The Mirror of Euloria is a legendary artifact of fatewoven sorcery, forged in devotion and veiled in grief. It was gifted by Queen Euloria Valarion—a Valar noblewoman of somber beauty and gifted enchantress—to her beloved consort King Cyrus Valarion, during the twilight of her lucidity. Crafted in the early years of Cyrus' reign upon The Immortal Isle, it was meant to symbolize their eternal bond and the threads of destiny that wove their souls together.
Now sealed within the Vaults of Valarion beneath the obsidian heights of the Spire of Valarion, the Mirror remains untouched by dust, as if memory itself preserves it. Once radiant with promise, it has become a shrine of sorrow—a relic of lost love that offers no comfort, only the truth that fate is often cruel.
Appearance
The mirror is oval in shape, twelve feet tall and framed in blackened valewood wrapped in veins of silver. The edges are carved with celestial constellations and weeping roses—both Valarion symbols of love and loss. Along the rim are etched names in Valari script, all of which belong to deceased members of House Valarion, their souls forever linked in memory to the one who peers within.
Its reflective surface is not glass but a rippling pane of liquid starlight, dark as the Night Mother Nyx’s tears, yet glimmering with faint traces of silver. When approached, it remains still—until one dares to ask it a question of fate.
Abilities
The Mirror of Euloria is said to possess the rare magic of Fatebinding—the ability to reveal those whose destinies are intertwined with the viewer, whether they still walk the waking world or drift beyond it.
- When gazed upon with intent, the mirror reveals the visages of all souls currently tied to the user’s destiny. This includes ancestors, lost lovers, former enemies, unborn heirs, or those yet to be met.
- For the deceased, it does not show ghosts—but echoes, shaped by memory and feeling. They do not speak, but their expressions speak volumes.
- Those who gaze too long into the mirror are overcome by the gravity of their own fate, feeling both dread and awe. Prolonged exposure can lead to melancholy, catatonia, or dream-visions of future sorrow.
“To see one’s future is burden enough—but to see those who must walk it with you, dead or alive… is torment refined into truth.”
– Queen Euloria, final entry in her journal
Tragedy of Queen Euloria
Queen Euloria’s creation would, in time, become her own tombstone in spirit. Haunted by visions of the Night Mother Nyx, and plagued with waking dreams of her own death, she spent her final months staring into the Mirror, scribbling erratic visions in charcoal on the walls of her chambers. She believed she saw Nyx’s shadow in the mirror long before her madness took root.
After her tragic death—leaping from the highest point of the Spire—King Cyrus Valarion forbade all others from using the Mirror. He now keeps it sealed in the Vaults, where it stands before a shrine of violet roses and cold, unlit lanterns.
To Cyrus, the mirror serves as both mourning glass and monument—a final gift from the woman whose love endured even the curse of Nyx.
“When I gaze into it, I see only her…
Her face, her tears, her voice unspoken—
And the love I cannot touch.”
– King Cyrus Valarion