The Cauldron

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The primordial vessel that Made the world and can Unmake anything in it.

The Cauldron is the oldest and most powerful object in Prythian, the vessel from which the world was Made and into which all things can be Unmade. It is not a tool to be wielded lightly; it is a force of nature, older than the courts, older than the High Fae, older than memory. To touch it is to risk being remade, and to be remade is to be changed in ways that cannot be undone.

Appearance

A great, black iron cauldron, large enough to hold a full-grown fae, its surface pitted and scarred by eons of use. It gives off no heat, no steam, but the air around it shimmers with a cold, silver light, and the metal seems to drink the darkness around it. When it is active, the liquid within is not water but a swirling, star-shot void that reflects no face and holds every color that ever was.

Also known as: The Great Cauldron, The Mother's Vessel, The Maker's Pot, The Unmaker

What They Know

• The Cauldron is the source of all magic in Prythian; every High Fae's power is a fragment of its original Making.
• It was used by the King of Hybern in the recent war to raise an army of the dead and to turn mortals into fae against their will.
• The Cauldron can Unmake anything it has Made, erasing a person or object from existence entirely.
• It is said to have a will of its own, and it chooses whom to serve and when to act.
• The Cauldron left a piece of itself inside Nesta Archeron when she was forced into it, giving her the power of silver fire.

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