Stone lore book

Stone lore book is a relic of Pyre, the affinity of fire, destruction and war. It holds an old piece of Covenant-stuff, the substance of the Seal-shards, bound into leaves of stone, and its treasure spirit answers to Wefan, the Weaver.

Cut into those leaves is The Ash Furrow, one of the five oldest spells, older than the Scar. Reading the book can press that spell into the reader's core. Its ancient rank does not override the ring of affinities, and whether it can be cast in a round depends on the pinned ruleset.

A reader whose core woke in Pyre always takes the spell. For any other affinity, the book is a gamble: the spell may take, or the kingdom may lose all the mana it has stored. Power forced against its grain curdles. Whatever happens, the book is spent in the reading.

A coreless lord may hold it, but holding a relic gives no core, and no item gives a Human lord the power to cast. A spell taken from the book belongs to the reader's core and perishes at the Unsealing, like any other learned spell.

No one knows who made it. Cultivators of Pyre say its leaves were cut from ground that burned before the Breaking and did not burn away. That is their belief.

Tellan, the Keeper of Tallies keeps it among the Mnemoliths between Turnings. There is one in each Turning. When it is spent, its shard returns to his keeping for the recasting, and no copy is made.

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