Icon of the Seer
Description
An is generally a ceremonial tool that allows a priest to perform a Liao ceremony they have not personally mastered. The icon of the high tower often bears symbols associated with Wisdom or Vigilance, or the images of paragons and exemplars who showed great insight or clarity of thought, especially the sentinel. The Highborn are sometimes call one an icon of the beacon, while Freeborn, Navarr and Urizen alike may wield an icon of the clear sky. For various reasons they often take the form of a stout walking stick or rod with a sphere of clear gemstone, polished metal sphere or crystal set into one end.
An icon of the high tower requires months of work by a skilled artisan, commonly with a set of tools inlaid with dragonbone used especially for crafting religious items. They often including trace amounts of the magical materials, especially tempest jade and weltsilver.
Rules
- Form: Weapon. Takes the form of an icon. You must be holding this item in hand to use its magical properties.
- Requirement: You must have the dedication skill to bond to this item.
- Effect: While you are wielding this icon you can perform the insight ceremony as if you knew it.
- Materials: Crafting an icon of the hearth requires no special materials. It takes two months to make one of these items.