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The Emberglass

“It has remained here for centuries. Quiet. Safe. As it should be.”
— an elderly Lathander monk charged with its care

The Emberglass is a sacred relic associated with Lathander and long kept by the Lathander monastery in the Pale. It is notable both for its religious importance and for unusual healing effects reported in its presence.

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Lore

Accounts describe the Emberglass as a small, perfectly polished six-sided shard marked with fine unfamiliar engravings. Gold-like filaments run through its interior, and a steady light can appear to move beneath its surface.

For most of its known history, however, the Emberglass was not displayed as a weapon or public miracle. It remained a quiet object of custody in a dwindling monastery, tended as part of religious routine while generations passed around it.

For generations the relic remained under monastic custody in the Pale, where it was treated as a sacred trust rather than ordinary property. The monastery and the wider Church came to believe that Lathander intended the relic to pass toward Lady Elspeth Wilthorne as part of a pilgrimage whose route and purpose are not publicly settled.

Witnesses have associated the Emberglass with warmth, rapid wound closure, and unusual effects on people suffering from the Rotmire Blight. Its limits remain poorly understood outside those who have handled it directly.

Discovery

During the campaign, Greymire operator Jorick Vance gave the party the job that sent them into the Pale in search of the Emberglass. The party recovered it from the Lathander monastery after its elderly caretaker willingly released it in accordance with the religious instruction he believed he had received.

The truth behind that instruction remains a matter of belief rather than established public fact.

Mechanical Properties

IN-GAME MECHANICS: DORMANT • THE FADING EMBER

Rare Relic
State: Dormant, Levels 4–6
Attunement: Required
Charges: 1

Attunement Requirements
A Cleric, Paladin, Druid, or Warlock with a Celestial Patron may attune normally. A character with proficiency in Religion may also attempt to attune after one day of meditation and a DC 15 Wisdom check.

Lathander's Presence
The Emberglass sheds dim light in a 10-foot radius. Mundane means cannot extinguish this light.

Celestial Insight
The wielder has advantage on Intelligence (Religion) and Wisdom (Insight) checks involving divine forces or remnants of lost faiths.

Blessing of the Morninglord
The wielder is immune to progression of the Rotmire Blight. An infected creature within 10 feet cannot transmit the Blight while it remains in the Emberglass's presence.

Lathander's Grace
The bearer can expend the relic's 1 charge to cast Cure Wounds at 1st level.

  • Casting Time: 1 Action
  • Range: Touch
  • Components: Verbal, Somatic
  • Duration: Instantaneous
  • Recharge: Long Rest

Radiant Resilience
The wielder has resistance to radiant damage.

Dawn's Edge
The wielder's weapon attacks count as magical for overcoming resistance.

Campaign Developments

Agnes is the relic's attuned bearer in the tabletop campaign. The Emberglass has arrested Bart's Rotmire Blight progression. This is stabilization, not a cure.

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