Elven Cloak of Invisibility
Also known as: Cloak of Shadows
Woven from the luminescent silk of the Eternal Twilight's moonspinner moths and threaded with hair-fine filaments of raw aether, this cloak shimmers with a barely perceptible iridescence before it vanishes entirely from sight, and takes its wearer with it. Intricate runic arrays, each no larger than a fingernail, are stitched in overlapping lattices across the inner lining by Sylvan Elven runecrafters of the Fey Court, bending light around the wearer with a precision that even the Desert Scholars' finest opticians have never been able to fully reverse-engineer.
Artifact Details
- Type
- Clothing
- Rarity
- Unique
- Origin
- The cloak was commissioned by the Fey Court of the Eternal Twilight during the Age of Unraveling, when Sylvan Elven spymasters required an instrument of absolute concealment to move agents through Drakonian-occupied borderlands undetected. It was woven over the course of three years by the runecrafter Aelindra Voss, a master of the Sylvan Elven tradition who fused Fey Court weaving rites with aetheric lattice-work borrowed, some say stolen, from a fragmentary Order of the Starlight codex.
Overview
Elven Cloak of Invisibility is a unique clothing in Landorya. Its known origin is The cloak was commissioned by the Fey Court of the Eternal Twilight during the Age of Unraveling, when Sylvan Elven spymasters required an instrument of absolute concealment to move agents through Drakonian-occupied borderlands undetected. It was woven over the course of three years by the runecrafter Aelindra Voss, a master of the Sylvan Elven tradition who fused Fey Court weaving rites with aetheric lattice-work borrowed, some say stolen, from a fragmentary Order of the Starlight codex.. Its most cited abilities include Grants near-perfect invisibility to the wearer and all items carried on their person for up to one hour, after which the runic arrays must recharge over an equal period of rest., Suppresses the wearer's aetheric signature, making them undetectable to Order of the Starlight aether-seers and Sphinx riddle-sight during the active invisibility window., and Muffles the wearer's footsteps and the rustle of their movement, as the enchanted silk absorbs ambient sound in a thin shell around the body.. Accounts also warn of a drawback: Each hour spent invisible inside the cloak slowly erodes the wearer's sense of their own physical presence; prolonged or repeated use across consecutive days c…
History
In its earliest years the cloak served Fey Court shadow-agent Serevyn of the Hollow Moon, who used it to assassinate three Drakonian warlords during the Siege of Dusk's Folly, an act that shifted the balance of the border conflict decisively toward the Sylvan Elves. It was later gifted, under political duress, to the Desert Scholars of the Sun-Scarred interior, who spent decades attempting to deconstruct Aelindra's runic arrays, producing only scorched linen and a pair of blinded apprentices for their trouble. The cloak vanished from the Desert Scholars' Vault of Unread Things during the Naga Incursion of the Delta Reaches, surfacing briefly in the possession of a Halfling courier operating out of the Shimmering Isles before disappearing again. It is currently rumored to hang in the private collection of a Sphinx called Varathuun the Lightless, who claims to have won it in a riddle-contest, though no living soul has confirmed the wager or its terms.
Powers & Abilities
- ✦ Grants near-perfect invisibility to the wearer and all items carried on their person for up to one hour, after which the runic arrays must recharge over an equal period of rest.
- ✦ Suppresses the wearer's aetheric signature, making them undetectable to Order of the Starlight aether-seers and Sphinx riddle-sight during the active invisibility window.
- ✦ Muffles the wearer's footsteps and the rustle of their movement, as the enchanted silk absorbs ambient sound in a thin shell around the body.
- ✦ While the cloak is active, the wearer may see other invisible or aetherically concealed entities, a countermeasure built in by its original crafter to prevent friendly-fire incidents during covert Fey Court operations.
- ✦ Once per day, the wearer may extend the cloak's invisibility to one additional willing creature they are touching, though this halves the remaining active duration.
Curse or Drawback
Each hour spent invisible inside the cloak slowly erodes the wearer's sense of their own physical presence; prolonged or repeated use across consecutive days causes the wearer to begin perceiving themselves as incorporeal, growing unable to initiate physical contact with the world around them until they spend an equal number of hours in full, unobscured sunlight. Those who ignore this compulsion long enough have been known to fade, not merely from sight, but from reality entirely.