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Aternative Belcadiz Relic

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#1
zombiegleemax
Sep 20, 2004 6:50:48 The Belcadiz thread got me thinking that maybe those elves indeed need a different relic - one that will be more suitable to their culture. So, here's an idea:

The Well of Thoughts.

At the center of the Belcadiz clan stands the Well of Thoughts. From the outside, it looks like a standard stone well – that floats several inches above earth. From the inside, it is a deep – maybe bottomless - well, full of golden mists. At the depths of the well, the mists are rather dense – but there are a very few of them near the surface.
The mists of the well can be used to create the rare Fans of Lust. A long process, using a large amount of condensed mists, creates each fan. Only the Keeper and her aides know the art of catching the mists and molding them.
The mists themselves can be acquired only from the surface of the well – and only on Full Moon. The mists are caught within the moon’s reflection in the well – and ancient magic is needed to extract them from it. Nobody can enter the depths of the well – since he’ll be lost forever in the mists, in his own memories and desires, as well as in others. It takes 49 years to create one fan.
The fans themselves can be used to enflame lust and desire in others. However, each such use of the fan reduces its mists – and the fan is destroyed after 7 uses. Therefore, Belcadiz Elves hardly make such a use of the fans – since they are needed for a much more important use.
Seven Fans of Lust can be combined to create a large Mirror of Memory. To start the process, the Keeper and her aides must enter a trance-like state after a very long session of ritualistic Flamenco dancing - using the Fans of Lust. The dance highly amplifies the dancers' emotions and sense of self. However, any slight interruption can ruin the dancers' state - and the whole process. The mirror – made from the well’s golden mists - enables the Belcadiz Elves to travel into the clan's collective memories. Sometimes a trip inside the mirror takes the traveler into the actual past, and enables him\her to alter events (with all the possible mess that might occur as a result). In other times, however, the traveler might find himself in the clan's collective subconscious - a strange world of Surreal Symbolism. His acts in such a world might have drastic affects on the clan's mentality.
#2
kheldren
Sep 20, 2004 9:09:55 Neat

Actually I am not sure about the alter memories part, it would need some work in case the PCs annoy the Belcadiz elves... Anyway I do think the fans of lust very appropriate and the mirror will work with careful thought.
#3
zombiegleemax
Sep 20, 2004 10:26:43
Actually I am not sure about the alter memories part, it would need some work in case the PCs annoy the Belcadiz elves...

Mmm... Good point.
How about that one can enter through the mirror only into the clan's collective memory? Or maybe the clan's collective subconscious? That could be cool... A whole world of Surreal-Spanish-Elven-Symbolism...
#4
zombiegleemax
Sep 21, 2004 12:37:07 Okay. I've edited my original post in order to incorporate Kheldren's remarks - and also to make the relic harder to create.
Any more suggestions?

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#1 zombiegleemax Sep 20, 2004 6:50:48	The Belcadiz thread got me thinking that maybe those elves indeed need a different relic - one that will be more suitable to their culture. So, here's an idea: The Well of Thoughts. At the center of the Belcadiz clan stands the Well of Thoughts. From the outside, it looks like a standard stone well – that floats several inches above earth. From the inside, it is a deep – maybe bottomless - well, full of golden mists. At the depths of the well, the mists are rather dense – but there are a very few of them near the surface. The mists of the well can be used to create the rare Fans of Lust. A long process, using a large amount of condensed mists, creates each fan. Only the Keeper and her aides know the art of catching the mists and molding them. The mists themselves can be acquired only from the surface of the well – and only on Full Moon. The mists are caught within the moon’s reflection in the well – and ancient magic is needed to extract them from it. Nobody can enter the depths of the well – since he’ll be lost forever in the mists, in his own memories and desires, as well as in others. It takes 49 years to create one fan. The fans themselves can be used to enflame lust and desire in others. However, each such use of the fan reduces its mists – and the fan is destroyed after 7 uses. Therefore, Belcadiz Elves hardly make such a use of the fans – since they are needed for a much more important use. Seven Fans of Lust can be combined to create a large Mirror of Memory. To start the process, the Keeper and her aides must enter a trance-like state after a very long session of ritualistic Flamenco dancing - using the Fans of Lust. The dance highly amplifies the dancers' emotions and sense of self. However, any slight interruption can ruin the dancers' state - and the whole process. The mirror – made from the well’s golden mists - enables the Belcadiz Elves to travel into the clan's collective memories. Sometimes a trip inside the mirror takes the traveler into the actual past, and enables him\her to alter events (with all the possible mess that might occur as a result). In other times, however, the traveler might find himself in the clan's collective subconscious - a strange world of Surreal Symbolism. His acts in such a world might have drastic affects on the clan's mentality.
#2 kheldren Sep 20, 2004 9:09:55	Neat Actually I am not sure about the alter memories part, it would need some work in case the PCs annoy the Belcadiz elves... Anyway I do think the fans of lust very appropriate and the mirror will work with careful thought.
#3 zombiegleemax Sep 20, 2004 10:26:43	Actually I am not sure about the alter memories part, it would need some work in case the PCs annoy the Belcadiz elves... Mmm... Good point. How about that one can enter through the mirror only into the clan's collective memory? Or maybe the clan's collective subconscious? That could be cool... A whole world of Surreal-Spanish-Elven-Symbolism...
#4 zombiegleemax Sep 21, 2004 12:37:07	Okay. I've edited my original post in order to incorporate Kheldren's remarks - and also to make the relic harder to create. Any more suggestions?