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Chapter I - Act II: Games of Chance

Sooth Deck: The Enticing Jewel

Effects: Effective level of all Invisible magic is raised by 1, or Sorcery cost reduced by 1

Divination: "When the Enticing Jewel is turned, everything focuses upon it. Most of the time, this is one of the most positive cards that can be revealed. It indicates success in one’s endeavor. It suggests beauty and wealth. At the very least, even if not actual success, the Enticing Jewel is the potential for success, which in itself can be encouraging (because sometimes there is no possibility for success). Still, the card has a darker side, because it also suggests greed and a love of wealth, and the dangers of such things."

The entity had heard his entreaty, and had scorned him for it, filling his mind with visions of his own death. Had it misunderstood his intent, or did it simply not care? Yet even in its chastisement, he had come to the solution for his possible salvation. His own magic might not have been enough to catch the rapidly dwindling Citadel, but he was Vislae, and his kind were rarely without tools. He grasped the hat, and as he did focused his own power through it, feeling a sense of satisfaction from that which he has called too. It wasn't like casting a spell, he was not holding the formula within his mind, a living construct of magic eager to be unleashed. This was something external, not a part of him, and yet still influenced by his aura. There was a flash, for his magic was always sudden and swift, as he unlocked the potential within the Ephemera. For a moment, nothing else happened, and he almost thought to look inside of the hat to see if it was working properly.

Suddenly there was an explosion of silk, intricate weavings shooting forth as if from a cannon. He watched with fascination as the massive ladder of woven threads launched itself from the hat, and almost forgot to grab at it as he saw the top rung catch itself on an outcropping of marble. As the bottom rung flew past his face, he desperately reached out, catching it at the last second and wrenching his shoulder half out of his socket. Searing agony tore through him there...

… only to come to within the nest, the horrifying and monstrous form of Felicia peering down at him, her claws painfully digging into his shoulder as she attempted to shake him awake.

Xanah and Aldrion had thought they'd caught a glimpse of Shuistliel within the Dream Creature's form, but the instant their fellow Vislae snapped awake, the face vanished. The creature shuddered, as if diminished somehow. Aldrion got the immediate sense that, if it could have stopped them from freeing their companion, it would have. They'd called its bluff, but pinned as it was by his magic, there wasn't anything it could do but glare at him sightlessly.

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    • Accept the Magister's bargain
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