Bloodwoven Braid
Description
A bloodwoven braid is usually crafted to appear as at least three thin rods woven together. Sometimes the braids interweave, sometimes it takes the form of two strands weaving around a third. It is commonly made of precious metal and weltsilver alloys, although a core rod of carefully shaped and stretched ambergelt is also a common feature. The wand is often wrapped with the hair of a loved one, especially in Navarr or Varushka, or bound with a beautifully woven favour in Dawn. In the Marches it is common to craft the wand to resemble stalks of wheat, and to weave fresh stalks of wheat, blades of grass or supple orchard twigs around the wand.
The woven strands that make up the wand are sometimes fancifully carved; in some places it is called a hydratongue wand and the various strands are carved at each end to depict serpents' or dragons' heads, drawing on the legendary healing power of that many-headed legendary beast.
A unique artefact example of this wand was crafted for the Urizen healer-magician Sithicus by his wife from eight strands of white-gold and a single strand of ilium. Called the Fountain of Life, in honour of that constellation, it was lost along with Sithicus' entire expedition somewhere in the depths of Spiral in 334 YE.
Rules
- Form: Wand.
- Effect: Four times per day you may cast the heal spell without spending any mana.
- Materials: Crafting a bloodwoven braid requires seven ingots of weltsilver, three measures of iridescent gloaming, three measures of ambergelt and three measures of beggar's lye. It takes one month to make one of these items.