The cabinet catalogue
The Reliquary
The collection is never quite arranged the same way twice. Six objects have been drawn from the cabinets for your examination.
The Cage of the Last Cricket
An empty pavilion cage of dark carved wood from which a cricket's song may still be heard beneath the Mid-Autumn moon.
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A red-and-gold guardian lion commissioned to keep wickedness outside, but determined to confront dishonesty within its own household.
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A silver cage suspended between life and death, now occupied by Malcolm in the half-living, half-dead form of a bird.
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The cracked black volume in which Edgar Allan Poe signed the name Quarles, giving his words endurance and awakening the Caravan's eternal raven storyteller.
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The 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.
Open the recordThe Soul-Stealing Mirror
An ornate, golden-framed looking glass that shows each viewer everything they most wish to see, then imprisons the soul that chooses its promised reflection over reality.
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