ITEMS · THE VALE
The Rain-Cup of Nine Marks
A little household cup whose nine marks count rain that has not yet fallen.
Vyr families set such cups on a sill before planting roof gardens. The inner marks darken in order as wet weather draws near, though the cup itself stays dry. Its rim is chipped where someone once used it for salt, and the ninth mark has not gone pale in four hundred years.
KIND
artifact
ORIGIN
vyr
ERA
before the Drawing-Down
FUNCTION
Warn a household of coming rain and guide small roof plantings.
Connected
Type Fields
kindartifact
originvyr
erabefore the Drawing-Down
functionWarn a household of coming rain and guide small roof plantings.
conditionChipped at the rim; the last rain mark remains dark.
recovered_fromA hollow root-ball or a rootbound upper ruin in the Vale.
society_readingIts marks could give farmers and road crews a day's warning before hard weather.
All Relationships (3)
created_by
- →The Vyr — Vyr households kept such cups beside roof plantings.
hidden_in
- →The Vale — A rootbound hollow preserved it in the Vale.
references
- ←The Far Lantern Society — The Society compares its dark marks with each hard rain.
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