Ossein Rose

The Ossein Rose is a relic attributed to Queen Guinevere Wilem of Flowers by her cult, the Cult of Guinevere. The relic is housed in the Guineveraeum at Zidonia. 
== Description ==
The Ossein Rose appears to be the flower of a rose made of bone or a bone-like material. It is the size of a woman's fist, light in weight, and of a grayish white color. It is kept inside a reliquary besides the altar at the Guineveraeum at Zidonia. The reliquary consists of a glass dome, adorned with silver ornament, which rests on a wooden base. Inside the base is a red silk pillow which the rose lies upon.
== History ==
Traditionally it is said that the rose was created when the Queen pricked her finger on a yellow rose gifted to her by her paramour Yuri Degenhard while they walked in her garden. Her blood fell upon the petals, staining them. Yuri then watched as the rose transformed into bone with the power held in Guinevere's holy blood. The rose was dear to Yuri; he kept it close to his person. When he was forced to flee from Fleur after Guinevere's death in 116 ME, he left the rose behind in his flight at his room at the Brotherhood of the Elk and Sword in Elken Hall, Wilemberg, Fleur. During this time the rose changed hands several times eventually finding its way to the owner of the Guineveraeum in Zidonia, who purchased it for an exorbitant price. It is currently housed there.
== Authenticity ==
Some argue that the rose is not proof of a miracle by Guinevere but a result of the use of caromancy by her lover Yuri. Yuri was a known practitioner of caromancy which would allow for the turning of a rose into such an object. However, supporters of Guinevere's sainthood claim that caromancy could not create bone without bone, saying that it was the Holy Blood of Guinevere which turned the rose.
Category:Religion
Category:Relics
Category:Cult of Guinevere