Chapter
Starting catalogue
(Idea) 48 items: everything a player can find or buy in the Prologue and Acts 1–2. Ids are snake_case, like spell ids. Prices are what a shop charges in copper; a shop pays 40% of it, rounded down. "Not sold" means the item can only be found or given. Each item's icon brief is the subject for its Midjourney prompt (section 3.5).
Consumables (11)
| Id | Name | Flavour | Effect | Found or sold | Price | Icon brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mend_tonic | Mend Tonic | The Tenders' draught. Tastes of crushed violets and something worse. | Belt: heal 20 | Halfway Pale Row (Sister Orla's Remedies), Greenvault | 18 | a small corked glass bottle of glowing violet draught with a vine tied round its neck |
deep_tonic | Deep Tonic | Brewed slow in Greenvault cellars for anyone who can pay for slow. | Belt: heal 45 | Greenvault, Twinhold | 50 | a squat round violet glass flask with a wax-sealed cork and a leaf stamped on the wax |
breath_tonic | Breath Tonic | Cold as river water. Your chest goes quiet for a while. | Belt: breath +15% for the rest of the battle | Halfway Pale Row, Twinhold, the Long Road | 35 | a tall slim bottle of pale blue tonic, frost on the glass |
amber_cordial | Amber Cordial | Facet courage. It burns going down, which they say is the point. | Belt: your next cast has +40% power; costs you 5 HP | Halfway Amber Row, Lanternfall | 30 | a faceted amber glass vial of glowing orange-gold cordial, a thin prismatic edge on the glass |
herb_salve | Herb Salve | Marra swears by it for everything. Mostly she is right. | Belt: clears every harmful effect on you, then heal 5 | Halfway Middle, Halfway Pale Row (Sister Orla's Remedies), Sallowbank bakehouse, Greenvault | 15 | a small clay pot of green salve tied with twine and a cloth lid |
waking_reeds | Waking Reeds | Dried Sallow reeds, crushed under the nose. Nobody stays down. | Belt, automatic: the first time you fall this battle, you stand back up with 25 HP | Halfway Middle, Hushfold | 60 | a tight bundle of dried pale river reeds bound with red thread |
hour_sand | Hour Sand | A Keeper's pinch of slow time, sold in twists of paper. | Belt: the enemy's next attack comes 3 s later | Twinhold (Keepers' stall) | 40 | a folded paper twist spilling fine glowing brass-gold sand |
honey_bread | Honey Bread | From the Sallowbank bakehouse. Marra gives it away faster than she sells it. | Before battle: +10 max HP in the next battle | Sallowbank bakehouse, Halfway Middle | 6 | a round golden loaf glazed with honey, wrapped in a cloth |
eel_pie | Eel Pie | Tobin's own. Do not ask about the eel. | Before battle: +20 max HP in the next battle | Sallowbank (Tobin), Halfway Middle, the Long Road | 12 | a small hand pie with a crimped crust and a fish-tail pattern cut in the top |
ward_chalk | Ward Chalk | Fenn's idea: chalk the door-mark on whatever is nearest before a fight. | Before battle: the first enemy hit in the next battle does half damage | Halfway Middle; Fenn gives the first stick | 10 | a stick of white chalk beside two small chalked mirrored L marks |
still_water | Vial of Still Water | Water that has never been stirred. Pour it on a fragment and the glyph shows clearer. | At a fragment: the learning bar drops from 55% to 45% for that tracing | Halfway Pale Row, Hushfold | 25 | a tiny wax-sealed glass vial of perfectly still clear water reflecting the sky |
Gear (18)
Bands (7). Wear one per wrist; a matched pair needs two.
| Id | Name | Flavour | Effect | Found or sold | Price | Icon brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reed_band | Plaited Reed Band | Tobin plaits them from Sallow reeds. They smell of the river for a year. | Breath +30 ms | Sallowbank (Tobin) | 25 | a plaited band of pale green river reed tied in a knot |
copper_band | Halfway Copper Band | Beaten from old market coins, holes and all. | Sync grace +10 ms | Halfway Middle | 45 | a simple copper wrist band made of flattened holed coins riveted together |
warden_band | Warden Glyph Band | Silver, engraved with a mirrored mark. Wardens wear one on each wrist. | Mirrored spells +4% power. Matched pair: sync grace +20 ms | Twinhold (Hall of Measure outfitter) | 120 | a polished silver wrist band engraved with a pair of mirrored pale blue L marks |
vine_band | Vine Band | A living vine that grows a little each night and has to be trimmed. | Heals +10%. Matched pair: heals +10% more | Greenvault | 110 | a band of living green vine with two small violet blossoms, wound round itself |
waymaker_band | Waymaker Band | Sailcloth and green cord. Waymakers swap them like other people shake hands. | Parallel spells +4% power. Matched pair: breath +60 ms | The Long Road (caravan quartermaster) | 120 | a band of pale canvas sailcloth bound with pale green cord and a tiny brass buckle |
shard_cuff | Shard Cuff | Salvaged mirror-glass set in slate. No two are cut alike. | Independent spells +5% power. Odd pair: independent spells' sync grace +30 ms | Lanternfall; Halfway Amber Row (commission) | 130 | an asymmetric cuff of dark slate set with jagged mirror-glass shards, amber light in the seams |
amber_cuff | Amber Cuff | Warm to the touch, like sunlight caught in resin. | Shields +10% | Halfway Amber Row, Lanternfall | 90 | a smooth cuff of warm glowing amber resin with a thin teal edge where it catches the light |
Charms (5). One at a time.
| Id | Name | Flavour | Effect | Found or sold | Price | Icon brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
river_stone_charm | River Stone Charm | A flat Sallow stone with the door-mark painted on in Fenn's chalk. It won't wash off. | Repel's stagger +0.5 s | Given by Fenn in the Prologue | Not sold (sells for 2) | a flat grey river stone on a cord with two mirrored L marks painted in chalky red ochre |
still_water_locket | Still-Water Locket | A silver locket holding a disc of water that has never rippled. | Breath +8% | Halfway Pale Row; or Harl the silversmith sets the Wyrm Plate into one for 25 copper (Act 1) | 160 | a round silver locket opened to show a perfectly still disc of water |
reed_collar | Reed Collar | Worn by Still Choir monks, who never speak while wearing it. | Breath +80 ms | Hushfold (commission); Choirmistress Wen's reward (Act 2) | 200 | a woven collar of pale reeds with a single small silver bead at the front |
sigil_pendant | Sigil Pendant | Two unlike shapes fused: an amber circle and a mirror-glass triangle. Every Facet designs their own. | Independent spells' sync grace +30 ms | Lanternfall; Halfway Amber Row (Quill's Cut Glass); or the Lanternfall letter's gift | 170 | a pendant of an amber crystal circle fused to a triangle of mirror-glass, on a dark cord |
shard_cord | Shard on a Cord | A sliver of Shardfield glass. Something in it remembers being part of the Mere. | Learning bar 55% to 50% for every spell | Found in the Shardfield | Not sold (sells for 40) | a thin sliver of mirror-glass reflecting a different sky, hanging from a leather cord |
Coats (6). One at a time.
| Id | Name | Flavour | Effect | Found or sold | Price | Icon brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
homespun_tunic | Homespun Tunic | Linen your mother wove. Patched at both elbows, the same way. | Guard 0 | Starting coat | Not sold (sells for 2) | a folded homespun linen tunic in oatmeal brown with rolled sleeves |
travel_cloak | Hooded Travel Cloak | Halfway wool, dyed neither blue nor amber, on purpose. | Guard 1 | Halfway Middle | 60 | a hooded wool travelling cloak in meadow green, folded, with a wooden toggle |
quilted_jerkin | Quilted Jerkin | Caravan guards wear these. They stop a punch and most of a glint. | Guard 2 | Halfway Middle | 140 | a padded quilted jerkin in earth brown leather and canvas |
adept_robe | Adept's Robe | Ivory and silver, both sleeves embroidered alike. | Guard 2; mirrored spells +3% power | Twinhold (Hall of Measure outfitter) | 240 | a perfectly symmetrical ivory robe with silver trim and matching pale blue embroidery on both sleeves |
one_sleeve_coat | One-Sleeve Coat | Slate cloth, one long sleeve, one bare arm. Facets call it honest. | Guard 2; independent spells +3% power | Lanternfall | 240 | an asymmetric dark slate coat with one long sleeve and one bare shoulder, amber sash |
windbreak_coat | Windbreak Coat | Waymaker oilcloth, cut for the wind pass. | Guard 3; breath +40 ms | The Long Road (commission) | 300 | a long oilcloth coat in pale canvas with pale green lining flapping in the wind |
Materials and valuables (8)
| Id | Name | Flavour | Effect | Found or sold | Price | Icon brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
glint_quicksilver | Glint Quicksilver | What a glint leaves behind: a bead of loose reflection that rolls towards still water. | Sells; commissions; quest orders | Dropped by glints | Buys at 4 (shops don't sell it) | a small glass jar of shining quicksilver droplets |
mirror_grit | Mirror Grit | Glittering dust from broken reflections. Gets into everything. | Sells; commissions | Dropped by glints, other glass creatures and wildlife; the Shardfield | Buys at 2 | a small cloth pouch spilling glittering silver grit |
river_reeds | River Reeds | Sallow reeds, cut green. | Sells; commissions; Tobin's quest orders | Gathered on the Sallow banks | Buys at 1 | a small bundle of fresh green river reeds |
raw_amber | Raw Amber | Lumps of Shardfield amber. Facets say it is sunlight that got stuck. | Sells; commissions | Shardfield; Amber Row rewards | Buys at 8 | a rough lump of glowing warm amber |
marble_chips | Marble Chips | Offcuts from the old quarry under the Proving Ring. | Sells; commissions | Halfway quarry; Twinhold | Buys at 3 | a little pile of white marble chips |
glyph_dust | Glyph Dust | A warp-born glyph that faded before anyone traced it leaves this. Rare. | Sells; high commissions | Fresh warps; the Sallow Wyrm | Buys at 25 | a tiny drawstring pouch leaking softly glowing white-gold dust |
evane_silver | Silver Measure | An Evane coin, perfectly symmetric. Worth nothing outside Evane land, except by weight. | Sells only | Evane enemies, caches | Buys at 50 | a symmetric silver coin stamped with mirrored arches and a pale blue enamel centre |
facet_token | Glass Token | A Lanternfall token: cut mirror-glass in amber resin, no two the same shape. | Sells only | Facet enemies, caches | Buys at 50 | an irregular cut piece of mirror-glass set in amber resin |
Key items (11)
| Id | Name | Flavour | Effect | Found or sold | Price | Icon brief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
letter_twinhold | Letter to Twinhold | Pale blue wax, a mirrored seal. "Deliver both. Believe neither until you've met both." | Delivered to Prelate Ondine in Twinhold (Act 2; the working assumption, see open questions) | Given by Aske at the send-off | Not sold | a folded letter sealed with pale blue wax stamped with a symmetric mark |
letter_lanternfall | Letter to Lanternfall | Amber wax, a jagged seal, the same handwriting. | Delivered to Iver in Lanternfall (Act 2; the working assumption, see open questions) | Given by Aske at the send-off | Not sold | a folded letter sealed with amber wax stamped with a jagged two-shape mark |
fragment_coil | Coil Fragment | A step-stone from the Drowned Steps, the vine's path cut into it under the water. | Trace to learn Coil (whole glyph) | The Drowned Steps, end of the Prologue | Not sold | a flat wet river stone with a glowing violet S glyph and its mirror carved into it |
fragment_wither | Wither Fragment | A curl of dead wood from the stump on Greenvault's decay terrace, still warm. | Trace to learn Wither (whole glyph) | A dead stump on Greenvault's decay terrace, Act 2 | Not sold | a curl of grey dead wood with a glowing violet arch glyph carved along it |
fragment_squall | Squall Fragment | A sail-patch from the Endless Caravan's last camp, a lightning bolt stitched on it in green. | Trace to learn Squall (whole glyph) | The Endless Caravan's last known camp, Waymaker side quest, Act 2 | Not sold | a square canvas patch embroidered with a pale green lightning-bolt mark |
fragment_facet_seal_circle | Facet Seal: the Circle | Given freely, as Facets give everything. Half a lesson. | Half of Facet Seal (split glyph); needs the Square | Given in Lanternfall, Act 2 | Not sold | a round disc of amber glass with a glowing circle etched in it |
fragment_facet_seal_square | Facet Seal: the Square | Found standing in a shard, where someone left it to be found. | Half of Facet Seal (split glyph); needs the Circle | The Shardfield, Act 2 | Not sold | a square of mirror-glass with a glowing amber square etched in it |
corran_half_wave | Corran Shard: the Wave | A glass shard on a string, a low wave cut in it. You don't know what the glyph is. | The right-thumb half of Pavilion Wake (split glyph); completes Aske's shard in Act 3 | The Shardfield, Act 2 | Not sold | a glass shard on a string, a faint glowing amber wave line stopping at the break |
truce_token | Truce Token | A copper disc stamped half blue, half amber. Shows you agreed to the truce. | Entry to the Halfway Market Board; marks you as a truce-keeper's guest | Halfway gate, first visit | Not sold | a copper disc enamelled half pale blue and half amber, with a hole in the middle |
caravan_seal | Caravan Seal | A Waymaker seal: you ride with the caravan and the caravan vouches for you. | Lets you travel the Long Road with Dace's caravan | Caravan-master Dace, Act 2 | Not sold | a pale green wax seal on a canvas tag, stamped with two parallel peaks |
rook_sigil | Rook's Sigil Chit | Rook's own sigil on a scrap of glass. Facet traders know whose friend you are. | The Lanternfall unbinder charges 150 instead of 200, and Amber Row prices count you one standing band better (Neutral pays the Trusted price) | Rook, Act 1 (Halfway) or Act 2 | Not sold | a small scrap of mirror-glass painted with an amber sigil of two unlike shapes |
Icon prompts for Midjourney (VEL-66)
The inventory icon style is already set by VEL-51 (Art/Concepts/creatures-items/items/icons-items-a.png and icons-gear-a.png): one bold simple object, a clean dark outline, flat cel colours. To save fast hours, generate in 4×4 grids as VEL-51 did and cut the icons out; the 48 items make three grids:
| Grid | Items |
|---|---|
| 1 | All 11 consumables; quicksilver, grit, reeds, amber, marble chips |
| 2 | All 7 bands, all 5 charms; tunic, cloak, jerkin, windbreak coat |
| 3 | Adept's robe, one-sleeve coat; all 11 key items; glyph dust, silver measure, glass token |
Grid prompt: Flat game inventory icons for a mobile fantasy RPG, a neat 4 by 4 grid of item icons on a plain light background, each icon a single bold simple object with a clean dark outline and flat cel colors: <16 icon briefs, comma-separated>, consistent icon style, readable at small size --ar 1:1 --sref <anchor> --sw 40
Single-icon prompt (re-rolls): Single flat game inventory icon for a mobile fantasy RPG, <icon brief>, one bold simple object centred, clean dark outline, flat cel colors, plain light background, readable at small size --ar 1:1 --sref <anchor> --sw 40
<anchor> is the style anchor from Art/README.md. Adding the VEL-51 sheet as a second style reference (https://cdn.midjourney.com/875385a3-d80e-4d06-a694-65c653f8b3c8/0_3.png) should keep the new icons matched to it. Colour cues: Evane items are silver and marble with their faction's glyph colour (Wardens pale blue #7FD4FF, Tenders violet #B48CFF, Waymakers pale green #9CFFB0, Keepers brass-gold and Still Choir moonlight silver as VEL-51 proposed); Facet items lead with amber #FFC66B and a thin teal or violet edge; unaligned items are meadow green #7FA650, earth brown #A9744A, linen and reed.
Key and quest items the walkthroughs add
(Idea) The act walkthroughs and the bestiary add these items. Most are key items: held or not, tracked by an item.<id> flag (section 7). The two unique gear pieces are tracked by unique.<id>. They are outside the 48-item catalogue and its three icon sheets for now; their icons come later.
| Name | Id | From | Act | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyrm Plate | wyrm_plate | The Sallow Wyrm, granted once after the fight | Act 1 | A mirror plate that shows a different sky. Harl the silversmith in Halfway sets it into a Still-Water Locket for 25 copper, and the plate is used up. |
| Sentinel Glyph | sentinel_glyph | The Warden sentinel at the Measure Vault's third door | Act 2 | A sealed Warden glyph that can't be traced until Act 3 (bestiary). What it teaches is still open. |
| Seed Charm | seed_charm | Brother Fallow, the Tenders' envoy at the Twinhold court | Act 2 | The Tenders' invitation to Greenvault. No stats. |
| Hale's Note | hale_note | Novice Tull, the Keepers' envoy at the Twinhold court | Act 2 | Keeper Hale's sealed note: "Come to the Hour Stair when you are ready. You are not." A hook for Act 3. |
| Waymaker Ribbon | waymaker_ribbon | Three lost along the Long Road ridge | Act 2 | Ness's errand: bring her all three and she teaches Drift. |
| Worn Waymaker Ribbon | waymaker_ribbon_worn | Dace, after the wind pass | Act 2 | Any caravan on the Long Road carries you for free (fast travel). |
| Vault Map | vault_map | Iver, Lanternfall, if the player takes the Vault job | Act 2 | The way into the Measure Vault through the east-pier drain. |
| Wen's Letter | wen_letter | Choirmistress Wen, Hushfold | Act 2 | A courier side quest to Lanternfall; delivering it sets wen_letter.delivered. |
| Corran Shard: the Hourglass | corran_half_hourglass | Aske's shard, which the Corran girl pressed into her hand twenty years ago | Act 3 | The left-thumb half of Pavilion Wake. Aske and the player trace it with the Wave (corran_half_wave) at Corran's well. |
| Prism Snare: the Square | prism_snare_half_square | The Girdle house, Corran | Act 3 | The left-thumb half of Prism Snare (split glyph). |
| Prism Snare: the Triangle | prism_snare_half_triangle | The Keepers' confiscated shelf, the Hour Stair | Act 3 | The right-thumb half of Prism Snare. Taking it costs morality −5. |
| Colossus Heart | colossus_heart | The glint colossus, Corran | Act 3 | The warp-light it held. It is used in the scene after the fight, when the stilling is undone. |
| Hymn Page | hymn_page | The drowned choristers, the Undermere's flooded nave | Act 3 | A page of the Drowned Choir's hymn, for Tobin's side quest (side quests tab). |
| Stolen Fragment: Hasten | fragment_hasten | The Undermere fence | Act 3 | Trace to learn Hasten, on the fallen road where Hale doesn't teach it. |
| Stolen Fragment: Crown Surge | fragment_crown_surge | The Undermere fence | Act 3 | Trace to learn Crown Surge after the warp-born glyph has faded. |
| Ondine's Letter | letter_ondine | Prelate Ondine, by courier to Corran | Act 4 | A summons to the Heart Pane, readable in the item list. No other use. |
| Iver's Letter | letter_iver | Iver, by courier to Corran | Act 4 | A summons to the Heart Pane, readable in the item list. No other use. |
| Rope | rope | Sold in Halfway, 3 copper | Act 1 | A quest prop for side jobs. |
| Lamp Oil | lamp_oil | Sold in Halfway, 3 copper | Act 1 | A quest prop for side jobs. |
| Dry Boots | dry_boots | Sold in Halfway, 30 copper | Act 1 | Cosmetic, no stats. Aske notices them. |
| Twinhold Road Map | twinhold_road_map | The Measure Post, Halfway, 10 copper | Act 1 | Marks the Pale Road to Twinhold on the map. |
| Amber Goggles | amber_goggles | A rare drop from glyph-hunters in the Shardfield | Act 2–3 | Unique gear. Proposed slot: Charm. Proposed effect: learning bar 55% to 50% for split glyphs, and independent spells' sync grace +20 ms. |
| Split Glyph Band | split_glyph_band | A rare drop from Undermere outlaws | Act 3 | Unique gear. Proposed slot: Left or Right band. Proposed effect: it counts as an Evane band and a Facet band at once, so any pair it is part of is Even-handed (threads +8% breath), and threads get +40 ms breath on top. |
The Act 1 walkthrough sells rope, lamp oil and dry boots at Hob's Sundries, its name for a stall in the Middle. They are bought like goods but held like key items: they can't be sold back.
The Side Quests tab adds about twenty more quest props (such as choir_note, spare_wheel, letter_unsigned, records_copy, bevel_lash_half_line and bevel_lash_half_triangle). They are listed with their quests in that tab's last section, "Items, flags and names this tab adds", and follow the same rule: key items, no price, no icon until the icon sheets grow.