Treatises of the Blossom

The Treatises of the Blossom is a book recovered from the Pillar of Ualune.

## Description

Taken from one the studies within the Pillar of Ualune, Treatises of the Blossom seems to be a text dedicated to the involvements of the Guild of the Crimson Blossom through the Realms of Ahlus - including the Lyndim Flare of 488AG, the Great Dye shortage of 812AG and the collapse of the Broken Hill Quarry in 907AG.

## Research

### Completed by Hassk

Ever at the forefront of arcane research and training as one of the Ten Guilds, it is undoubtedly for its evokers that the Guild of the Crimson Blossom is best known. The fame and glory carried upon the names and deeds of the Eldritch Knights, War Mages and Spellslingers of the Atral army is well-known throughout the Realms of Ahlus, but it is for the utility provided by their other specialty that this book is dedicated. The School of Transmutation provides its acolytes and other students with the talents necessary to modify energy and matter alike, teaching that the world is not static in form, but mutable within their hands. It is through the Guild of the Crimson Blossom that the tools are granted to these mages, akin to clay to a potter, or steel within the forge of a smith. Included within are examples of their talents in action.

The Lyndim Flare was a curiosity that developed across western Ahlus in which a number of high profile individuals, predominately dignitaries and ambassadors, but also several members of the court of the newly-coronated Gilbert VI Goldlor started to artifically age - developing wrinkles upon once-smooth brows, sprouting silver-grey hairs upon scalp, lip and chin alike, alongside creaking joints and bones. The effects were slow at first, but with an accelerating rate of progression accompanied by a survey revealing the extent of the effect, the Guild was brought in to investigate. Initially, through use of appropriately-attuned Transmuter Stones to restore youth to those afflicted, potions were prepared with aid from Sunar alchemists to reverse the effect - all the while researching the cause. This was eventually attributed to the passage of a wandering star in the night sky infested with the essence of Y'chak the Violet Flame that vanished back from the Canvas of Night as quickly as it had appeared.

In matters much more mundane, during 812AG disruptions to trade routes with the Empire of Raq resulted in a mass shortage of dyes for many of the Realms. While some nations, most so the Gawylthlians found themselves largely unaffected by such losses, owing to their favourtism towards achromic fabrics, the eccentrics of Ahlus found themselves must more adversely so. With the Ivory Emperor at the time significantly surging prices on the exports of dyes from the Empire of Raq, many turned instead to arcane colours, finding that hiring a member of the Guild of the Crimson Blossom to transmute the desired colour into their chosen threads was much more cost-effective in the long run. Nearly a century later, the Guild would once again find a surge in widespread employment (outside that of advisors in noble courts, which provided a steady source of job provision) following their involvement in managing the collapse of the Broken Hill Quarry. Utilising a combination of both *Transmute Rock* and *Stone Shape*, nearly three hundred miners were freed from the rubble after extensive tunnel disruptions were caused by a colony of Umber Hulks, the lingering monstrosities also being fought off by the mages, having also been trained in the School of Evocation. Since then, very few mining groups have continued to operate without at least one or two Guildmembers listed in their payroll.