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The Unbanked Ember, Unbound - AI-generated fantasy Magic Item

The Unbanked Ember, Unbound

A coal the size of a fist rests inside a fist-sized cage of black iron, suspended from a stout chain. Its surface glows like banked copper beneath thin seams of ash, and its heat reaches the palm through the cage. When it stirs, the air carries the scent of hot stone and wet iron; tiny sparks lift from it and fade only when they pass beyond sight. At its unbound strength, its light swells into a steady golden radiance, while a low, measured pulse hums through the iron.

Artifact · Caged coal (wondrous item) · Attunement

The Unbanked Ember, Unbound

A coal the size of a fist rests inside a fist-sized cage of black iron, suspended from a stout chain.

At a glance

Caged coal (wondrous item), artifact (requires attunement Requires attunement)

Made by Unknown

Value Priceless

Weight 1 lb

  • artifact
  • wondrous item
  • fire
  • cold resistance
  • healing
  • warmth
  • campaign relic

Its will

Mind Not established; the Ember is not confirmed to be sentient.

Personality No independent personality is known.

Wants No independent goals are known. Its origin and the purpose of the engine remain unresolved.

How it speaks It communicates through warmth, changes in its pulse, and occasional bell-like tones; it does not speak or transmit words.


At the table

A quirk

The card

7 properties

Caged coal (wondrous item), artifact (requires attunement Requires attunement)

  1. Always on
    The Ember's banked heat can be shared with those standing near its bearer.
  2. Always on
    The Ember's heat spreads into a sheltering field that turns aside the crushing deep and killing cold.
  3. Always on
    When the bearer is felled, the Ember keeps their rhythm alive long enough for warmth to return.
  4. Action
    The Ember can be kindled into a blazing presence that makes hostile creatures recoil from its bearer.
  5. Action
    Once each day, the Ember sings a note that steadies allies or unsettles every foe within reach of its resonance.
  6. Always on
    The pulse within the Ember conveys the Count to its bearer as an unmistakable rhythm.
  7. Always on
    The Ember retains every property it gained in Books One and Two, in addition to the properties described here.

Its story

A coal the size of a fist rests inside a fist-sized cage of black iron, suspended from a stout chain. Its surface glows like banked copper beneath thin seams of ash, and its heat reaches the palm through the cage. When it stirs, the air carries the scent of hot stone and wet iron; tiny sparks lift from it and fade only when they pass beyond sight. At its unbound strength, its light swells into a steady golden radiance, while a low, measured pulse hums through the iron.

Lore

The Ember is a severed piece of Elyndra, Titan of Healing and Restoration. It is carried as the Unbanked Ember, its warmth shared among those close to its bearer. At its unbound strength, it shelters a wider circle and answers danger with a measured pulse. The reason it was severed, the purpose of the old engine, and the identity of the presence that answers the pulse remain unknown.

History

The Ember has passed through the events of The Borrowed Warmth and retains the properties it gained in Books One and Two. At the height of its power, as its bearer reaches level 20, it becomes an artifact. Its earlier history and the purpose of the engine connected to it remain unresolved.

Quirks

Its glow brightens and dims in a measured rhythm, like a slow pulse.
When it stirs, the scent of hot stone and wet iron briefly sharpens.
Sparks drift upward from the cage, even in a windless room.
When the Answering Note is used, the iron cage gives a soft, bell-like hum.

Details

Made byUnknown. The Ember is a severed piece of Elyndra, Titan of Healing and Restoration; who severed it, and why, remain unresolved.
PowerArtifact
SystemD&D 5E (2024 rules; SRD 5.2.1)

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