Celestial Crystal of Farsight

Celestial Crystal of Farsight is a legendary relic in Landorya. Its known origin is Celestial Crystals are cultivated rather than forged, Chrono-Scribes seed raw geode chambers with distilled starlight and wait generations for the crystal to mature. The most powerful examples are grown in chambers aligned precisely to the celestial calendar mapped by Sphinx Astro-Glyphic scholars.. Its most cited abilities include Projects prophetic visions drawn from celestial alignments, Amplifies Chronomancy spells cast in its vicinity, and Allows remote viewing of locations touched by starlight. Accounts also warn of a drawback: Those without Sphinx blood who gaze into the crystal for more than a few moments become lost in its temporal visions, unable to distinguish past from present u…

The most celebrated Celestial Crystal of Farsight was used by the Sphinx Chrono-Scribe known as Auvaris the Patient to predict the coming of a great storm that would have destroyed an Elven Forest trade partner, cementing a century of aerial commerce between the two peoples. It later fell into the hands of a Human Lowland scholar who could not interpret its visions and mistook its prophecies for decorative light-play. The Sphinxes have sought its return ever since, offering considerable quantities of Star-Coins as reward.