The Lich's Loaded Knucklebones
The pair consists of small, yellowed knucklebones polished to a cold ivory sheen. Each die is marked with angular sigils instead of conventional pips, and the markings glow with a faint violet light whenever the dice are thrown. Hairline cracks run through the bones, each filled with black resin that resembles dried ichor. When left unattended, the dice occasionally click against one another as though an invisible hand is rolling them.
Lore
The dice were carved from the hands of Vauldrath the Patient, a lich who believed that chance was merely another form of undeath: something that could be starved, studied, and eventually controlled. Vauldrath used the dice to settle disputes among his lieutenants, choose which kingdoms to ruin first, and determine which of his enemies would be granted the false mercy of resurrection. The dice never favored their owner. They favored Vauldrath's desires, even when doing so required a result that appeared to damage his plans. Scholars therefore argue that the bones preserve not the lich's thoughts, but the deepest and most secret wishes hidden beneath them.
History
After Vauldrath was destroyed, a grave robber named Pell Orison stole the knucklebones from the lich's dissected remains and sold them to several gamblers. Every buyer eventually lost a wager that should have been impossible to lose. The dice passed through the hands of assassins, princes, and an archmage before vanishing from recorded history. Their last confirmed owner was Veyr Sallowcrown, an immortal collector of objects connected to dead tyrants. Veyr claims the dice were stolen from his vault, but he has never mounted an expedition to recover them. Instead, he waits, because he knows exactly where they are and believes their current owner will eventually bring them to him willingly.
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