Astropath Arcanum

The **Astropath Arcanum** is an artifact of legend and great power. It is said to be an enchanted tome that was originally created by the starfaring Aedellions to navigate the cosmos, the planes, and the Void. It was stolen by the Higardi monk, Marten, long ago, where it was lost to the ages.

## Properties

### Abilities

* Contains a map of the cosmos, planes, and the Void

## History

### Previous Owner(s)

* Marten the Pilferer
* Higardi Monks

## Base Description

None are certain of the exact appearance of the Astropath Arcanum. It is thought that the tomes pages are inscribed with psionic resonance, as all Aedellion script is. The knowledge contained within these tomes cannot be handled by the mortal mind; if one were to gaze upon the pages of the Astropath Arcanum, their mortal mind would be annihilated.

## Abilities

The Astropath Arcanum is believed to hold maps of the planes, the stars, and even outside the bounds of reality. Without the proper psionic shielding, reading the Arcanum can have adverse effects on mortals. No one is certain as to the full capability of the tome's power.

## Legendary Lore

The Aedellion visitors of long ago were a people that travelled the stars of the night sky, from worlds beyond. They were said to have been masters of both technology and magic; many scholars posit the Aedellions utilized innate psionic abilities to achieve the marvels that they did. The Aedellions are said to have been able to not only traverse the stars, but they were said to utilize the Void to have allowed their grand star sailing ships to traverse astronomical distances in the matter of seconds. Their map of the stars, the realms, the Void, and worlds beyond worlds was kept together in a great tome known as the Astropath Arcanum.

So great is this book and powerful that mortal minds cannot handle the reality warping nature of the tome, mortals who attempt to read its texts have their minds annihilated. It is said the Helm of Serenity provides the adequate psionic protection to allow a mortal to read the pages of the Arcanum. The Aedellions utilized the highly advanced oracle constructs to decipher the pages of the Astropath Arcanum for them.

The Arcanum was kept by monks of the Astral Star for the longest time until Marten of Arnika made off with the Tome, disappearing with him to never have been found (at least publicly). No one knows where the Astropath Arcanum ended up, but finding such an artifact would be a legendary feat.

## Mark of Fate

A Mark of Fate is the name given to any pages of the Astropath Arcanum that have been taken from the book and lost elsewhere in the realm. These pages often ended up being bound with other magical tomes, such as Soren's enchanted book of tales, which once had a Mark of Fate in its pages. In some stories, if the Mark of Fate is written on, when the ink sets, whatever the writer put to the page becomes reality.

## Campaign Story

### *SteamSpell*

The Astropath Arcanum was first described and introduced to the canon in the events of *SteamSpell*, especially those pertaining to Krukazel's void-based curse and the questline surrounding the Aedellion ruins. The Astropath Arcanum was originally described by the Oracle in Aes Aedel with the party discovering more about the tome as the campaign progressed. The Star-touched never did lay eyes on the legendary tome.

### *Curse of Booty Island*

During the events of the *Curse of Booty Island* one-shot, the pirate crew discovered the lost Astropath Arcanum, hidden away in Booty Island, and accidentally activated the tome, sending it to Talencia.

### *Agora's Bells*

During the events of *Agora's Bells*, the Wrong Turns came across the Astropath Arcanum during their adventures. They found out first-hand the dangers of attempting to comprehend its pages, with Blossom making the error. Sarryn attempted to read the tome, which immediately destroyed her and required a resurrection spell to be cast, still claiming a piece of her soul. The tome was given to the arch-existence Knock by Blossom in exchange for his help.

### *WovenRealm*

The Astropath Arcanum is partially responsible for the Convergence, creating the tear that connected the realities of Evaryn and Talencia.

The Astropath Arcanum has been mentioned in the legends of Marten the Pilfer that the Emerald Caravan became interested in.

In S3E6 'Escape from Eternal Trust,' when Oberon Eversummer visits Ezara in her dreams, they provides that her that in order to save Fenris' soul, she and the Caravan will need to travel to the Kingdom of Nihn to find a Mark of Fate thought to be in the Forest of Secrets.