Affinity
Gale
Ember
Spark
Tide
Frost
Root
Silk
Blood
Bone
Light
Holy
Gravity
Time
Solar
A crown of living crystal that has never been cut by any hand. It contains within it a perfect echo of every Secondary Force, held in impossible harmony. Legends say it was formed at the moment the Harmony first shattered, and has been slowly gathering the lost pieces ever since.
Resonance: The ultimate conductor. Can resonate with any Secondary Force, though doing so risks awakening echoes of the original shattering. Said to be the only Facet capable of bridging multiple great workings at once.
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Bloodstone Echo
A deep crimson stone that seems to beat with a slow, steady pulse when held close to the ear.
Resonance: Ties to life force and ancestry. Used in healing, oaths, and rituals of legacy.
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Boneward Relic
A pale, ivory-like crystal veined with faint gold. It feels cool and strangely comforting to the touch.
Resonance: Guards against decay and strengthens resolve. Used by warriors, healers, and those who face death.
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Chronos Shard
A shifting crystal that sometimes appears older or younger depending on the angle of light.
Resonance: Slows or hastens perception of time. Used by scholars, tacticians, and those who work with memory.
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Embercore Stone
A deep crimson gem with a flickering inner light, born from volcanic rock that never fully cooled.
Resonance: Sustains small flames and warms the weary. Used in forges, healing braziers, and rites of endurance.
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Emberroot Heart
A warm, reddish crystal that grows in slow spirals around buried coals. It never burns, but it always feels as though it has just been pulled from a fire.
Resonance: Strengthens things that must endure heat or grow from hardship. Favored by those who craft tools meant to survive long campaigns or harsh seasons.
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Equilibrite
A perfectly symmetrical crystal of shifting silver and blue that always returns to perfect balance no matter how it is turned.
Resonance: Restores balance and harmony. Used in law, mediation, architecture, and any work that requires perfect alignment.
FACET • TIER I
Frostveil Tear
A pale, translucent crystal that never melts, even in summer sun. It forms in the heart of ancient glaciers where the cold has become eternal.
Resonance: Preserves what it touches and dulls pain. Used in healing salves, food preservation, and rituals of remembrance.
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Galeheart Crystal
A translucent crystal that constantly shifts in color with the passing winds, formed high in the cliffs where gales never cease.
Resonance: Amplifies whispers and carries messages across distances. Favored by scouts and messengers who rely on swift, unseen travel.
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Gravemind Stone
A heavy, dark crystal that seems to pull nearby objects toward it with a gentle but insistent force.
Resonance: Anchors and draws things together. Used in construction, navigation, and binding oaths.
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Hallowcore
A radiant white crystal that feels warm and gives off a faint, pure light in darkness.
Resonance: Protects and uplifts the worthy. Used in blessings, sanctuaries, and rites of protection.
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Lumenprism
A clear crystal that splits light into soft rainbows and never casts a shadow when held.
Resonance: Reveals truth and dispels illusion. Used in courts, investigations, and rites of clarity.
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Lumenvine Shard
A slender crystal veined with living light, grown where strong winds have worn away the old stone for centuries. It hums softly when held.
Resonance: Responds to movement and breath. Often used in wind-vanes, message kites, and devices that must react to the lightest touch of air.
The overview is that each of these are Stones/Gems/Crystals, like in other fictions, which bear affinities to fundamental properties of nature. These affinities in this system are affinities to Secondary Forces (as listed in the Seoncdary Forces section of the Fantasy Draft. Each of these Stones/Gems/Crystals will bear one or more affinities. If you want to create one, you list the affinities, and then you describe the Stone/Gem/Crystal and its Lore. Its Lore needs to include facts about it, its rarity, environment, and other facts which might be unique to that Facet (including behaviors which might be unique to it). The Facet might be used in gameplay for mechanical purposes as necessary components to things, and the purposes that a Facet is useful for are based on the Affinities of that Facet.
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Rootweave Heart
A warm brown gem threaded with living root-like veins. It pulses faintly when placed in soil, as if listening to the earth.
Resonance: Strengthens growth and stability. Favored by farmers, builders, and those who tend the living world.
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Silkwhisper Thread
A delicate, iridescent filament crystal that feels like spun moonlight. It forms where spiders and dreamers have long shared the same space.
Resonance: Strengthens bonds and reveals hidden connections. Used in diplomacy, weaving, and rites of union.
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Solara Crown
A brilliant golden crystal that grows warmer in direct sunlight and seems to store the day's light within.
Resonance: Sustains vitality and reveals hidden paths. Used by travelers, farmers, and those who seek clarity in darkness.
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Sparkveil Shard
A jagged crystal that crackles with faint static, found where lightning has struck the same stone repeatedly over centuries.
Resonance: Ignites ideas and quickens reflexes. Prized by inventors, duelists, and those who seek sudden inspiration.
A dense, slate-gray crystal that feels impossibly heavy for its size. It forms only in places where bitter cold and crushing pressure meet for centuries, such as the deepest glacial rifts.
Resonance: Slows the passage of time and objects around it while anchoring emotions and momentum. Used in rituals of preservation, siege engines, and meditation chambers meant to still the mind.
FACET • TIER III
Thornveil Prism
Affinity
Frost
Silk
Blood
A many-sided crystal wrapped in delicate, almost invisible filaments. It grows in places where pain has been transformed into beauty over long years.
Resonance: Favored by those who work with memory, legacy, and the quiet transmission of strength across generations. Often set into heirloom jewelry or ritual blades.
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Tideglass Orb
A smooth, watery blue sphere that pulses gently with the rhythm of distant oceans, even when far from the sea.
Resonance: Calms storms of emotion and reveals hidden currents. Used by sailors, diplomats, and healers of the mind.