Prompt 1: The Tale of the Shattered Eye
There have been many of tales of different relics left by the Lazari. How they twisted and corrupted any foolish to use them. Some would become sinners. Cursed with great power, but their very self changed. Others would become bound by the sins of the ancients and find no peace even in death. Though their is one relic most feared, many don't even believe in it's existence. The Shattered Eye. Said to break the very boundary of reality. With it you wouldn't need a key stone and gateway to cross into other worlds. You simply break the very air in front of you. Legends say this relic existed long before the Lazari. That it tore a reality to pieces creating a bottomless void that will one day swallow us all. Though no one knows if such thing exist. Though what happened to Haven, sounds very similar to this old legend. Could those Truth Seekers have found it and foolishly activated it. Be glad it only swallowed a mountain whole. - Mysterious Old Man who tells stories for Whiskey.
Summary
The Tale of the Shattered Eye is a legend of a cursed artifact left by the Lazari. It is a tale tied to a world known as the shattered realm. A place said to have been where the first civilization across the multiverse was said to have started. Sadly their desire to cross realities eventually took a tole on the world and tore it asunder. Well it is told that the Lazari found this realm and came across a twisted creature that had an ability to open rifts.
They stole this power from this creature, by taking it's right eye. Leaving it stranded and alone. Though that their eye would be crated into something powerful. Said to be the first of the guardian relics. Though no one truly knows.
What is known is that the Truth Seekers found something over ten years ago. They messed with something and it killed most involved. Swallowing a mountain whole.
Historical Basis
The truth of the actual relic has been a mystery since the fall of the ancients. Though the knowledge on the world between which is believed to be the shattered realm is well known. Anyone foolish enough to traverse the paths that lie in this world known of the void below. It's also stories detailing rifts that may be liked to the power of this relic in places of certain battles fought against the Lazari.
Spread
The Legend of the Shattered Eye is common knowledge amongst anyone who dabbles with ancient relics. While many don't know if it's true they do fear that it has been found since the Haven incident.
Variations & Mutation
There are a few variations about the tale of the shattered eye. The most common one deals with the connection to the world between. Another talks a woman who fought at the side of Talion and Zavian during the war. Though recent tales have dealt with the prophecy of the forsaken one and speaks on how the shattered eye will bring about the end of everything.
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