1 length x 1 width x 1 height |
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Presumed to be a fallen star during the Cosmic Conudrum event, the fragment is imbued with lunar and holy energy. The fragment will quickly lose its power leaving behind an iron fragment unless stored in a star-streaked sack. This sack will only slow the rate of decay, and most fragments will become useless after a week or so.
Any newly generated fragments currently have a life span of one week, but after the festival that will drop dramatically. Your best bet after the festival will be to use them, give them away, or sell them quickly. The life span may become as short as an hour or so. There will be new sources for people who still need them.
If handled without hand armor, it will cause minor hand and skin wounds due to the extreme cold. If there are many fragments in the same sack, you may experience minor eye injuries from looking into the sack. (The more fragments there are, the brighter the light in the sack.)
Attempting to EAT or LICK the fragment will result in internal head wounds and a skin rash.
Source
The fragments were originally found in the company of rock fragments after a meteor impact. As the Holy Festival 392 grew closer, they begun to be found on the bodies creatures.
Just before the festival opening, there was a large meteor shower and hundreds of them appeared on the ground over an hour's time.
Study
From a Clerical point of view
Though the fragment has been heavily polluted with Lunar Magic, you feel a thrill of divine meaning through your soul as you unravel its design.
The influence of three gods converge within the fragment. You sense that the fragment is intimately connected to Tamsine and considered a holy relic by the grace of Phelim. Dark and destructive -- yet no less holy -- currents ripple through the fragment as well, connecting this piece of iron to the terrible will of Huldah.
The connection between Tamsine and Phelim, along with the Lunar pollution, suggests that this is a star fallen from the place where Phelim suspended it. Its appearance and physical composition are manifestations of Huldah's influence, capable of turning divine tears into something deadly and base. You intuit that if the star is left as it is now, Huldah's influence over it will continue to grow and finally become ascendant.
Despite its fallen state, you conclude that it is still an important relic of Phelim. Outside of whatever purpose the gods have set for it, you could likely amplify the Phelim's Sanction spell with its presence.
From a Moon Mage point of view
Focusing wholly on your magical senses, you methodically examine the nature of the fragment.
Though the fragment is heavily charged with energy, you detect that there is no spell pattern or enchanting sigil behind it. Instead, it appears to be an exaggerated example of meteoric iron. A massive charge of celestial magic built up around the fragment during a time in the heavens, and now that it is on Elanthia that power is "winding down." The bitterly cold light is a manifestation of the escaping energy, akin to the forces called down by the Starlight Sphere spell.
While its composition suggests meteoric iron, this magic is evocative of an origin in the cold and distant stars. Astrologers have never managed to quantify the strength and distance of the stars, but that is because both are perceived to be larger than imagination. Someone who was examining the magical element out of context may leap to the conclusion that he is holding a star, but there's still enough Elanthia left intact to suggest that is not the case.
Whether an exceptional piece of meteoric iron or an infinitesimally small stellar fragment, it is undeniably sympathetic to Stellar Magic. You could likely amplify the Starlight Sphere spell with its presence.
Focus
From a Clerical point of view
You feel an intense chill through your mail gloves.
You focus your magical senses on a glowing iron fragment.
You detect a powerful charge of Lunar energy emanating from the fragment.
The charge is inexorably dissipating but does not show any signs of stress yet.
Though it appears at first glance to be nothing but a Moon Mage's curio, you detect a trace of divine meaning hidden within the strange magic. Careful study and reflection of the fragment could reveal more.
From a Moon Mage point of view
You focus your magical senses on a glowing iron fragment.
You detect a powerful charge of celestial energy emanating from the fragment.
The charge is inexorably dissipating and will only last for another day.
While lesser magicians may perceive it as Lunar energy, you note that this magic is drawn down from the planets and stars far removed from Elanthia. Celestial energy in an unstructured form is highly unusual and bears detailed study.
Uses
Fragments are used to charge the god totem (received by praying to your god at Holy Festival 392). If a fragment is used on a capped totem, there is a chance that the user will receive a level 1 RPA bonus.
If held during casting, the fragment enhances Phelim's Sanction and Starlight Sphere. However, this will accelerate the rate of decay. Still functions in 3.0.
Decay
After a random amount of time, the fragment loses it's magic and becomes a iron fragment. Fragments found on creatures have significantly shorter lifespans than those that fall from the sky. Placing it in a star-streaked sack that was available during the event will extend the time by an unknown amount.