Large Urn of the Green Lord

About 4 feet tall, made of thick shell-like material, fitted with a heavy lid. Immobile and magical.

The Green Lord interred here made it as a weapon against troublesome Fae. When the urn is unoccupied and a Fae looks inside, it is compelled to crawl in (it can always fit). If the lid is closed, the Fae is trapped and the urn slowly and painfully peels away its knowledge, essence, and sense of self. In time, nothing remains but a pile of pearls (Value 2).

Thornthumb avoided it. The crinwin use it to store doodads Sajra didn't want — junky artifacts, possibly even a cracked flute arcanum (Book II p.523).

Rubbish. Bones, snail shells, mixed-grade trinkets — and that cracked flute, if the GM seeds it. No pearls. No Fae have been near enough in centuries.

• What should I be on the lookout for? — "Honestly, not much. The urn isn't calling you. It's magic, but it doesn't feel like magic that affects mortals."
• Know Things — something interesting — Green Lord work. Flowing runes inside, partially decipherable. The compulsion targets Fae specifically

This is a load-bearing example in the Discoveries chapter: the GM is told to be honest about what the artifact does, not coy. Don't imply more than there is. Don't tease pearls that aren't there. Just give them the description.

Category Artifact · Intensity High

Revelation: Green Lord Fae-compulsion urn; traps Fae and reduces them to pearls (Value 2 per Fae)

Effect: Useful as a Fae weapon if a Fae can be lured to it; mortals are unaffected