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The Reliquary · Cabinet Catalogue
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Item R–1175–087The Alchemist's Cabinet
A tall cabinet of nearly black wood whose shifting labels offer every needed ingredient while quietly collecting payment from the alchemist who uses them.
- Classification
- Reciprocal alchemical cabinet
- Origin
- Workshop of Thaddeus Mire
- Estimated date
- Unknown
- Collection status
- On display
- Materials
- Nearly black carved wood; numerous self-filling drawers
- Condition
- Intact; contents and labels remain unstable
The Curator’s record
Contents cannot be catalogued for long. The cabinet door is closed when internal mixing begins, and visitors should verify that they have not appeared on an ingredient label.
Provenance
Thaddeus Mire used the cabinet first for medicines and generous work, then for gold, fame, transmutation, and immortality. The drawers collected his memories, joy, compassion, and wonder before requesting his heart. He vanished, leaving one drawer open and blank.
Observed activity
Drawer labels change to match the user's required ingredient. Emptied drawers refill, but nothing is created without payment. Mixing, tapping glass, and Thaddeus's calculations may be heard within.
The Tale of this object
The Alchemist’s Cabinet
Season 2 · Episode 13In tonight’s story, we step into the candlelit workshop of a dreamer, a man who sought to master nature’s mysteries and found himself outmatched by generosity itself. For some treasures, dear guests, do not ask to be owned… they ask to be fed.
Enter the Tale