The Shroud of Heinrich

The Shroud of Heinrich, also known as The Crimson Shroud, or The Violet Veil, was an artifact of godly power.
== Origin ==
Stories about the shroud differed. Most agreed that the shroud was a veil worn by the then-mortal mountebank Heinrich Tarquinson of Datria during Datria's Violet Catastrophe - a day when just over 100,000 died. The veil soaked in their dying screams as a cloud of violet-coloured flame descended upon Datria due to a chemical weapons facility explosion, which spread the potent WRWL neurotoxin over the houses and slums, which then led to widespread fires. Heinrich apparently wore it for the rest of his life until he was betrayed and drowned in Bracken by his closest friend - the veil was held over his face as he was held down in knee-deep water and drowned. When Heinrich was resurrected again and lived his next few lives, he wore it as a symbol of fear to frighten his foes. Eventually, when he had acquired the necessary power to ascend to godhood, he constructed his tomb on northeastern Anticosti Isle in Rakkimar, under the site of the town (at the time a small hamlet) of Solvenger. There, he lay his skeletal body covered in the veil, and ascended to become the minor deity Heinrich the Mad Lich, his worshippers spread intermittently across the globe, or those who had come with him throwing themselves into the pit of water he had constructed outside the tomb. The veil lay for hundreds of years there.
== Appearance ==
The veil was a dark-coloured translucent cloth, described as always feeling heavy and soaked in blood. It was almost black, but looked crimson or violet under light.
== Powers ==
When worn, the wearer heard the screams of the damned, and saw the world in shades of sanguine crimson and fiery violet. Whoever wore it could point at a person and pass final judgement, aging them into a pile of crumbled bones within moments. The wearer also became immortal and undying. However, its power attracted all sorts of interested parties.
== Wielders ==
In 253 C, the blood hunter Naël rem Marvos acquired the shroud - to do so, he had to sacrifice his right hand , and then drown his friend Erik in knee-deep water.
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