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Probably the most important magical artefact in my Lore, used throughout the series. In fact, this is how it begins:
PROLOGUE
IN A TIME now passed beyond memory, a man whispered over a golden disc as he set it into a vice.
Vannis Valla of the
Valleur lifted an engraving tool to mark the first glyph. He murmured the words
of an ancient enchantment, a repeated rhythm, until it was perfect, and
whispered more as he polished. It took time, many months, and he rushed
nothing. He spoke of it to no one. Only when the time was right would he reveal
his handiwork.
This man possessed
the tools and skills to achieve his goal, as well as the voice that was impetus
and creation. To infuse inanimate gold, to gift atoms sensitivity, to compel
unassailable eternity, required tone, repetition and emotion.
Imperative was
emotion, for it determined the ultimate nature of the infused device. If
fashioned in anger, the consequence was an instrument capable of confusion;
indifference led to instability, hate to darkness, mockery to deception,
egotism to arrogance, and love to illumination and enlightenment.
Vannis intended
only love.
The Supreme Wisdom - the Maghdim Medaillon -
of the Valleur was made tangible and it was beautiful. On the day he laid it in
a protective casket, he thought, I am
done now. The future is secure.
He was wrong.
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