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Relics

Seven bound wonders

Seven Relics. ROUGH DRAFT. Spend 3 Clues during Command to draw and bind a Relic face-up; one per character. Invoke is a Gesture, once per Age, then exhausted. Full essays live in the Reliquary.

Relics register
No.NameTimingStatus
072Shard of First AegisPassive • Invoke after hitROUGH
073Meridian CompassPassive • Gesture InvokeROUGH
074Hammer of First StonePassive • Gesture InvokeROUGH
075Chalice of Last EmberPassive • Gesture InvokeROUGH
076Coin of Two CrownsPassive • Gesture InvokeROUGH
077Crown of Many VoicesPassive • Gesture InvokeROUGH
078Heartstone of AegisPassive • Gesture InvokeROUGH
072 · Shard of First AegisROUGH

Passive • Invoke after hit · bound Relic

+1 Guard. Invoke: reduce resulting damage to zero before a wound.

UV: The first defense was a promise, not a wall.

073 · Meridian CompassROUGH

Passive • Gesture Invoke · bound Relic

Adjust Traverse ±1 within 1–6. Invoke: move directly to a revealed Discovery in same quadrant; entire turn.

UV: North is merely where intention gathers.

074 · Hammer of First StoneROUGH

Passive • Gesture Invoke · bound Relic

Once/cycle Build or Repair costs 1 less Material, minimum 1. Invoke: repair 2 total Integrity within 1.

UV: Every kingdom remembers the sound of its first stone.

075 · Chalice of Last EmberROUGH

Passive • Gesture Invoke · bound Relic

Healer may stabilize from 1 away. Invoke: remove 1 wound from carrier or adjacent stabilized; cannot remove final wound from currently Downed.

UV: One ember survives inside every ending.

076 · Coin of Two CrownsROUGH

Passive • Gesture Invoke · bound Relic

First Commerce each cycle costs 1 less Coin, minimum 0. Invoke: trade despite Chaos suspension; consent required.

UV: Its second face belongs to whoever believes.

077 · Crown of Many VoicesROUGH

Passive • Gesture Invoke · bound Relic

+1 Presence in Arbitration, Accord, and formal diplomacy. Invoke: propose Accord without activation Influence or Order; other rules apply.

UV: A true crown speaks in more than one voice.

078 · Heartstone of AegisROUGH

Passive • Gesture Invoke · bound Relic

+1 Insight sealing Hazard, Breach, or Chaos. Invoke: cancel Rupture text; Standard resolves.

UV: The realm has a heartbeat—and it is listening.