Glowing Iron Fragments

393 Years, 177 Days since the Victory of Lanival the Redeemer, 5th Month of Uthmor the Giant, in the Year of the Bronze Wyvern.

I am now five and fifty years in age. Accordingly Kertigen has seen fit to deliver me a gift of a fragment, once common during the period when the skies fell, and now much less common. Unlike last time, I have prepared notes both from my own observation, as well as those of a fellow dwarf, Gremtrak.

An iron fragment recently entered my possession again and this time I remembered to scribe its properties:

You feel an intense chill through your fawn brown gloves.
You focus your magical senses on a glowing iron fragment.
You detect a powerful charge of celestial energy emanating from the fragment.
The charge is inexorably dissipating and will only last for another day.
While lesser magicians may perceive it as Lunar energy, you note that this magic is drawn down from the planets and stars far removed from Elanthia. Celestial energy in an unstructured form is highly unusual and bears detailed study.

Though the fragment is heavily charged with energy, you detect that there is no spell pattern or enchanting sigil behind it. Instead, it appears to be an exaggerated example of meteoric iron. A massive charge of celestial magic built up around the fragment during a time in the heavens, and now that it is on Elanthia that power is "winding down." The bitterly cold light is a manifestation of the escaping energy, akin to the forces called down by the Starlight Sphere spell.

While its composition suggests meteoric iron, this magic is evocative of an origin in the cold and distant stars. Astrologers have never managed to quantify the strength and distance of the stars, but that is because both are perceived to be larger than imagination. Someone who was examining the magical element out of context may leap to the conclusion that he is holding a star, but there's still enough Elanthia left intact to suggest that is not the case.

Whether an exceptional piece of meteoric iron or an infinitesimally small stellar fragment, it is undeniably sympathetic to Stellar Magic. You could likely amplify the Starlight Sphere spell with its presence.

My fellow Gremtrak's observations:
Powerful charge of lunar, inexorably dissipating, last only another day. it appears at first glance to be nothing but a Moon Mage's curio, you detect a trace of divine meaning hidden within the magic.

Though the fragment has been heavily polluted with Lunar magic, you feel a thrill of divine meaning through your soul as you unravel its design.

The influence of three gods converge within the fragment. You sense that the fragment is intimately connected to Tamsine and considered a holy relic by the grace of Phelim. Dark and destructive -- yet no less holy -- currents ripple through the fragment as well, connecting this piece of iron to the terrible will of Huldah.

The connection between Tamsine and Phelim, along with the Lunar pollution, suggests that this is a star fallen from the place where Phelim suspended it. Its appearance and physical composition are manifestations of Huldah's influence, capable of turning divine tears into something deadly and base. You intuit that if the star is left as it is now, Huldah's influence over it will continue to grow and finally become ascendant.

Despite its fallen state, you conclude that it is still an important relic of Phelim. Outside of whatever purpose the gods have set for it, you could likely amplify the Phelim's Sanction spell with its presence.


A third mage, an elementress, observed a basic form of what both the cleric and I were able to:
You feel an intense chill through your silver-edged gloves. You focus your magical senses on a glowing iron fragment. You detect a powerful charge of Lunar energy emanating from the fragment. The charge is inexorably dissipating and will only last for another day.

Signed by my hand,

Kraggur of the Nomads