Memory Crystal of Velisandre
A flawless, fist-sized crystal of pale blue-white luminescence, its interior swirling with captured light as though a fragment of the astral plane has been sealed within. When touched by an attuned hand, it pulses with warmth and replays cascading visions, centuries of arcane discovery, philosophical treatise, and the final meditations of the Mystarans' most revered elder.
Artifact Details
- Type
- Relic
- Rarity
- Unique
- Origin
- Crafted by Velisandre the Ageless herself over the final decades of her eight-hundred-year life, this Memory Crystal was encoded using techniques she alone had mastered, a fusion of deep ley-line resonance and astral inscription that no subsequent Mystaran artificer has been able to fully replicate.
Overview
Memory Crystal of Velisandre is a unique relic in Landorya. Its known origin is Crafted by Velisandre the Ageless herself over the final decades of her eight-hundred-year life, this Memory Crystal was encoded using techniques she alone had mastered, a fusion of deep ley-line resonance and astral inscription that no subsequent Mystaran artificer has been able to fully replicate.. Its most cited abilities include Stores and replays fully immersive sensory memories spanning centuries of Mystaran history, Grants temporary heightened arcane attunement to the user during playback, and Allows partial communion with Velisandre's residual consciousness, answering questions on arcane theory. Accounts also warn of a drawback: Extended communion with the crystal gradually erodes the boundary between the user's own memories and Velisandre's, prolonged sessions risk the user forgetting…
History
Velisandre deposited the crystal within the Conclave's most restricted archive before departing on her final astral journey, from which she never returned. For generations it has served as the cornerstone of Mystaran scholarship, consulted only by Conclave members facing decisions of civilization-altering magnitude. Outsiders have never been permitted to view its contents, and at least two recorded attempts by agents of other races to steal it ended in the would-be thieves losing all memory of their own identities.
Powers & Abilities
- ✦ Stores and replays fully immersive sensory memories spanning centuries of Mystaran history
- ✦ Grants temporary heightened arcane attunement to the user during playback
- ✦ Allows partial communion with Velisandre's residual consciousness, answering questions on arcane theory
- ✦ Emits a ward against astral intrusion in a radius around its resting place
Curse or Drawback
Extended communion with the crystal gradually erodes the boundary between the user's own memories and Velisandre's, prolonged sessions risk the user forgetting which life is their own.