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Asiya's Communion with the Fishes

The Fish Swim in Water Our Menfolk sail Away
Out away from Me The cork comes back
My lover's lack My Grief is the Sea

A common dirge
for Sailor's Wives

A circular amulet weighing less than 1lb. It is a wooden symbol made of cork. A fish is drawn with a single engraved line on the circular piece of cork (about 2" across). It has an Odivshian aura.

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History

Asiya is the only name remembered for one of the first self-taught human mages. Most assume she was female, but of that there is no record. Most of the Magical Items created by Asiya are eminently practical with very whimsical names. The combination has led many young scholars to assume she was scatter-brained, although close examination of her works proves the contrary.

Cork amulets were a common decoration for fishermen and sailers with loved ones in port. It was believed that, should the wearer die, the cork amulet would float back to the loved one to confirm the wearer's death. They were often inscribed with loved ones names, residences and bits of preferred prayers.

A few scholars believe Asiya was the daughter of a fisherman. The story goes she created the amulet for her father, who wore it throughout his life without incident. Believed to be an item of good luck, when Asiya's father died, he bequeathed it to Asiya's husband, From there the item is hard to track. Asiya's husband died in a shipwreck in 408TR in Melderyn; presumably he lost the amulet either before the wreck or just after.

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Powers

The amulet was created with the spell Mouth of Lathal and the Jorum (Neutral II) Spell. It allows the wearer to breath water as if it were air. It does nothing, however, to accommodate the pressures of depth, or the knowledge of swimming. The wearer of the amulet does not loose his (or her) buoyancy, thus walking on the bottom of the body of water may still prove difficult.

Cork is also buoyant, and many wearers may find the device slipping off their necks at the most inopportune time unless they carefully tuck in their clothing (4d6 DEX check or loose it).

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