Aero-Silk Raiment of the Cloud-Weavers
A full ceremonial garment woven entirely from Aero-Silk, the prized Zephyrian textile whose threads are spun from compressed cloud-fiber and storm-charged filament, giving it the appearance of shifting white and silver vapour draped across the body. In strong winds it billows and writhes as though alive, and in calm air it clings impossibly light, as if the wearer is perpetually standing at a cliff's edge with the sky at their back.
Artifact Details
- Type
- Regalia
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Origin
- Produced by master Cloud-Weavers of the Zephyrian high plateaus who spent years layering individual cloud-fiber threads drawn from the upper atmosphere of the Azure Rift. Only a handful were ever completed, each taking a weaver's lifetime of dedication, and they were reserved exclusively for the civilization's highest diplomatic emissaries.
Overview
Aero-Silk Raiment of the Cloud-Weavers is a legendary regalia in Landorya. Its known origin is Produced by master Cloud-Weavers of the Zephyrian high plateaus who spent years layering individual cloud-fiber threads drawn from the upper atmosphere of the Azure Rift. Only a handful were ever completed, each taking a weaver's lifetime of dedication, and they were reserved exclusively for the civilization's highest diplomatic emissaries.. Its most cited abilities include Grants the wearer near-silent movement and significantly reduced wind resistance in flight or freefall, Passively shapes surrounding air currents to buoy and stabilize the wearer, and Renders the wearer immune to the disorienting effects of Cloud-Weaving and aerial illusions. Accounts also warn of a drawback: A wearer who uses the raiment to deceive rather than to negotiate in good faith finds the silk slowly tightening over days, as though the wind itself is withdr…
History
The most storied of these raiments was worn by the envoy Saraia of the Eastern Cliffs during the first diplomatic exchange with the Ocearan river-peoples, her luminous garb reportedly convincing the Oceanans she was a sky-deity before negotiations could begin. A second raiment was gifted to the Talamhari as a gesture of the Sky-Caravan trade alliance, where it was reportedly stored in a place of great honor deep underground, an irony the Zephyrians found quietly amusing. The modern Aeriel peoples preserve one tattered example in their aeromantic academies as a founding cultural heirloom.
Powers & Abilities
- ✦ Grants the wearer near-silent movement and significantly reduced wind resistance in flight or freefall
- ✦ Passively shapes surrounding air currents to buoy and stabilize the wearer
- ✦ Renders the wearer immune to the disorienting effects of Cloud-Weaving and aerial illusions
- ✦ Marks the wearer as a recognized diplomatic envoy under Zephyrian law, commanding safe passage on Sky-Caravan Paths
Curse or Drawback
A wearer who uses the raiment to deceive rather than to negotiate in good faith finds the silk slowly tightening over days, as though the wind itself is withdrawing its support.