"And no sign of traps?" Allianora asked.
"Nothing. Just this old writing." He pointed to the ancient script circling the door's wheel. "Feris, do you know what it says?"
Feris closed his eyes and muttered something under his breath. When he opened his eyes, they were solid gold in color. "It's an invocation to order, and a place name... I think."
"You think?" Rathgar asked.
"Have you ever heard of a place called URU?"
"I have." Allianora answered. "It was a great and ancient city of mechanical wonders. According to the old stories even the angels on their cathedrals were animated.
"If the condition of this door is any indication, we can hope some of those wonders are well preserved within." Nimble smiled and reached for the wheel. With a grunt it gave way, and the latches withdrew into the door. Rathgar reached out and helped pull the heavy door open. Within, the small chamber was lit by a single lantern. THe walls were covered in strange colorful drawings tacked up on wooden boards. The only furniture was the table the lamp rested on, it's light as steady as any magelight.
"Hua..." Nimble sighed. "I was hoping for something a little more... more."
URU Guild Of Maintainers Lamp by by *Pirkleations
This magical lamp casts light as a normal lamp, and anything within it's light magically resists the effects of entropy. It is not a full immunity, but food left in it's light will easily last for a century or more without spoiling. In addition the light acts as a protection from Chaos spell. A side effect of the spell, is that games of chance can not be played in it's light. For example, shuffled decks of cards will sort themselves in order from lowest suit and number to highest.
I had almost the same idea, called it the Amber Lamp. Don't worry though, I never put it out in the world- still I wonder if we were both inspired by some form of media?
ReplyDeleteI was inspired by the prop and its name. I know it's from the Myst series, but beyond that...
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