2025 Aug 13: Wings of the Night

 Wings of the Night is the most common name for a magic item with about a dozen known copies. At first glance they look like dark leather cloaks, but closer examination reveals that no tanning process was performed, and the cloak is simply magically preserved skin of some kind. A particularly observant person might note the long grooves along the cloak, which look like they could house wands, or particularly long twigs.

When activated (the activation method varies from a single word that needs to be uttered, to simply leaping off somewhere tall) the cloak transforms itself into a pair of batlike wings that the user can use to glide. With enough practice, one may use thermals, or other similar weather phenomena to gain height.

As the name suggests, the Wings of the Night are made from actual wings: the wings of Chiropterans to be precise. As one might expect wearing one is a horrible insult to the bat-folk, who will try their best to get revenge on those who would desecrate the bodies of their dead in such a manner.