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Component of Absolute Certainty

CanonOfficial lore from the booksBoDp. 90-91

A Component of Absolute Certainty is a magical crystal fully charged with divination magic. It is a complex magical tool that can be regarded as a magic item in its own right.1

Making

The component is made by casting a divination upon a crystal every day for five years in succession. Over that long period the residual divine magic transforms the crystal's structure, sharpening its power to predict the future and greatly reducing uncertainty.1

Because making one takes so long, the component is usually bought from a magical institute or on the black market. It is rare, yet most divination wizards produce one as a side effect of their daily practice. For that reason most diviners in the Lands of Exile use crystals as their arcane foci, knowing that in time their casting will turn the stone into a precious magic item. Its value rises further in regions where practitioners of arcane magic are scarce.1

Effect on beings of chaos

The aura of certainty that radiates from the stone deeply disturbs beings of chaos, and long exposure to it can drive them mad.1

Use in binding the fey

The component is central to the Chains of Stagnation, a ritual that halts the ever-changing chaotic magic within a fey, leaves it indifferent and despairing, and holds it in place with glowing hot chains. Whenever a fey tries to act according to its nature it gives off a trace of chaotic magic; the component drains and nullifies this chaotic aether, so that it begins to drain the fey itself, and every act of deception or trickery becomes torture for the captive.1

The chains are fixed or wound around the captured fey and then connected to the component. Their enchantment cannot be dispelled, because the component acts as a reservoir that continually renews it. The magic the component draws from the fey is enough to keep the bond in place for thirty days.2

Notes

  1. ↑BookBook of Dead, p. 90
  2. ↑BookBook of Dead, p. 91

Sources

This article draws on:

  • BoDBook of Dead(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 90-91

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