⛧
The Broken Star
Official meaning: fall and corruption.
Infernal reading: light refusing its assigned orbit.
Each relic has an official meaning and the meaning it acquired after use. Handle the difference carefully; it may still be warm.
⚿
The Key Without Teeth
Opens no physical lock. When carried openly, it reveals which prisons depend entirely upon belief.
⚖
The Ashen Scales
Weigh consequences rather than intentions. They tilt toward the unseen person who paid for another's virtue.
◉
The Witness Seal
A black-glass disk that warms in the presence of an omitted truth. It does not identify the liar.
𐕣
The Inverted Reliquary
A shrine containing objects taken from those harmed by a saint. Its inversion signifies testimony turned back toward power.
🔥
The Cold Flame
A pale fire that consumes excuses while leaving memory intact. It appears at every unscripted confession.
Curator's rule
A sacred object tells you what a people chose to remember. A cursed object tells you what they needed to blame.