Connects to: In some places the wall between this world and that of dream is thinner than in others and it is rarely thinner than along the edges of the Kingswood. So, in this area on moonless nights, hundreds of what seem to be tentacles reach down out of the hazy sky and grope towards the ground.
Closer inspection reveals that the “tentacles” are not at all squamous but are rather knotted and rugose. They branch ever finer as they descend, much like the roots of a tree. At the tip of each is a strangely human-seeming eye mounted with a glass lens that allows it to see the mundane banality of our world. If these lenses are removed and placed over a human eye they will grant visions into the world of dreams, which will allow the wearer to see strange vistas and the things that lurk in forgotten corners and skitter about with each blink of our eyes.
Claiming these lenses is not, however, easy as the tentacles will grab any sentient creature that approaches, hold them fast and subject them to a constant barrage of questions that are conveyed telepathically with sanity-warping power. These questions have been reported to include:
- “Is food something you do or something you are?”
- “Why does the sun?”
- “Are you a parasite of the trees or their offspring?”
- “Why do the hills die?”
- “Why won’t your soul stay?”
Connections:
- Varna Moon (15.13) owns a single of these lenses and does her divining by peering into the land of dreams with her right while while -clapping her hand over her left. After she does this the things that she sees between her left eye and the lid can only be driven out of her memory by copious amounts of Thringish brandy.
- The Nekh that frequent Ogo Tassak (14.27) would pay well for a set of these lenses.
Hooks:
- Where else is the wall between reality and dream thin? What effects does this have?
- What can you tell me of the land of dreams?
- What is this creature? Is it a tree?
- Just what are those creatures?
- Who else has some of these lenses?
- What things does Varna Moon see?
- What do the Nekh want with these lenses?
