There are many relics under the many skies of Dominia, but this might very well be one of the most precious, if the stories about it are true. I genuinely don’t know what to make of the rumors that orbit the object simply known as Divinity and I fret to dwell upon them.

The Divinity is a small three-sided bar of platinum, pressed and etched with delicate patterns, a topaz set at each end of the bar’s faces. It is the apex of a crafter’s art, divinity itself conjured from base metal and the bearer of it is capable of ignoring the forces of time, entropy, and even death itself. What’s more, and what causes me to pause, are the rumors surrounding it suggest that it might very well be capable of resurrection, the capacity to bring someone back to true life. The consequences of such a possibility being accurate are staggering, but despite the tales that whisper of that power, I cannot find any evidence that it is true aside from the first tale told of it. The other abilities have many instances of corroboration, but if anyone else has used it to free someone from the grips of death, I cannot find that knowledge. It may very well be that the Divinity’s origins are nothing more than an apocryphal story.

The Divinity’s creation seems… oddly contradictory if all is told. There is much spoken of a tainted angel’s passions and wants, but there is virtually nothing spoken of a demon’s sentimentality. The story goes that a young lady went to war, leaving behind her husband. Many years passed by and she never returned, but still, the young man did not give up hope to see his beloved again. As happens all too often in stories such as these, tragedy seemed inevitable and news reached him that his dear wife laid dead on some distant and blasted battlefield.

His heart seemed to shatter and nothing anyone did was capable of consoling him, but even amidst those darkest moments, he still had hope. He set out on a journey of his own, to search the heavens and everything underneath them for some way to restore his lady love. At the gates of the greatest schools of mystics, he was turned away, in the contrite presence of angels, he was told there was nothing that could be done, but at the mouth of hell itself, he finally found a sympathetic ear. The lord of hell listened to his story, oddly silent, and then told him that his lost wife could be returned to him. It would simply cost him his soul. For his wife, he would pay any price and the demon lord and young man struck a bargain.

From the man, he took hope, that pure emotion that never wavered, and crafted it into the Divinity. He told him that if he could find his wife, she could live again and once more the man set out. It did not take him long for as he returned home, he found his wife’s shade waiting. Reunited, she breathed once more and it is said that they lived the rest of their lives in peace.

Though it would seem that would be the end, it is said that the demon lord who had crafted the item never collected his price, for a love so pure could never be allowed in his kingdom, a fact he knew that even when he named his price. Yet, he did it anyways.

It is… a wonderful tale, but I genuinely do not know if it is true. The rest of the stories of the Divinity’s power are far more mundane, and more than once it has passed through the gates of the Eternities to show up on other worlds in the hands of conquerors and guardians alike.

(Many of the capabilities of the Divinity have been well tested. Its bearer becomes indestructible, nigh unstoppable. I have subjected myself to an increasing battery of tests and have found no upper limits, but I am wary of doing much more than what I have. I strongly dislike the idea of becoming reliant on such a relic, especially when it might fail when it is needed the most.

I… cannot bring myself to believe the rest of what it is said to do. I have found no indication that it can bring another back to life, but I do have theories about what it may be capable of. I believe the Divinity may, in fact, summon a perfect replica of a being and bring it life, but… I don’t know if even that much is true. The implications it may have are simply too great. I think the Divinity’s power may be tied to hope, and only the desperate know hope strong enough to accomplish such an impossible thing.
-Maral)