Minor Items and Relics
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This page collects objects mentioned in passing — 132 of them, in alphabetical order. Each entry says only what the sources say, with its citation; see Help:Canon policy for what the citations mean. Subjects with enough material have pages of their own.
"The Dance of the Eladrin"
unconfirmed idea A watercolor by Thalion Faerleaf depicting cultural exchange between the Eladrin and the people of Moonward.[last-winter#486]
"The Eternal Struggle"
unconfirmed idea A bronze statue by Cassandra Thornwright depicting two warriors representing the forces of chaos and order.[last-winter#486]
"The Fall of House Veridus"
unconfirmed idea A dark oil painting by Julian Stormcrest depicting the tragic fall of House Veridus.[last-winter#486]
"The Fey's Blessing"
unconfirmed idea A large tapestry woven by Eldrin Thaloris, showing the Fey Queen blessing Moonward.[last-winter#486]
"The Founding of Moonward"
unconfirmed idea A large oil painting by Elara Moonveil depicting the founding moment of Moonward.[last-winter#486]
"The Moonlit Duel"
unconfirmed idea A pastel work by Ilyana Duskwood depicting a duel under moonlight on the rooftops of Moonward.[last-winter#486]
"The Silver Crescent at Dusk"
unconfirmed idea A charcoal-and-ink work by Marcus Highbrook depicting the Silver Crescent at sunset.[last-winter#483]
"The Siren's Gambit"
unconfirmed idea A fast, magically silent-sailed brigantine of the Blue Sails that shadows Winter Elf supply ships, captained by Calista Varayne.[last-winter#742]
Abjuration Arm-Braces
unconfirmed idea Magical braces wrapped around Pell's infected left arm, meant to slow or block the tumor infection's spread and the arm's movement.[heralds-a#156]
Absolute Command Sigil
unconfirmed idea A sigil that has previously commanded life and death — examples include an Arcanum execution seal, a Dead Court relic, or a Vaezir-era judgment mark; Naevys needs precedent, not permission.[heralds-a#38]
Aenism Banner
unconfirmed idea A gold-threaded banner representing doctrine, sacrifice, and authority; removing it triggers an echo showing how Aenism failed.[heralds-a#40]
Amulet of Health
A silver amulet worn by Kaelen that raises his Constitution score to 19 while worn. [last-winter#432]
Amulet of Immunity
A silver amulet marked with old runes that Marcus Virelius stole from his commander; it grants its wearer immunity to all disease. [last-winter#464 · last-winter#465]
Antler Thrones
unconfirmed idea The Elkborn thrones the Empire shattered on the day it broke the Covenant.[heralds-b#433]
Armor of Resilience
A full suit of plate armor worn by Kaelen; it grants a +1 bonus to Armor Class and resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage. [last-winter#432]
Armor of the Forgotten Legion
unconfirmed idea A blackened set of armor worn by legendary heroes in Moonward's darkest era, said to protect against fire magic.[last-winter#483]
Ash Verdict
unconfirmed idea A rune-cannon staff carried by Rusk Avar.[heralds-a#112]
Ash-Lotus smoke
unconfirmed idea An assistant-proposed, unconfirmed type of incense said to be used by elven assassins in meditation to slow their heartbeat.[heralds-b#31]
Ballad of Draven
A song about Draven, reworked in play as a rhymed, syllabic ballad and later rewritten in English without end-rhyme. [heralds-b#329 · heralds-b#331] It was meant to read as a mysterious hymn of unclear origin and authorship, thick with symbols and naming no one. [heralds-b#333]
Banner of Eternal Flame
A magical banner, central to the Flaming Banner cult, that never goes out even in wind or water. [last-winter#39 · last-winter#40]
Bathhouse Map Scrap
unconfirmed idea A torn fragment of a map of the Rosereach bathhouse and its waterways, marking a tower drainage exit, the direction of the Flower tunnel, and a "DO NOT FOLLOW ROOTS" warning.[heralds-a#156]
Battle Standard of Moonward
unconfirmed idea A torn, magically preserved banner on the ground floor, said to have flown during the city's legendary siege.[last-winter#483]
Black Index Cards
unconfirmed idea Small black cards Odran used to classify the creatures and characters he encountered, coded as SMK-L, RMN-CORE, PETAL-RISK, and similar.[heralds-a#143]
Black Kraken
unconfirmed idea The ship Grimbeard commanded during his time as a pirate.[last-winter#194]
Black Ledger
unconfirmed idea A ledger said to hold Rosereach's true financial records, bribes, and evidence of corruption, hidden somewhere in the Silver Court.[last-winter#748]
Blizzard Catapult
unconfirmed idea A catapult powered by a bound ice elemental, which creates localized blizzards.[last-winter#692]
Bone Measuring Thread
unconfirmed idea A bone-like thread used to measure death, distance, and containment radius, and to estimate a Smoker's age or a Remains infection's stage.[heralds-a#143]
Boots of the Swift
Magical boots worn by Kaelen; they increase his movement speed by 10 feet and grant advantage on Stealth checks. [last-winter#432]
Brass Ward-Caliper
unconfirmed idea A brass measuring instrument that gauges a Ward's distance, pressure, and breaking angle, granting a +2 bonus to Arcana checks.[heralds-a#143]
Breath-Record Crystal
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as an arcane memory crystal in Captain Thorsen's vault, holding a hidden recording of Naevys Duskbloom saying she did not control the plague but allowed it, and that the city asked for it.[heralds-a#28 · heralds-a#30]
Chalice of Eternal Waters
unconfirmed idea A silver chalice that never runs dry, said to have been enchanted by an ancient wizard.[last-winter#483]
Cloak of Protection
A cloak worn by Kaelen that grants a +1 bonus to Armor Class and to saving throws. [last-winter#432]
Cold Fire (Blue Flame)
A power that turns its bearer's flames blue, given to Grizzleflame by Aaron immediately after Grizzleflame's third escape. [heralds-a#11]
Collapsing Circle Chalk
unconfirmed idea A hard arcane chalk used to draw containment circles on stone, bone, or metal, granting a bonus to saves against charm, fear, and memory intrusion.[heralds-a#143]
Command Sigil of Absolute Authority
unconfirmed idea The ritual's most dangerous component — a sigil that has previously commanded life and death without dispute, with examples including an Imperial Arcanum execution seal, a Dead Court relic, or a Vaezir-era judgment seal.[heralds-a#37]
Confession Key
unconfirmed idea A small bronze key that warms within 24 hours of Odran's death and directs its holder to the true confession cylinder in the Tower Bell Mechanism.[heralds-a#143]
Containment Staff — Measured Mercy
unconfirmed idea Odran Vey's engineering staff and spell focus, granting a Ward concentration bonus along with a force pulse and an undead-slowing effect.[heralds-a#143]
Copper Memory Needle
unconfirmed idea A small needle Pell pushed into her own hand to fix her memory after seeing the Reminder, used to prevent sleepwalking.[heralds-a#156]
Crimson Star Tablet
unconfirmed idea A glowing ancient relic written in the age of angels, which the Lord of Blood consulted upon receiving a report.[last-winter#872]
Crown of the True Duke
unconfirmed idea A heavy iron crown said to hold the essence of the First Duke, which only the true ruler can wear without disaster.[last-winter#483]
Crypt Key
A spiral, carved bone key; it opens nothing in this particular crypt but is thought to work in another. [heralds-a#39 · heralds-a#40] Its true function is to open cycles: on a long rest it lets its bearer reroll a failed death save, at the cost of a "wolf mark" that gives disadvantage on a Wisdom check until the next dawn. [heralds-a#39 · heralds-a#40]
Cycle Tablet
unconfirmed idea A pre-imperial relic kept by Cardinal Malvayn, depicting gods being swallowed by their own creations.[heralds-b#8]
Dawnbell
A magical golden bell in Sunbell that rings at dawn, midday, dusk, and midnight and is said to hold protective powers. [last-winter#21 · last-winter#22]
Dawnbreaker
unconfirmed idea A greatsword that glows against evil, carried by Kaelen in his earliest description.[last-winter#295]
Dead Arcanist Badge
unconfirmed idea A Magnus Arcanum badge that Pell Voss snapped in two rather than discard, engraved "P. Voss — Ward Script Division, Rosereach Tower."[heralds-a#156]
Diary of Scholar Ivenel
unconfirmed idea A centuries-old, publicly accessible diary recounting Moonward's early history and rulers.[last-winter#483]
Elven Lute of Palewood
unconfirmed idea A lute made by an ancient elven lord, which hums faintly.[last-winter#483]
Emergency Chalk of Stillness
unconfirmed idea A simplified version of Odran's containment chalk, used by Pell to draw a protective circle to keep Remains tendrils and roots out.[heralds-a#156]
Emergency Disjunction Coin
unconfirmed idea A single-use silver coin that, when broken, severs magical connections such as charms, the hive-mind, or the Reminder's memory tether for one round.[heralds-a#143]
Enchanted Icebergs
unconfirmed idea Magical explosive traps hidden in the water.[last-winter#664]
Folded Ritual Sketches
unconfirmed idea Folded, water- and blood-stained sketches containing a theory on a returned-dead anchor, notes on the Breath Census / Last Breath ritual, and Pell's warning notes.[heralds-a#156]
Folded Tower Diagram
unconfirmed idea A crisis map of the Deadreach Arcanum Tower kept updated by Odran, missing Selvara's secret route to the Flower Vault.[heralds-a#143]
Force-Lock Ring
unconfirmed idea A cold grey ring worn by Odran that seals an area's boundary with an Arcane Lock-like effect twice a day.[heralds-a#143]
Fossilized Serpent Heart
unconfirmed idea A black, cracked, faintly warm heart said to be Naginis's own, found in the deepest sealed chamber of her temple; touching it pulses the crypt beneath Snakepass and raises the Pressure by one, and destroying it would badly weaken the seal there.[heralds-a#42]
The Frostbreaker
unconfirmed idea An ice-breaking warship of the Blue Sails, built to hunt Winter Elf ships before they reach shore, captained by Hector "Stormjaw" Valtren.[last-winter#742]
The Frostcaller Spire
unconfirmed idea A siege tower held aloft by magic, carrying elite soldiers onto the walls.[last-winter#692]
Frostfang Ballista
unconfirmed idea An anti-wall, anti-personnel siege ballista that fires ice-forged, magical frost bolts.[last-winter#692]
Frostpeak Blade
unconfirmed idea Veladrin's magical sword, dealing cold damage and freezing its target on a critical hit; an assistant design.[heralds-a#84]
Frostwoven Armor
unconfirmed idea Veladrin's armor, granting cold resistance and able to reduce damage once per day; an assistant-designed item.[heralds-a#84]
Glacier Wraith
unconfirmed idea A frost-enchanted warship of House Ursa, commanded by orc and triton captains.[last-winter#653 · last-winter#655]
Glass Cylinder of Final Accounting
unconfirmed idea An encrypted personal record cylinder containing Odran's Deadreach containment notes, corrections to Naevys's ritual theory, and notes on the Reminder, the Catalyst, and the Flower Vault.[heralds-a#143]
The Glass Dirge
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as the title of the Lost Bard's missing ballad, with the mirror-bound folio fragments claimed to be its lost verses.[heralds-b#268]
Golden Rose
An ancient artifact-flower with divine, arcane, and alchemical properties, said to stand forever beneath the sun; alchemists across the empire have long sought it. [heralds-a#128] An unnamed black elf druid tore it from the Petal Gate but was chased off by the Roseguard before he could carry off more than a piece of its root. [heralds-a#128]
Grimoire
A spellbook hidden in a lost library that Draven sought in order to regain his dark powers. [last-winter#382] He was told it lay within a lost library in the Iceverf region. [last-winter#382]
Half-Burned Confession Copy
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this not as Odran Vey's full confession but as a half-burned, water-damaged summary written by Pell Voss, stating that Smokers are spell-dead and Remains are memory-dead.[heralds-a#156]
Harbor Death Ledger
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a lost ledger in a harbor office, listing the names of civilians who died before the ritual was activated.[heralds-a#112]
Heart of the Dragon
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a giant crystal said to be the petrified heart of an ancient dragon slain by Moonward's first ruler, able to wake sleeping dragon spirits if it falls into the wrong hands.[last-winter#483]
House Crest of Stormwatch
unconfirmed idea A shield-shaped crest on a dark blue field, showing stormy grey clouds swirling around a golden lightning bolt, bearing the motto "Vigilance in the Storm."[last-winter#251]
Indomitable
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as the ship commanded by Hector "Stormjaw" Valtren.[last-winter#769]
The Iron Tempest
unconfirmed idea A heavily armored Blue Sails warship carrying many catapults and cannon, built for direct battle with enemy fleets, captained by Garrik Thornebreaker.[last-winter#742]
The Iron Tide
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as the ship commanded by Garrik Thornebreaker, its sails marked with the Blue Sails fleet's sigil of a wave breaking over crossed swords.[last-winter#771]
Key of Life
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a key in the vault that fits no lock but warms and vibrates while Captain Thorsen is alive, described as a remnant of Thorsen's duty-bond ritual and a resonance indicator of whether he still lives.[heralds-a#28 · heralds-a#30]
Lamplighter Ring
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a key ring that opens civic grates and grants advantage on checks involving the city's lighting fixtures.[heralds-b#266]
Ledger of Debts
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as an encrypted, incriminating debt ledger belonging to Vaelor.[heralds-b#401 · heralds-b#403]
Ledger of Lost Kings
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a secret history book recording Moonward's hidden conspiracies, betrayals, and royal bloodlines.[last-winter#483]
Legion Banner
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as an iron-threaded banner representing order, formation, and obedience, which triggers a brief echo showing how the Legion failed in battle if it is taken down.[heralds-a#40]
Letter Never Sent
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as an unfinished letter Pell Voss wrote to family or a former teacher in Heartpoint, containing a warning against the concept of "containment."[heralds-a#156]
The Lion's Blade
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as Ser Garran Rosemane's old Roseguard sword, dealing extra radiant damage to undead and burning like golden flower-light against Remains.[heralds-a#137]
Lunar Volcanic Core
unconfirmed idea A powerful ancient artifact said to lie beneath Snakecross and to be the source of the town's volcanic and celestial phenomena, proposed as a link between three separate groups' stories.[last-winter#398]
Map of the Crescent Layers
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as an illuminated map showing Moonward's three layers: the Bright, Silver, and Dark Crescents.[last-winter#483]
Mercy Ampoule
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a small blue ampoule, shown to no one, holding an arcane sedative that Odran Vey kept for a fast and painless death.[heralds-a#143]
Mirror
A legendary longsword of Sir Bertram Frostgaze's family, made of silvered metal that shines and reflects light; it has been handed down through generations of his house. [last-winter#86 · last-winter#87]
Moonmilk Chalk
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as chalk that leaves marks visible only under moonlight, useful for following clues in a temple or tracking a wrongdoer.[heralds-b#266]
Moonveil Crown
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a crown gifted by the Eladrin rulers of the Feywild, set with moonstones, granting its wearer a limited glimpse into the Feywild.[last-winter#483]
Null-Ink Quill
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a quill that writes text visible only under magical light or detect magic, able to draw a hidden containment sigil on skin.[heralds-a#143]
Oathbound Glaive
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as Vaelis's weapon, dealing extra radiant damage against oathbreakers.[heralds-b#407]
The Pale Mandate
The unsigned, never-attributed body of instructions that grounds all of Blackice's doctrine, rewritten across generations by trusted Hands; only Godwin White may change it. [heralds-b#397] Every major decision within Blackice must be justified by the Pale Mandate. [heralds-b#397]
Pale's Phylactery
Some of the buildings of Old Iceverf turned out to be the phylactery of the Pale, Godwin White. [heralds-b#444]
Petal-Black Root Sample
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a root sample, possibly taken from the Reminder's outer vines and sealed in glass, described as critical for studying the link between the Golden Rose and the Reminder.[heralds-a#143]
Plague Mask Prototype
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a mask prototype in the vault with a filter and runic glass, giving only short-term resistance to cloudkill before it melts the wearer's face after five minutes, which is why it was never distributed to the public.[heralds-a#28]
Reaper of Death
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as the weapon Sariel uses to kill Azrael, placed at the center of a prophecy.[last-winter#870 · last-winter#872]
The Red Seal's Sentinels
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed these as abstract constructs, not creatures — chains of light and sealing symbols forming an environmental hazard and puzzle that targets spells to block brute-force solutions.[heralds-b#381]
The Rimecrusher
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a siege ram shaped like a giant white stag's head, reinforced with ice magic.[last-winter#692]
Ring of Regeneration
A ring worn by Kaelen that, while he has at least 1 hit point, regains 1d6 hit points every 10 minutes. [last-winter#432]
Root-Fleck
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a very small black-and-gold fiber from a Reminder root, described as the most dangerous sample, usable to cause a small outbreak near Heartpoint.[heralds-a#156]
Rosemane Shield
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as Ser Garran Rosemane's rose-gold shield embroidered with a lion surrounded by thorns, said to glow faintly inside the Flower Goddess Vaults.[heralds-a#137]
Rosewatch Command Seal
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as an official guard's seal in Captain Thorsen's vault, activated by breath, to which Naevys Duskbloom's undead troops do not respond.[heralds-a#28]
Sacred Frost Relic
unconfirmed idea A sacred relic deep in enemy territory, sought as one of the objectives of a campaign to recover it.[last-winter#661]
Saint-Lily Spores
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed these as spores, obtainable from a ruined greenhouse area, able to slow Remains infection and strengthen the Flower Vault's wards.[heralds-a#112]
Scry-Breaker Locket
unconfirmed idea A small black-and-silver locket holding a shard of broken mirror and an abjuration rune, meant to make scrying difficult; it worked imperfectly because its bearer, Pell, was infected.[heralds-a#156]
Seal Needles
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed these as twelve silver-tipped needles bearing Magnus Arcanum containment runes, creating a temporary ward point when driven into a surface.[heralds-a#143]
The Sealed Door
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a giant door deep within the vault, sealed with magical locks that no one has dared to open for centuries.[last-winter#483]
Serpentbone Amulet
An amulet that grants 24 hours of poison resistance and the ability to understand Infernal after each long rest. [heralds-a#39]
Serpentkin Banner
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a green-and-black threaded banner representing hunger, skin-shedding, and rebirth, which triggers an echo showing how the Serpentkin failed if it is taken down.[heralds-a#40]
Seven Copper Tags
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed these as copper tags bearing the names of seven Arcanists who are dead, missing, or of unclear status, including Pell Voss, Ilyra Fen, Selvara Mourn, and Naevys Duskbloom.[heralds-a#143]
Seven Flame Tomes
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed these as relics of pre-Empire arcana; Kaelith Thorne holds one of them.[heralds-b#12]
Shadow Lodestone
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a consumable tool that hums softly when within 60 feet of a planar thin-spot, and is used up after three uses.[heralds-b#266]
Shield of the Dying Faithful
A relic of Aenism; once per long rest, if its bearer is defending an ally who drops to 0 hit points, it automatically stabilizes that ally and restores them to 1 hit point. [heralds-a#39]
Small Prayer Token from the Flower Vault
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a token bearing a white flower symbol, possibly from Selvara Mourn or a survivor child, taken as evidence that Pell Voss was trying to reach the Flower Vault.[heralds-a#156]
Small Silver Mirror, Cracked
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as a diagnostic focus that shows a creature's magical residue pattern, distinguishing the undead, the returned-dead, and those charmed by the Reminder.[heralds-a#143]
Spellcraft Ledger
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed this as Odran Vey's leather-bound, fireproof notebook, containing Naevys Duskbloom's ritual calculations and her "returned soul anchor" theory, suggested as the single most important item to prove to the party that Naevys's plan was deliberate.[heralds-a#143]
Spiral Anchors
unconfirmed idea Three giant obelisks, carved with earth, water, and serpent motifs, that keep the shelf from sinking; damaging them would cause it to slowly sink into the Down Below.[heralds-a#46]
Staves of the Three Mages
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed these as three staves belonging to archmages who protected Moonward in its early years, representing the schools of Divination, Enchantment, and Conjuration.[last-winter#483]
Stolen Ward-Key Fragments
unconfirmed idea The assistant proposed these as broken ward-key fragments Pell Voss stole while fleeing the Tower, granting brief access to the tower's lower levels, the bathhouse aqueduct, drainage wards, and archive doors.[heralds-a#156]
Stone Humming Thrice in Silence
A ballad sung by the Lost Bard that encodes the Annex's vibration rhythm in riddle; at the game master's request it was expanded to include Draven's legend — his loss of power, his lost arm, and the breaking of his bonds. [heralds-b#281 · heralds-b#283 · heralds-b#285]
Summerflame Dagger
A flaming dagger taken from the Summer Elves in an earlier battle. [heralds-a#83]
Sword of Commander Valeth
unconfirmed idea A ceremonial, magically-warded sword said to have been carried by the first commander at the founding of Moonward.[last-winter#483]
Sword of Righteousness
A magical sword given to Blindsword by his celestial patron; it grants advantage and a Charisma damage bonus against sinners, and disadvantage with only non-lethal damage against the innocent. [last-winter#474 · last-winter#475]
Thorneblade
Kaelen's namesake magic longsword; it grants a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls. [last-winter#432]
Three Amber Breath Vials
unconfirmed idea Three amber vials holding stabilized air, proposed as temporary protection against poison gas.[heralds-a#143]
Three Sealed Test Vials
unconfirmed idea A leather case at Pell's belt holding three sample vials: Smoker Condensate, Remains Tissue, and Root-Fleck.[heralds-a#156]
Tome of Evernight
unconfirmed idea A massive black-bound tome containing necromantic secrets, kept locked away by the Duke.[last-winter#483]
Undying Flame of the Dwarven Temple
An undying fire from an old dwarven temple in the region, which the Summer Elves decided to use to break the Winter. [heralds-a#11]
Vigilance
unconfirmed idea A longsword with a radiant blade, given by elves, described in a second depiction of the same character that conflicts with the name "Dawnbreaker" for what may be the same weapon.[last-winter#299]
Ward-Stone of Delayed Collapse
unconfirmed idea A stone that stabilizes a collapsing structure for ten minutes, at the cost of a more violent collapse once that time runs out.[heralds-a#143]
Wavepiercer
unconfirmed idea A fast, dangerous warship commanded by Captain Calista.[last-winter#767]
Whispering Wind Pendant
unconfirmed idea A finely crafted pendant of polished wood, made for wood elves, proposed to grant its wearer communication with the forest, silent movement, and resistance to natural hazards.[last-winter#278 · last-winter#279]
Whisperleaf
unconfirmed idea An ornate elven longbow, said never to make a sound when loosed, carried by Eryndor "Greywind".[heralds-b#171]
Winter Archives
unconfirmed idea Elkborn archives burned by the Empire on the day it broke the Covenant.[heralds-b#433]
Winter Stabilization Relic
unconfirmed idea A Winter Elf artifact or ley-line nexus proposed as needed for a ritual, preventing decay from resolving and freezing a plague in a state of half-failure.[heralds-a#37]
Winter's Bane
unconfirmed idea A relic sword belonging to Elder Ser Aethran Roseblade, said to survive from a past war.[last-winter#668]
Winterstorm Catapults
unconfirmed idea Siege catapults that batter Iceverf's stone fortresses with magical ice.[heralds-b#187]