2025 Apr 19: Seeker's Flame

To make Seeker's Flame, one must first have a holy person. This holy person must have been born underground, and never ever seen light. They must have been educated in the mysteries of the gods, and they must have dedicated at least twenty years of their life to serving them. They need to be given a piece of steel, and a piece of flint which has been left out in the desert sun for at least fifty years. When the holy person strikes the steel with the flint, the first sparks they make will create Seeker's Flame if they catch something on fire. The holy person, having seen light for the first time in those sparks, is forevermore useless for this endeavor.

Seeker's Flame is a magical green fire. It dispels most magical darkness, but not those that are older than the Sun. What makes it worth the effort of getting it, is its ability to reveal anything hidden. No magical invisibility, or mundane trickery can hide anything in the radius of its light, traps cast long shadows, masks slip, and even shapeshifting leaves an unmistakable mark. As one might imagine many Sorcerer-Kings and mighty temples have the halls leading to their treasure rooms lit with Seeker's Flame, though if the flames ever go out, it is rarely easy to get a replacement in time.

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