Artifacts
The Chest
large and dark
at the foot of his bed at the Waystone
Kote avoids looking at it
made of roah
sealed 3 times
- lock of iron
- lock of copper
- lock that could not be seen
smells of citrus and quinching iron
fills him with emptiness and ache, longing and regret
The Mounting Board
Kote requested this from graham
made of Roah
three pegs
chiseled with the word folly
The Sword
Kote has kept it under his bed
until the mounting board labeled "folly" arrived
black scabbard
dull-grey white blade
looks new
no scratches, notches, or rust
makes Bast uncomfortable, like an awkward memory
the light reflected was dull, burnished, and ages old
Sympathy Lamps
brighter than gaslights
steadier than candles or lamps
terribly expensive
Greystones
also called 'standing stones` or laystones or waystones
some are laying on their side
Crudely hewn rectangle
about 12 feet tall
Kvothe's troupe stops at them for good luck or just a break
Kvothe's father stops for tradition and supersitition
marks safe or dangerous roads
Ben says there is a power in them
Kvothe sees a double circle of them in his mind with one laid over the top of two in an arch with thick shadow underneath
Kvothe sleeps against a Laystone after running from the site of his troupe's murder
The Doors of Stone
According to the Lanre story there's a beast with iron scales whose dark breath smothers men set behind it