Pearl of Power II

When Calitha Starbrow ascended to immortality in Evergrun, she created as her test the pearl of power, a living relic that is the closely kept secret of the water elf clans of Minrothad. The original pearl was left in Evergrun when some of Starbrow's followers migrated with Ilsundal out of that land. A fragment of the pearl was secretly taken by Poladan Meditor, at the time, an assistant keeper of the relic. The original pearl has since become lost to history and is believed destroyed. The relic is a semi-sentient creation, growing over the following centuries from a fragment into an entire pearl of power. 
At first Meditor was secretive about what he had done. For a long time the water elves had no relic at all to speak of, and when the fledgling pearl began to develop, the new keeper and his assistants kept the news to themselves. When the power of the offshoot relic became noticeable, the keeper was confirmed in his office, but the elves kept news of their clan relic from their human neighbors. These old habits of secrecy die hard. The pearl of power is seen by few in Minrothad, and spoken of by fewer. 
The relic appears to be a massive iridescent pearl 3 feet in diameter. It glows with a gentle golden-pink light, illuminating all within a 40- foot radius. It is warm and smooth to the touch, and rests on a giant shell lined with mother of pearl. The shell came from a giant oyster in local water, and has nothing to do with the pearl's powers. The relic is located in the hidden Grotto of the Pearl in the sea caverns beneath Seahome on Alfeisle. If a layer of the pearl is chipped off the relic, the scar left where the fragment was removed heals over during the course of one year. These fragments are used to craft various magical items, as explained below. Removing more than one fragment a year reduces the pearl's turning range by 5 feet. When the range drops below 300 feet, it loses one magical ability (randomly determined) for each 5 feet the range is further reduced. As with other relics, this range returns at the rate of 5 feet per day. 
The Pearl of Power can cure blindness, cure disease, neutralize poison, cure serious wounds, identify magical items, and turn undead in the same way as other clan relics. The pearl is also used to make several magical items valued by the water elves. Pearl fragments are used to create special magical items.
A pearl fragment ground up is the primary ingredient in a potion of water movement by the water elves. This potion allows the imbiber to move underwater or on the Elemental Plane of Water as easily as if surrounded by air. The effect lasts for one day. It does not, however, enable one to breathe under water; some other method is required to gain that ability.
A ring of water walking can be crafted from a pearl fragment. Not only can the ring's wearer walk on water, but so can anyone in physical contact with the user when exercising this spell effect. Some water elf merchant-princes are gifted with these rings in thanks for their services to the elves of Seahome.
For special purposes, three fragments of the pearl are sometimes used to create a staff of air and water. This staff also provides the ability to breathe water, and its effects on the Elemental Plane automatically extends to a 10-foot radius. A staff of this type cannot be bought, but is sometimes given to a hero to aid in a quest important to the water elves.
Reproducing the Pearl: If a full vial of sea dew is used to anoint a pearl fragment freshly removed from the mother pearl, the fragment soon curls in upon itself and takes on the appearance of a normal pearl. If this pearl is bathed monthly in sea water and the proper rituals are performed, it begins to grow. After 1d4 centuries, the pearl reaches maturity and its sentience awakens, whereon it gains the same abilities as the original pearl of power.
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