My Artifact Entry:
I call it: Squid Talisman
Artifact Name: Squid Talisman
Is this based on an art entry? talismin
My Lore Entry:
An old journal is next to the artifact, some pages are smudged and worn from age, and water damage. And you can't find any readable dates. But this is the information you can ascertain from its pages.
An explorer discovered this island many years before and stumbled upon a small society of fisherman. He would watch as they hunted, and was amazed by their skill at hunting boars, and foraging for fresh fruit, but it was nothing compared to when they went out into the water. A hunter might go out and bring home a boar, but every time the fisherman went out they would bring home piles of fish that would feed the entire village.
The children would help their mothers weave baskets than the men could bring the fish home in, than they were allowed to go and enjoy themselves in the forest, or playing in the center of the village. Some of the older ones would go out with the hunters on hunting trips; but they seemed to crave for their first chance to go out into the water.
It would seem though that no one, male or female, could go out into the water until they met certain requirement. One such man the explorer watched had been designated as a hunter because he was one of the best in the village. But he stumbled upon the bride he wanted for his own. She would not have him until he gave her 'the one gift required.' A small blue gemstone that was dangerously deep within the jungle. He was madly in love with her though and returned triumphant.
She than pulled out what at first appeared to be a sculpture of a female body out of a rock. It seemed that once girls became of age, they would go out to find 'the perfect rock' and would carve and impression of themselves onto it. Once a man fell in love with them, and they with him, and he had given them the gem stone; the new couple would than paint the rock with berries and flower pigment. The explorer could not figure out exactly how they did it, it was something they would not allow him to see.
What the new couple did was go into a hut for several days. Children that were part of their family might bring them food occasionally, but no one else ever entered. Several days later, they would come out and the man would have the rock around his neck on some kind of twine. The explorer believed it was a stripped vine. And it now resembled the appearance of a squid.
He went to the man who went through this ritual who had become like a friend to him over his time on the island. The man allowed him to look at the necklace and explained the importance of it. It was like a wedding ring between two people, tying them together. But it was also a protection talisman. When he looked down at his chest what he would see was the shape of his love. Her head ablaze with a brilliant gem, because she is his gem. Reminding him to be careful when fishing because he has someone to return home to.
And for the evil spirits that would alert any sea monster, they would see a great sea squid and would leave the man alone. The explorer stated in his journal that when he looked at the gem stone, it seemed to shift and move, just like the surface of the ocean. The societies belief in the power of it,and what he saw in the stone that day, made him wish he had one of his own for when he tried to return home.
Nothing in the journal has any indication of what happened to the Explorer.
Sorry guys! Looking stuff over now.
