Mahir brought a full set of tools and began measuring, striking, and drilling into the Dragon's Eye... When her chisels blunted, she hauled in a furnace and tested the Eye with fire and even etheric arcs.

At last, with your permission, she moved the Dragon's Eye to her workshop, where she and her apprentices recorded its changes day and night with dozens of lenses... One man suddenly went blind for no apparent reason, and two others developed mental disorders of varying severity.

"I'll take this job," Mahir finally declared, presenting a terrifying list. "This thing is magnificent! Why didn't I think of dismantling and modifying it like this before? You truly are one of a kind, Lord [player.name]!"

Conditions:

• Slot #2 Has Card = Mahir

Result:

• Card (Omen)
• Card (Aether)

Action:

• Rite: Magic Furnace

You brought Hassan to you—perhaps this well-traveled poet could offer some advice?

He had barely stepped before the Dragon's Eye when the world fell into that familiar fog-shrouded haze... The giant sheep emerged once more from the star-twinkling clouds. It made no move to threaten or attack you this time, so you could see it clearly.

"You know this, human? The gods can never catch a dragon—They are not strong enough in the real world, and Their servants are not clever enough!" The sheep grinned triumphantly, if a sheep could grin... "And you succeeded. You even thought to refine it! You may be the first human since the dawn of time to walk the true path. Ha! It was worth making you relive this so many times!"

The world returned to normal, and Hassan was drinking your finest bottle of wine—like all higher beings, the sheep believed empty praise and encouragement were more than enough favor for you... You still had to find others to handle the Dragon's Eye.

Conditions:

• Slot #2 Has Card = Hassan
• Counter (7000932) = 1

You were not sure what made you bring Hassan along... Could this well-traveled poet possibly have any advice for you?

Yet as you wondered, he stepped before the Dragon's Eye, and the world abruptly fell into a strange, fog-shrouded haze... A giant sheep emerged from the star-twinkling clouds, its horizontal pupils larger than the moon and stars, staring straight at you with intense curiosity, making you barely dare to meet its gaze.

"You know this, human? The gods can never catch a dragon—They are not strong enough in the real world, and Their servants are not clever enough!" At this, the sheep bleated triumphantly. "But you succeeded. You even thought to refine it! You may be the first human since the dawn of time to walk the true path. Ha! It was worth making you relive this so many times!"

Before you could process the terrifying things it had revealed, everything snapped back to normal, and Hassan was drinking your finest bottle of wine. You shook your head, chasing away the fragmented thoughts, yet felt your spirit stirred by... some kind of encouragement, real or imagined? You burned with renewed resolve—yes, what are you waiting for? Find someone to handle this Dragon's Eye at once!

Conditions:

• Slot #2 Has Card = Hassan
• Counter (7000932) < 1

You try to focus the vast presence within you upon the Dragon's Eye, but in that single instant, an urgent and maddening force seizes your body. Your hand locks to the gem, sucked tight against it, and the voice that tears through you is sharp, hideous, nothing like the god you serve. Again and again they commands, pouring their will into the world, until blood seeps from your eyes, your nose, your mouth, and you collapse to the floor.

Later, they found that every servant who had been in that room had died, just as you had.

Conditions:

• Any
  • Slot #2 Has Card = The Creator
  • Slot #2 Has Card = The Creeping Rot
  • Slot #2 Has Card = The Immaculate Purity
  • Slot #2 Has Card = The Destroyer

[s2.name] was curious about the gem. Pity [s2.gender] only got a few hours with it before the vomiting started, and then the fever, then the ravings... Well, time for a new researcher.