Keen-Eyed Sculpture
A soapstone bird with eyes that pierce any who meet its gaze.
Initial Location: Condor Room
I’m Reading…
It bears a remarkable resemblance to the Eight Birds of Great Zimbabwe. Any who attempted to take them met terrible fates, caught in sinkholes or flash floods. The Faculty consider the lack of similar misfortune here to be a tacit blessing, though since it was likely Gabriela Ber who brought it here, that is hardly true.
I’ve Read…
This must be a Paradoxical Curio, a twin-reflection of an item significant in the Histories. The Beachcomber favors those who bury them, offerings for his collection. Treasure hunters call them Doors to the Earth, but the Company Anchorite knew them as Keys to the Moon. Effect: Confounding Parable Mastery: Lesson: Door & Wall (x2)