Sage Stones

Great stone tablets and monoliths of various shape and size, inscribed with the stories, lessons, spells, and customs of the Ancients of Ogunde from the Age of Artifice Arcana. Many are inscribed in such a way as to resemble the faces of the mythical Ancients who authored the stones, or served as their primary character.

Together, the Sage Stones slowly spin in a subterranean cavern beneath the Storied Crown called the Vault of Stories around the Heart of Ogunde. For most of the time, the Stones remain in the Vault, safe and secured and tended to by Vaultkeepers. During certain festival rituals however, the Sage Stones emerge and the energy of the Heart of Ogunde is used directly as a power conduit for the massive spellwork.

The Heart of Ogunde
A holy entity - it is said to have been gifted to the Ancients by the Earth Mother herself, and contains the wisdom and power of every hero and chieftain of Ogunde's history whose story is inscribed on a respective stone.

The semi-sentient entity allows the Chieftains and Speakers to communicate in various ways with the Ancestors, drawing on their wisdom or power in the invocation of their own spells.