*Updated 3/30/26* **Artefact Vault** contains noted artefacts and relics of significance, often tied to legends or magical properties. They can range from powerful weapons to enchanted heirlooms, each with a known history. Some relics are desired for their capabilities, while others remain dangerous and unpredictable, and thus remain contained in the Artifact Vault. #### **Classifications:** **Major Relic** - Ancient, divine, or ancestral artifacts of significant importance **Minor Relic** - Smaller sacred items or locally significant **Charm** - Personal protective items, typically worn or carried **Talisman** - Inscribed or consecrated objects for specific purposes, such as wards or curses **Amulet** - Similar to charm, often with spiritual inscription **Totem** - Spirit-bound objects representing clan, family, or deity **Reliquary** - Containers holding sacred remains or fragments **Vessel** - Containers for liquids, powders, or organic materials **Heirloom** - Cherished object often passed down through generations **Instrument** - Tools used in rituals or detection work **Sigil** - Glyph marked surfaces to commune to spirits **Effigy** - Representations of spirits, deities, or entities **Token** - Small commemorative or exchange items **Fragment** - Broken pieces of larger artifacts, still potent **Seal** - Objects used to bind, lock, or contain spiritual forces **Key** - Artifacts that unlock or access spiritual barriers **Focus** - Items used to channel or concentrate spiritual energy **Anchor** - Objects that bind spirits to locations or people **Veil** - Items that obscure or reveal spiritual presence **Conduit** - Objects that connect different spiritual realms and shards ## Gaiana's Heartstone **Artifact Designation:** The Sister Fragment; Gaiana’s Heartstone **Classification:** Fragment, Major Relic **Physical Description:** Sharp needle- like base with various outward spikes cradling a crystal with a frosty internal center that appears to hold a kind of golden aether. Incredibly light, yet durable. **Historical Record:** Discovered upon the Limsa coast by Adler Autumnwind. Historical depictions in ancient Nymian Temple suggest involvement in an ancient calamity and potentially one of three fragments. **Known Magical Properties:** Aether Aura, Voidsent Pacify, Soulbound **Current Repository:** The Order of Equilibrium, Avillion; The Avillion Vault **Identified Hazards:** - Houses an entity known as “Vianne”. Entity intentions unknown - Unification of Major Relic effects unknown - Potential lure of enigmatic or voidly entities ## Clades Umbra **Artifact Designation:** The Clades Umbra; Shield of Shadow **Classification:** Minor Relic, Ward Charm, Talisman, Anchor **Physical Description:** Smooth pale oval shaped stone with no discerning features. Appears almost a regular stone. **Historical Record:** A strange stone that seems to act as a mechanism of stealth for the Shardforged- - Allowing them to remain hidden to those who may be seeking the Shard's within them. The Artifact itself does appear to attach to others at random, forcing them to a pre- determined location for unexplained reasons. **Known Magical Properties:** Soulbound, Deflect Astral Aether, Shroud the Shardforged, Teleportation. **Current Repository:** The Order of Equilibrium, Avillion; Rowan Sharpe **Identified Hazards:** - Appears to have a will of its own. - Unpredictable nature ## Solstice's Shard - Fragment **Artifact Designation:** The Shards, Shardforged, The Solstice Shard **Classification:** Fragment, Anchor, Major Relic **Physical Description:** Highly aggressive and potent dense fragments of a much larger artifact, likely the 2nd piece to the Avillion Artifact. **Historical Record:** The origin of the Solstice's Shards was scarce, but after the raid on Rener's hideout- - Documents recovered seemed to suggest that the Solstice Artifact was acquired by an unknown adversary and subsequently destroyed. The resulting effect was that the Shards were cast across the realm and are seeking to rejoin themselves. **Known Magical Properties:** Enhance Aether siphoning, resistance but not immunity to tempering, a cool blue aura. **Current Repository:** The Order of Equilibrium, Avillion; The Artifact Vault **Identified Hazards:** - Attaches permanently to recipients until death. - Can be tracked by The Crucible via unknown means. - Requires the Clades Umbra or attunement to Gaiana's Heartstone to ensure safety. ## Vantasma's 13th Pendulum **Artifact Designation:** Vantasma's Pendulum, The Odd Pendulum, Enchanted Pocket Watch **Classification:** Minor Relic, Instrument, Talisman **Physical Description:** Crafted of Ishgardian steel, finely engraved with distinctive patterns seen in architecture as described originating from the 13th. **Historical Record:** The Pendulum is likely an older heirloom that was used in whomever had owned it prior. It's exterior is a finely crafted shell that is containing the more ancient metal within. The origin is not believed to be of the Source. It was acquired during the raid on the Vicengaol hideout in the mountains of Coerthas. **Known Magical Properties:** Entrance void entities to comply with given orders. If used enough, a passphrase can be designated to activate the trance without the Pendulum. It is written that the Pendulum can also restore a voidsent's sanity and free will, but no such function has been managed since being aquired. Further research required. **Current Repository:** The Order of Equilibrium, Avillion; The Artifact Vault **Identified Hazards:** - One can entrance themselves by accident if the wielder is voidtouched. - The effects of the Pendulum can resurface past trauma when used. - It cannot be destroyed and therefore makes a great flail. ## The Seedseer's Locket **Artifact Designation:** The Locket, Noir's Locket **Classification:** Minor Relic, Talisman, Seal **Physical Description:** A series of small lockets capable of containing vengeful spirits. **Historical Record:** The Padjal are known to commune by way of aetheric waves. In this, they are capable of detecting the spirits by mere conversation. To assist those who would wish to know them, the Seedseer's Locket was crafted-- and can only be crafted by a Padjal. These were made by Rhemnoir Ikormstag, with the expressed purpose of containing only vengeful spirits. **Known Magical Properties:** A series of small lockets craft-able by the Padjal, capable of containing vengeful spirits. **Current Repository:** The Order of Equilibrium, Avillion; The Artifact Vault **Identified Hazards:** - One currently harbors the spirit of Ravithar Egerthorm, held by Narin Tia. - The Lockets are capable of accidentally trapping unintended spirits if used improperly. - Spirits within cannot perish and hold a state of stasis while within until activated. - The spiritual energy within cannot be harnessed due to the stasis. ## Dynamis Dice **Artifact Designation:** The Soul Die **Classification:** Instrument, Veil, Charm **Physical Description:** A seemingly nondescript multi-colored dice. The colors represent different emotions that-- When thrown, reveals the emotional state of whom or what it rolls toward. **Historical Record:** Unknown. **Known Magical Properties:** The Soul Die is capable of detecting influences of dynamis. The colors upon the die represent different emotions that can be inferred. It will also roll toward who the user is thinking of at that particular moment. **Current Repository:** The Order of Equilibrium, Avillion; The Artifact Vault **Identified Hazards:** - It has been known to misread the incorrect target if used incorrectly. - It does not work in The Black Shroud. ## The Weaver's Thread **Artifact Designation:** Aether-infused Stitching **Classification:** Sigil, Anchor, Veil **Physical Description:** Small thin specialty made thread that is enchanted with influential spiritual properties. **Historical Record:** The Weaver is one of the known Threadwinders. We, however, are unable to discern where exactly these threads are produced, but from acquired Thread from the deceased Winders-- We have managed to utilize it for our purposes to create warding equipment against voidsent and spiritual influences. **Known Magical Properties:** The thread can be woven into cloth, skin or accessories. The thread will tighten slightly when vengeful spirits are near. It can be used to discover spirits as well, but a larger quantity of thread is required. **Current Repository:** The Order of Equilibrium, Adler Autumnwind **Identified Hazards:** - The thread is highly toxic if held in large quantities. - Void-touched do not seem affected by the potential aether corruption. - Can reveal hidden spirits and voidsent when burned. ## **The Ancestor's Amulet** **Artifact Designation:** Skatay Amulet, Veena Artifact **Classification:** Charm, Amulet, Heirloom **Physical Description:** A silver-work necklace with an scarlet gem sealed in the amulet, and an acorn locket embedded just above. **Historical Record:** The Skatay Range is known for harboring the Veena and carries much of the ancestral linage from the region. The Ancestor's Amulet is said to be a cherished heirloom that is passed down to ward-off against vengeful spirits and resist malevolent forces. This particular variant was enchanted with a spell to extend the warding to the depiction placed within the added locket. **Known Magical Properties:** A passive ward for warding against the influence of vengeful or malevolence spirits. As an Heirloom of the Far-East, it is most effective against those in the region. The Locket addendum is said to extend the warding to the depiction within. If it is empty, there is no further effect. **Current Repository:** Luwalhati Dalisay **Identified Hazards:** - The chain's silver may have negative effects in prolonged exposure to certain entities. - The Acorn Locket addendum is a more recent enhancement. - The Gem is the core to the warding and likely the only part of true import. - Veena Heirloom may garner questions to its acquisition. 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