ᚱᚢᚾᛁᚲ ᚨᛗᚢᛚᛖᛏ

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versatile (1d8)

Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

A circular amulet roughly the size of a gold coin, carved from midnight obsidian. It is set in a ring of silvery brass, engraved with Elder Futhark runes that glow with a pale, moonlit blue when life and death draw near. In its center rests a lilac-blue gemstone that seems to hold a moment of silence between heartbeat and silence.

Year's Return The amulet holds seven charges. As an action, you can expend all 7 charges to target a humanoid corpse that has died within the last 365 days. The target is returned to life as if by True Resurrection: the creature returns with all of its memories, is alive, and regains all hit points. The revival takes effect within 1 minute. If the corpse was not a valid vessel, the attempt fails and the charges are expended.

Memory of the Year (Arcane Link) For 24 hours after a revival, the attuned wielder shares a telepathic link with the revived person. The link allows brief communication and the transmission of simple instructions. The revived creature retains all memories; the link merely facilitates coordination and care, and does not reveal hidden or traumatic memories unless the revived chooses to speak of them.

Runic Resonance While the amulet has at least 1 charge, necromancy spells you cast gain a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and to the spell save DC. The bonus increases by +1 at dawn each day the item remains attuned. This effect helps power the revival rites and any future necromantic magics you employ.

Lore

The Runik Amulet was forged in the hour of a plague, binding seven souls to a single stone so that life might reclaim death itself. The runes are said to be the breaths of those souls, allowing them to speak when the bearer calls upon the year that was lost. The amulet’s creators vanished into the annals of history, leaving behind a tool capable of reversing a single death within the last year, at a terrible cost to time, memory, and fate.

History

Legends tell of a cabal known as the Veilwrights who bound seven souls to this amulet during a century of plagues and wars. It resurfaced during the Night of the Moonmark, when a fallen general was restored to lead a last stand. It has since moved through the hands of scholars, necromancers, and unlikely heroes, always resurfacing when the dead must be given a second chance within a year’s window.

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