Saint Ancelin's Stylus of Law
When Saint Ancelin returned from his long journeys to visit the folk that had been Awakened long before the Human folk, he brought back with him many skills and many ideas. One of the skills he had learned in his travels was writing to record thoughts.
He had seen how the Elves had developed a written script with an elegant and graceful style that fit their demeanor. He had seen how the Dwarves carved letters and runewords into stone to preserve them for all time. He knew that the Humans needed this skill as well, but they needed something better suited to them. By the time he had returned, he had devised a system of writing that he believed would fit Humankind.
This writing would be more permanent than the ink-on-paper of the Elves, which could be dissolved away with water. But it was not the "once and forever" of the Dwarven stone-carved language either. He developed a system of writing that involved a specially shaped stylus pressed into a wet clay tablet to form letters and word symbols. While still wet, the written text could be amended. Only after baking in a kiln would the words become as permanent as any the Dwarves could write. Ancelin envisioned a group of his people, elders perhaps, discussing and debating important things - writing and amending until they were all in agreement.
He had seen how the Elves had developed a written script with an elegant and graceful style that fit their demeanor. He had seen how the Dwarves carved letters and runewords into stone to preserve them for all time. He knew that the Humans needed this skill as well, but they needed something better suited to them. By the time he had returned, he had devised a system of writing that he believed would fit Humankind.
This writing would be more permanent than the ink-on-paper of the Elves, which could be dissolved away with water. But it was not the "once and forever" of the Dwarven stone-carved language either. He developed a system of writing that involved a specially shaped stylus pressed into a wet clay tablet to form letters and word symbols. While still wet, the written text could be amended. Only after baking in a kiln would the words become as permanent as any the Dwarves could write. Ancelin envisioned a group of his people, elders perhaps, discussing and debating important things - writing and amending until they were all in agreement.
Rarity
Unique
Weight
2oz (50g)
Dimensions
Cylindrical, 4in (10cm) long x 1/4" (60mm) diam
one end is flat; other end specially carved & plated
one end is flat; other end specially carved & plated
Base Price
Cost of raw materials: 3gp
Cost of artifact: Priceless
Cost of artifact: Priceless
Raw materials & Components
Ironwood and gold.
(There may be copper plating beneath the gold plating on the stylus impressing edges.)
(There may be copper plating beneath the gold plating on the stylus impressing edges.)
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