The Scroll of Sight – The Unblinking Gaze into the Soul

"No mask can hide what is written within. Unfurl the parchment, and behold the truth unbound."

Appearance:

A deceptively simple scroll of aged vellum, bound with a black silk ribbon sealed in silver wax. When opened, the parchment is blank—until the reader speaks the name of the one they wish to see. Then, ink bleeds across its surface like liquid shadow, forming intricate, ever-shifting script and images that lay bare the essence of the soul before it.

Powers & Abilities:

• Soul Revelation: The Scroll lays bare the deepest truths of a person—their virtues, sins, regrets, and hidden nature. Memories, traumas, and even fragments of past lives may surface in vivid detail.

• Judgment of Intent: It reveals not just deeds, but the why behind them—whether an act was born of malice, desperation, or righteousness.

• Echoes of Fate: In rare cases, the Scroll may show glimpses of a soul’s potential futures, though these visions are fragmented and open to interpretation.

• The Price of Knowledge: Prolonged use of the Scroll strains the reader’s own soul, as the weight of countless truths begins to etch itself into their mind. Some say the Scroll’s whispers never fully fade.

Activation & Ritual:

To invoke the Scroll’s power, the reader must:

1. Speak the subject’s true name (or hold a personal belonging of theirs).

2. Break the seal with a drop of their own blood (symbolizing the covenant of truth).

3. Recite the incantation: "By ink and insight, let the unseen be known."

The visions unfold in a trance-like state, the reader’s eyes turning silver-black as they witness the soul’s tapestry.

Dangers:

• Soulburn: Those unprepared for the Scroll’s revelations risk madness, as the sheer weight of another’s existence floods their mind.

• The Unwritten Curse: Some souls are too dark to gaze upon—certain forbidden knowledge, or entities hiding within a person, can lash back at the reader.

• The Scroll Remembers: Every soul witnessed leaves a faint imprint on the Scroll, and some claim it grows heavier with each use.