Once upon a time, a great champion was given a token by a lover; a beautiful embroidered cloth.
The wore this as a token into every battle, wrapped around a weapon-hilt in war, folded into a pocket in 'polite' political discussion.
When they lay broken at the end of a hard-faught, awful fight, the sight of the cloth gave them a supernatural second wind; the champion rose again as a mage, and saw victory ever-after until their peaceful death at a ripe old age.
Should the holder of this cloth fall to anything other than corruption, they will rise again empowered.
Anathema
Champions Wrappings
Once upon a time, a great champion was given a token by a lover; a beautiful embroidered cloth. The wore this as a token into every battle, wrapped around a weapon-hilt in war, folded into a pocket in 'polite' political discussion.
When they lay broken at the end of a hard-faught, awful fight, the sight of the cloth gave them a supernatural second wind; the champion rose again as a mage, and saw victory ever-after until their peaceful death at a ripe old age. Should the holder of this cloth fall to anything other than corruption, they will rise again empowered.
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