A prospector’s tale
Minor arcanum #52
“An Ustrina once offered me a mirror, a flawless thing framed in gold. It showed me, but… a better me, you see? They said who made it, one of the Forge Lords, I think? Said she ‘poured her Sublime Words into it,’ whatever that means. I couldn’t pay their price. But I’ll never forget that mirror, or how it made me feel.”
That old man turned up dead, but you suspect there’s some truth to his story. To unlock its mysteries, you must...
Requirements
- ☐ …be proficient with some art or craft (pottery, weaving, smithing, etc.).
- ☐ …find an Ustrina able and willing to teach you the Sublime Words.
- ☐ …spend a season studying with the Ustrina, practicing the Words.
- ☐ …risk never mastering the Words, or permanently harming your voice.
The rest is discovered in play. Every arcanum has a hidden back — what it becomes, what it wants, what it costs. That’s for your table to find out, so it isn’t published here.
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