Wonder
Description:
A smooth cylinder that’s oddly greasy to the touch, the Infinite Spool appears to be wrapped in fine thread that slowly transitions through all the colors of the rainbow (and some not found even there).
Quirks:
The Infinite Spool gets its name from the (you guessed it) unlimited amount of incredibly strong thread that can be drawn from it. Running this thread through the small hole in the center axis of the spool hardens it into a kind of needle, and when the sewing is finished, a sharp twisting motion will cause the “needle” turn into a shimmering smoke that “sets” the rest of the thread in place, no knots required.
Adventure Hooks:
A tailor uses a unique Wonder—The Infinite Spool—to sew their signature mark into every piece: a complicated piece of embroidery whose pattern dazzles the eye and whose thread always changes color. It was their claim to fame, and the linchpin of their business, an unimpeachable mark of authenticity. But now other pieces have popped up on the market, each one with the same design and the same color-changing thread. Are these simply clever forgeries? Or is the tailor’s spool less unique than they claimed?
Soldiers on battlefields tell tales of a mysterious cloaked surgeon who sutures wounds with color-changing thread and stitches as regular as a sewing machine. The pain during these ministrations is almost unbearable, but the wounds the surgeon cares for never grow septic, and they leave behind no scar. No one remembers the name or face of the surgeon, but an ex-soldier with a color-changing line of sutures on their brow not only says they know where to find them, but that the surgeon is deathly ill.
Once a year, the Archon of Amarghand opens the door in the Binding Obelisk in the plaza before their tower to reveal the Infinite Spool. In a ceremony of great import, the Archon pierces their left ear with this thread, and then travels the borders of Amarghand, laying down a shimmering trail behind them. When they return to the Binding Obelisk, the thread is withdrawn from their ear and tied off on an inscribed brass hoop. This tradition stretches back to the founding of the Archonate. and yet this year, the Archon made it no more than a day’s travel from the capital before the Infinite Spool would give up no more thread. The only difference to this year’s ritual is the presence of the Archon’s new guests: the PCs...
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