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Lost Books 14:

MARK OF lIGHT

Mark of Light

Written by David Sanders

Edited by Peter M. Ball

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History of the Mark

Flerri of the Thousand Rainbows was a wandering

archmage and scholar, famed for her arcane talent

and enthusiasm for exploration. While the bards’

tales often paint her as one of the most popular

wizards of her age, very little is known about her

life outside of the hundred-year period she spent

traveling the civilized world.

What little that is known of Flerri’s youth is

largely derived from her own tales, although many

doubt the details she offered. While her dusky

skin and mode of dress marked her as one of the

reclusive wild elves native to the jungles south of the

Spice Coast, her talent for wizardry is at odds with

the wild elves’ reputation as sorcerers. Although

she often spoke of growing up in shadows of the

jungle canopy, she rarely offered any detail that

could be used to identify her speciﬁ c tribe and the

location of her village.

Her stories suggest that she was trained in the

arcane arts by Warrick, a shaman who served her

tribe as a combination of spiritual leader and living

library of arcane lore. Flerri proved to be a quick

study, showing a powerful afﬁ nity for spellcraft and

a fascination with spells that created light to cut

through the gloom of the jungle ﬂ oor. The elderly

shaman began grooming her as his successor when

she began testing the limits of his knowledge after

a few short decades of training. In a little less than

sixty-ﬁ ve years she had mastered all the arcane lore

he possessed, and it was decided that she would

undertake the rite of Ne’Tel’Kelessar in order to

complete her apprenticeship.

While rarely practiced among more civilized

elven nations, the rite remains one of the most

important tests for a potential shaman among the

wild elves. It consists of a hundred year journey,

forcing the student beyond the borders of their

jungle home in order to accumulate new arcane lore

and experience a range of wide variety of cultures

and beliefs unlike those of her tribe. The former

was a vital part of the shaman’s role, allowing them

to guide their tribe-mate’s developing sorcery in

ways that would beneﬁ t the community; the latter

a necessary precaution, ensuring that at least one

member of the solitary tribesmen could understand

the motivation of any outsiders that made their way

into the elves territory.

Flerri took to the task with typical resolve,

traveling further than any shaman before her.

She adventured widely, plunging into every new

experience with an enthusiasm that often seemed

reckless to her comrades. Her arcane talent

ﬂ ourished as she found herself engrossed by the

new techniques and spells she found, often trading

her own magic with the wizards and scholars she

encountered.

Through it all she retained a particular fascination

for lights and colors, mentally cataloging the differing

shades and radiances she encountered for later use.

Flerri is known to have acquired dozens of new

spells focusing on the concept of illumination, many

of them modiﬁ cations of existing spells created

when she applied her advanced understanding of

prismatic magic to a newly acquired technique.

Among her most famous creations was a complex

reworking of the gestures used to cast a simple color

spray , transforming the low-level illusion spell into

a powerful spear of light capable of stripping the

target of their prismatic defenses.

Her new acquisitions were recorded in the

traditional manner of the wild elves, carving delicate

runes onto a darkwood staff rather than relying on

pen and ink. While this technique often made it

difﬁ cult for other wizards to study her work, the

wild elves had learned that paper was ill-equipped

to withstand the heat and humidity of their jungle

home. Flerri’s staff eventually became known as

the Mark of Light , a reference to both its contents

and its ability to generate a pale glow at will.

Flerri traveled the civilized kingdoms for decades,

periodically returning to her tribe in order to share

her newly acquired knowledge with Warrick. She

disappeared completely nearly three hundred years

ago, although the circumstances remain shrouded

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in mystery and debate regarding the ﬁ nal fate of

both archmage and staff continues to this day.

Some believe that Flerri simply returned to

her homeland to take up the position of shaman,

pointing to encounters many explorers have had

with crystaline golems wielding prismatic powers in

the last two centuries. While Flerri was the ﬁ rst to

create these constructs while studying at the mage-

city of Tarrok, detractors point out that she had

many opportunities to pass the knowledge on to

her tribe-mates and its possible that any number

of wild elf sorcerers possess the power and skill to

create the prismatic guardians.

Others claim that Flerri was slain by a demonic

wizard named Lakost the Prismatic; a jealous rival

responsible for frequent ambushes and attacks

against the archmage. Lakost was known to covet

Flerri’s arcane power and spell collection, frequently

attempting to liberate her staff in an effort to

expand his own arsenal of prismatic spells. While

there are numerous accounts of battles between

the two wizards, there are few records suggesting

that Lakost succeeded in his quest and none

detailing his use of any of Flerri’s signature spells

after her disappearance. Some stories attribute this

to demon-mage’s inability to decipher Flerri’s staff,

although this seems doubtful when one considers

the array of spells and research Lakost claims to

have at his disposal.

Regardless of its creator’s eventual fate, many

stories suggest that the Mark of Light doesn’t reside

in the jungles of the wild elves. Claiming to have

liberated the staff from an orc lair or necromancer’s

cave almost seems to have become a rite of passage

for young adventurers, although none of the

recovered weapons seem to possess the array of

spell lore attributed to the original staff.

Knowledge (arcana) &

Bardic Knowledge

Characters with the Bardic Knowledge ability or

Knowledge (arcana) may be familiar with Flerri

and her staff full of spells. The ﬁ rst time such a

character hears about the Mark of Light or Flerri,

have them make a check and consult the following

table.

DC 10: The Mark of Light is a spellbook that

holds an extensive collection of prismatic magic. It

was compiled by Flerri of the Thousand Rainbows,

an elven wizard that traveled across most of the

civilized world in order to complete her collection.

DC 15: Flerri was a wild elf, native to the

savage jungles to the south of the Spice Coast. She

possessed a unique talent for illuminated magic

and is well-known for creating the ﬁ rst prismatic

golem.

DC 20: Flerri compiled her collection of spells

during the hundred-year journey required to earn

her place as a shaman among her tribe. Her work

was recorded in the manner of the wild elves,

carving each spell into a specially constructed staff.

There are conﬂ icting rumors regarding the staff ’s

current location, suggesting that Flerri may have

carried it back to her homeland or had it stolen by

the demon-mage Lakost the Prismatic during their

ﬁ nal confrontation.

DC 25: A few of the wizards Flerri studied with

in her travels have ﬁ nanced quests by adventuring

companies to recover the Mark of Light from

Lakost’s lair, though none have conﬁ rmed whether

they seek the Mark for their own purposes or as a

favor to their former companion.

Description

The Mark of Light is a six-foot long darkwood

quarterstaff of exquisite elven craftsmanship.

Intricate script winds around the weapon in a

counter-clockwise pattern, and a glowing crystal

prism is attached to each end of the staff.

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Value: 9,340 gp (4,700 gp for spells, 640 gp for

masterwork darkwood quarterstaff. 4,000 gp for

magical enhancement)

Hardness: 6

Hit Points: 11

Weight: 2 lb.

Special: The Mark of Light functions as a +1

darkwood quarterstaff that sheds bright light in a 20-

foot radius. In addition to its martial qualities, the

Mark has been specially prepared to serve as a wild

elf spellbook. The surface of the staff originally

contained enough space to record 100 pages worth

of spells, although only 4 pages of space remain on

the weapon.

Unlike many modern spellbooks, the Mark of

Light is written in a form of ancient elven that

is virtually lost outside the wild elf tribes of the

south. Anyone who is unfamiliar with language

must make a successful Decipher Script check (DC

30) in order to comprehend the staff ’s contents,

although characters the speak elven receive a +5

circumstance bonus to their roll.

In addition to the spells carved onto the staff,

Flerri has made a number of notes regarding the

construction of prismatic golems on the base of

the staff. Any creature who studies these notes for

1 day and makes a successful Knowledge (arcana)

check (DC 25) gains sufﬁ cient understanding of

the process to begin crafting their own prismatic

construct.

New Spell Lists

B ARD S PELLS

6 TH -L EVEL B ARD S PELLS

Greater Rainbow Pattern: Lights fascinate 42

HD of creatures.

S ORCERER /W IZARD S PELLS

1 ST -L EVEL S ORCERER /W IZARD S PELLS

Evoc

Flerri’s Rainbow Orbs: Creates up to

10 lights.

2 ND -L EVEL S ORCERER /W IZARD S PELLS

Evoc

Chromatic Dagger: You wield a

magic blade of force that may daze

opponents.

Flerri’s Flashing Ray: Ray inﬂ icts

1d4/2 levels and blinds target for 1d6

rounds.

3 RD - LEVEL S ORCERER /W IZARD S PELLS

Abjur

Flerri’s Vision Ward: Rose-colored

light protects you from gaze attacks

and illusory pattern effects.

Conj

Scintillating Burst: Swarm of

burning light causes 3d6 ﬁ re damage

and blinds creatures for 1d4 rounds.

Evoc

Wall of Light: Provides concelament

and dazzles creatures within 20 ft.

Passing through the wall inﬂ icts

blindness for1d6 minutes.

Spells

The tome contains the following spells: 0 th - dancing

lights, ﬂ are, light ; 1 st - color spray, Flerri’s rainbow orbs ;

2 nd - chromatic dagger *, continual ﬂ ame , Flerri’s ﬂ ashing

ray, hypnotic pattern ; 3 rd - daylight , Flerri’s vision ward *,

scintillating burst *, wall of light* ; 4 th - Flerri’s instant

light *, Flerri’s prismatic spear *, rainbow pattern ; 5 th -

chromatic burst *, prismatic armor *; 7 th - greater rainbow

pattern *, prismatic spray ; 8 th - prismatic wall , scintillating

pattern ; 9 th - Flerri’s luminous form , prismatic sphere

*Indicates a new spell introduced in this

product.

4 TH -L EVEL S ORCERER /W IZARD S PELLS

Evoc

Flerri’s Instant Light: Sets a

light source triggered by magical

darkenss.

Flerri’s Prismatic Spear: Spear of

light has a variety of effects.

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