The Black Viper is both a person and a pendant. The pendant itself is a magical trinket of ancient lore. It has been handed down from generation to generation to a worthy person to take up the mantle of The Black Viper. The wearer of the pendant is immune to Read more…
A ter’angrael made during the final years of the Fourth Age; in what would later come to be known as the Isles of Erie. The Crown was passed between the ruling Channelers of the Isles from the Fourth through the Sixth Age, eventually lost to time after the downfall of Read more…
An unsanctioned drug created by Vladimir Perov, a drug lord, channeler and chemist. Using his knowledge of science, the one power and just plain luck Vladmir stumbled upon the means of creating a powerful stimulant that created a euphoric sensation from just sugar using the OP to manipulate the elements. The formula for the little Read more…
P is a illegal pill that induces a vibrant hallucinatory state, often erroneously thought to stand for Pleasure but occasionally understood by its darker and perhaps truer moniker of Pestilence. It’s intended to be used in conjunction with a black market neural interface, and promotes a state of mind which Read more…
The Four-Way Pillar is a portal stone located in the landscape known by humans as the Garden of Eden. It is the only portal stone to remain on the planet during all seven Ages and thus persists through every turning of the Wheel. It is indestructible throughout all that time. Read more…
Also known as the ‘Cauldron of Plenty’ (Coire Ansic in Irish, pronounced Kwee-ra On-sik). It was made by the druid Semias of the northern city of Murias. Not much is known about this vessel, although it was thought to have had the power to bring the dead back to life, Read more…
Other Names: Slaughterer, Areadbhair, Crimall Prophesiesed Owner: Aiden Finnegan, Lugh Historical Significance: One of the Four Jewels of the Tuatha De Danann Location: Lugh’s Armory, a chamber beneath Lia Fáil on the Hill of Tara in County Meath, Ireland. The Armory was entrusted to The Naga; only to be released to Read more…
Also known as the Stone of Destiny, and the Coronation Stone. It was made by Morfessa of Falias, and brought into Ireland by the Danann, where they duly placed it at the Hill of Tara, in Co. Meath. Legend has it that its cry confirmed the coronation of the rightful Read more…
Some of the earliest texts in the Manuscripts and Archives Research Library are incised in cuneiform script on clay tablets from Sumeria (modern day Iraq); the tablets are upwards of two thousand years old. There are over 70 Arabic manuscripts including some with Persian, Samaritan, Turkish, Hebrew and Hausa linguistic Read more…
The most significant collection of maps of Irish interest in the Manuscripts and Archives Research Library is that of George Carew, Lord President of Munster at the beginning of the 17th century (MS 1209). This collection contains nearly 70 maps and is one of the largest sets of original Tudor Read more…