| Lot | Item | Public Catalogue Listing | Function | Ulrich's Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ossuary Compass | A tarnished brass compass set with a bone-white needle. The device does not point north, but instead turns toward places of unsettled death: forgotten graves, old battlefields, plague pits, and sites where the dead were denied proper rites. | Locates concentrations of unquiet or improperly buried dead. Useful for finding hidden graves, lost battlefields, necromantic workings, or sites of atrocity. | Distasteful, certainly, but straightforward. In the right hands it is a grim investigative tool; in the wrong hands, a scavenger’s delight. |
| 2 | Warforged Memory Cog | A heavy adamant-and-brass cog of uncertain manufacture. When exposed to controlled heat, prayer, lightning, or specialized artifice, it emits fragments of stored sensory impressions. Contents are incomplete and may be distressing. | Stores residual impressions or memory fragments, which may be drawn out through artifice or ritual stimulus. Potentially valuable for reconstructing events, identifying makers, or studying lost engines and Warforged mechanisms. | Exceptionally interesting. I would strongly prefer this not fall into the hands of those inclined toward profane reconstruction. |
| 3 | Sealed Vial of Black Sap | A crystal vial containing a dark resinous substance of northern provenance. The material stains glass from the inside and has shown unusual reactions to fire, silver, salt, and consecrated implements. Handling is restricted to sealed environments. | A highly corruptive occult reagent. Likely useful in profane rituals, corruption of living things, contamination of holy sites, or weakening of warded structures. | Dangerous in the extreme. If acquired, it should remain sealed, isolated, and under strict supervision. Preferably mine. Or Dr. Oren’s. Certainly not a cultist’s. |
| 4 | Saintbone of the Unnamed Martyr | A small bone reliquary allegedly associated with an unknown martyr. Records of the martyr’s name, order, and death are inconsistent. Previous owners reported signs of warmth, weeping icons, pale light, and disputed minor miracles. | Appears capable of producing or encouraging signs commonly interpreted as miraculous. Whether these are divine, sympathetic, or fraudulent is uncertain. | One of those charmingly troublesome relics that may be holy, false, or both at once. Capable of stirring crowds, faith, and violence in equal measure. |
| 5 | Frost-Sealed Heart | A crystalline blue-white heart suspended in a silver cage of winter runes. Under proper rites, it is said to place a living creature into deathlike preservation, delaying the progress of disease, poison, age, or mortal decline. | Suspends a living subject in magically induced stasis, halting bodily decline until released. It does not cure; it preserves. | Morally fraught, but not inherently wicked. A dangerous sort of mercy. In careful hands, it could save a life by buying time. In careless hands, it becomes a beautiful coffin. |
| 6 | Litany of Unmaking | A narrow black prayer-scroll written in silver ink. The text is believed to be part theological treatise, part ritual inversion, and part forbidden liturgical instrument. It is not to be read aloud within consecrated spaces. | A profane liturgical tool designed to weaken sanctified ground, disrupt rites, unmake oaths, and invert or corrupt religious ceremonies. | Repellent. Also quite potent, I suspect. If sold to a sufficiently malicious buyer, it could be used against shrines, blessings, ordinations, purification rites, and perhaps even Dragonmark ceremonies. I dislike it intensely. |
| 7 | Contract of the Bound Choir | A vellum contract written in an unknown legal hand. The document hums faintly near divine magic and contains layered clauses, witness marks, and marginalia in several celestial and infernal dialects. Legal consultation is strongly advised before purchase. | Some sort of binding legal-religious instrument, likely containing oath power, witness-binding, or captured testimony with both infernal and celestial elements. Could compel service, preserve bargains, or entangle souls in obligations. | Precisely the sort of thing one reads with tongs. Very dangerous, though I admit marvelously constructed. |
| 8 | Celestial Roster of the Seventh Ward | A silver-leaf codex containing names, titles, offices, custodial assignments, and ward notations from an unidentified ancient celestial administration. Many entries are faded, damaged, excised, or sealed behind script requiring expert translation. | An administrative record of celestial personnel, offices, and assignments tied to an ancient warded structure or institution. Most importantly, it may preserve the name and office of a surviving celestial functionary. | This is the item we need. Bureaucratic, yes — but never underestimate the power of a list of names. If a celestial remains within the Prison, this volume may tell us who, where, and perhaps how to reach them. Priority acquisition. |
| 9 | Crown-Shard Reliquary | A palm-sized reliquary containing a storm-black fragment of ancient metal suspended in glass. The fragment hums faintly during storms and causes nearby flame to bend as though in wind. Its exact historical origin remains disputed. | Likely a sympathetic fragment tied to an older crown, storm rite, or rulership regalia. May be useful for divination, identification, or ritual resonance with related relics. | Not our primary concern tonight, but very significant. I would prefer to know who purchases it, if only so we may become alarmed properly and in advance. |
| Lot | Item | Public Catalogue Listing | Auctioneer's Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ossuary Compass | A tarnished brass compass set with a bone-white needle. The device does not point north, but instead turns toward places of unsettled death: forgotten graves, old battlefields, plague pits, and sites where the dead were denied proper rites. | “Lot One: the Ossuary Compass. A practical instrument for those whose business, scholarship, or grief requires the discovery of the forgotten dead. Please note: the house makes no guarantee that the dead wish to be found.” |
| 2 | Warforged Memory Cog | A heavy adamant-and-brass cog of uncertain manufacture. When exposed to controlled heat, prayer, lightning, or specialized artifice, it emits fragments of stored sensory impressions. Contents are incomplete and may be distressing. | “Lot Two: a Warforged Memory Cog of uncertain origin. Our appraisers confirm it contains mnemonic residue, though the memories are fragmented, distressed, and not recommended for viewing by the recently bereaved.” |
| 3 | Sealed Vial of Black Sap | A crystal vial containing a dark resinous substance of northern provenance. The material stains glass from the inside and has shown unusual reactions to fire, silver, salt, and consecrated implements. Handling is restricted to sealed environments. | “Lot Three: a sealed vial of black sap, classification hazardous. Bidders are advised not to open, taste, sanctify, dilute, weaponize, or pray over the contents while within the hall.” |
| 4 | Saintbone of the Unnamed Martyr | A small bone reliquary allegedly associated with an unknown martyr. Records of the martyr’s name, order, and death are inconsistent. Previous owners reported signs of warmth, weeping icons, pale light, and disputed minor miracles. | “Lot Four: the Saintbone of the Unnamed Martyr. Whether relic, fraud, miracle, or accusation, it has moved crowds to tears and priests to violence. We offer no theological warranty.” |
| 5 | Frost-Sealed Heart | A crystalline blue-white heart suspended in a silver cage of winter runes. Under proper rites, it is said to place a living creature into deathlike preservation, delaying the progress of disease, poison, age, or mortal decline. | “Lot Five: the Frost-Sealed Heart. For those who require time more than comfort. For those who would rather risk winter than surrender to the grave. Bidding will begin only after payment instruments are verified.” |
| 6 | Litany of Unmaking | A narrow black prayer-scroll written in silver ink. The text is believed to be part theological treatise, part ritual inversion, and part forbidden liturgical instrument. It is not to be read aloud within consecrated spaces. | “Lot Six: the Litany of Unmaking, recovered from the ashes of a monastery that burned without flame. The house reminds bidders that reading from the scroll during the auction is grounds for forfeiture, expulsion, and possible metaphysical injury.” |
| 7 | Contract of the Bound Choir | A vellum contract written in an unknown legal hand. The document hums faintly near divine magic and contains layered clauses, witness marks, and marginalia in several celestial and infernal dialects. Legal consultation is strongly advised before purchase. | “Lot Seven: the Contract of the Bound Choir. An exceptional piece of infernal jurisprudence, containing what our experts believe to be authentic witness-echoes. Buyers are encouraged to consult counsel before touching the signature line.” |
| 8 | Celestial Roster of the Seventh Ward | A silver-leaf codex containing names, titles, offices, custodial assignments, and ward notations from an unidentified ancient celestial administration. Many entries are faded, damaged, excised, or sealed behind script requiring expert translation. | “Lot Eight: the Celestial Roster of the Seventh Ward. A bureaucratic relic, yes — but empires have fallen over lists of names. Bidders are warned that certain entries may retain sympathetic power. Do not speak any name you are unwilling to be heard by.” |
| 9 | Crown-Shard Reliquary | A palm-sized reliquary containing a storm-black fragment of ancient metal suspended in glass. The fragment hums faintly during storms and causes nearby flame to bend as though in wind. Its exact historical origin remains disputed. | “Lot Nine: the Crown-Shard Reliquary, recovered from a collapsed northern shrine. Its provenance remains debated, but every appraiser who dismissed it has since revised their opinion, lost sleep, or disappeared.” |
The Candleblack Auction - Catalogue Lots
| Lot | Item | Catalogue Listing | Auctioneer's Announcement | Likely Interested Parties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ossuary Compass | A tarnished brass compass set with a bone-white needle. Rather than pointing north, the device turns toward the nearest unquiet mass grave, battlefield dead, or improperly sanctified burial site. It is of obvious interest to necromancers, battlefield scavengers, priests, and those seeking lost atrocity-sites. | “Lot One: the Ossuary Compass. A practical instrument for those whose business, scholarship, or grief requires the discovery of the forgotten dead. Please note: the house makes no guarantee that the dead wish to be found.” | Necromancers, battlefield scavengers, priests of death gods, military historians |
| 2 | Warforged Memory Cog | A heavy adamant-and-brass cog taken from an unknown Warforged or Creation Engine apparatus. When exposed to heat, prayer, or lightning, it emits fragments of memory: marching feet, a forge-lit chamber, a voice reciting activation scripture, and the sensation of awakening into pain. | “Lot Two: a Warforged Memory Cog of uncertain origin. Our appraisers confirm it contains mnemonic residue, though the memories are fragmented, distressed, and not recommended for viewing by the recently bereaved.” | Forge, artificer cabals, Triad agents, Ember Library interests |
| 3 | Vial of Black Sap | A sealed crystal vial containing a thick black substance believed to be drawn from a corrupted celestial tree. The sap stains glass from the inside, reacts violently to consecrated flame, and has documented uses in portal rites, biological corruption, and the profanation of holy engines. | “Lot Three: a sealed vial of black sap, provenance northern, classification hazardous. Bidders are advised not to open, taste, sanctify, dilute, weaponize, or pray over the contents while within the hall.” | Diantha’s agent, Triad cultists, corrupt alchemists, occult researchers |
| 4 | Saintbone of the Unnamed Martyr | A fingerbone reliquary allegedly taken from a saint whose name does not appear in any accepted Church record. When displayed before the desperate or credulous, it may produce false signs of blessing: weeping icons, phantom warmth, false absolution, or counterfeit healing-light. | “Lot Four: the Saintbone of the Unnamed Martyr. Whether relic, fraud, miracle, or accusation, it has moved crowds to tears and priests to violence. We offer no theological warranty.” | Corrupt miracle-sellers, heretical priests, political agitators, desperate nobles |
| 5 | Frost-Sealed Heart | A crystalline blue-white heart suspended in a silver cage of winter runes. When properly invoked, it can place a living creature into deathlike preservation, halting disease, poison, age, or mortal decline until the enchantment is broken. The process is dangerous, cold, and spiritually suspect. | “Lot Five: the Frost-Sealed Heart. For those who require time more than comfort. For those who would rather risk winter than surrender to the grave. Bidding will begin only after payment instruments are verified.” | Lord-Commander Garran Veyr, Icengrim agents, desperate families, forbidden physicians |
| 6 | Litany of Unmaking | A narrow black prayer-scroll written in silver ink on treated skin. The text is composed of anti-prayers designed to weaken consecrated ground, unravel oaths, profane public rites, and corrupt ceremonies of blessing or purification. It is not to be read aloud in any sanctified place. | “Lot Six: the Litany of Unmaking, recovered from the ashes of a monastery that burned without flame. The house reminds bidders that reading from the scroll during the auction is grounds for forfeiture, expulsion, and possible metaphysical injury.” | Triad cultists, Vinnin agents, heretical theologians, devil-bound advocates |
| 7 | Contract of the Bound Choir | An infernal contract written on translucent vellum that hums softly when near divine magic. The document appears to contain the echoes of several angelic or celestial voices, bound as witnesses, guarantors, or collateral. Its clauses are dense, predatory, and still legally active. | “Lot Seven: the Contract of the Bound Choir. An exceptional piece of infernal jurisprudence, containing what our experts believe to be authentic celestial witness-echoes. Buyers are encouraged to consult counsel before touching the signature line.” | Infernal advocates, devils, anti-Church legalists, occult collectors |
| 8 | Celestial Roster of the Seventh Ward | A silver-leaf codex containing names, offices, custodial assignments, and ward authorities associated with an ancient celestial prison. Many entries are faded, excised, or stained by black sap. One surviving name may identify a celestial still trapped within the prison. | “Lot Eight: the Celestial Roster of the Seventh Ward. A bureaucratic relic, yes — but empires have fallen over lists of names. Bidders are warned that certain entries may retain sympathetic power. Do not speak any name you are unwilling to be heard by.” | The Aegis Order, Diantha’s agent, Triad agents, forbidden scholars |
| 9 | Crown-Shard Reliquary | A palm-sized reliquary containing a storm-black fragment of ancient metal suspended in glass. It hums during thunder and causes nearby flame to bend as though in wind. It is believed to be connected to the binding rites or consecration regalia of the Storm King’s Crown. | “Lot Nine: the Crown-Shard Reliquary, recovered from a collapsed giant shrine beneath the northern ice. Its relation to the Storm King’s Crown remains debated, but every appraiser who dismissed it has since revised their opinion, lost sleep, or disappeared.” | Lightfoot Harry’s proxy, frost giant agents, Ulrich, Diantha’s agent, ancient giant scholars |