Thurible of the Ifrit
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Appearance: A Bronze Thurible (a six-sided container for burning incense that can be swung by a chain to waft the incense smoke around. The sides are etched with an elaborate series of mystic runes of Babylonian and Persian origin.
Background: The Thurible was created by the Dur'An'Ki Savant, Khateb Zeke, in an attempt to ensure his own immortality. Reasoning that a bound servant would never be killed, Zeke bound himself into a physical manifestation of his dream palace, and bound himself to the traditional rules that govern Effrit: In his new incarnation as Urizen, he must obey any command given by any holder of the Thurible. Of course, these rules did not proscribe him from interpreting those commands according to his whim, or exerting whatever corrupting influence might relieve his boredom on those who sought his power.
Powers: The possessor of the Thurible may summon Urizen at any time, and give any command, which Urizen must do his best to fulfill (at least to the letter of the order). Urizen is a potent master of Dur'An'Ki (Assamite Sorcery), specializing in dream magic. He cannot interact with the world in any physical capacity, only through his sorcery and possibly Vampiric disciplines.
Notes:
- Urizen - Demon of Blood & Smoke - (Formerly: the Dur-an-Ki Master Kateb Zeke)
- Urizen was forced to send his own spirit back in time through his own variant of the ritual Turn Back the Skies. On that trip, he ran afoul of a potent mage, and was transformed into a "Weeping Angel."
- Later, the Weeping Angel was transformed back into a Vampire by another Mage, thus breaking that curse.
- Though the Thurible remains in the guarded possession of Numerius, it is likely that the physical Thurible has lost its power, as well as its connection to Zeke's dream palace.
Quotation: Then when Solomon saw it placed before him, he said: "This is by the Grace of my Lord - to test me whether I am grateful or ungrateful! And whoever is grateful, truly, his gratitude is for (the good of) his ownself; and whoever is ungrateful, (he is ungrateful only for the loss of his ownself). Certainly my Lord is Rich (Free of all needs), Bountiful." - the Qur'an, Sura An-Naml (27:39-40)
