Path of Shadows Beneath the Skin

InCo(An) 40

R: Touch, D: Conc, T: Vision

Pen 0, 1/day

This effect grants the target the ability to see the internal organs of humans or animals as a magical sense. This greatly enhances laboratory operations employing Corpus or Animal (or, indeed, both), granting a +2 laboratory specialization in both Arts.

(base 5, +1 Conc, +4 Vision, +1 Animal requisite; +5 item maintains concentration)

This jar takes the form of a rotund human figure about 18 inches tall made of alabaster. The lid of the jar is carved into the shape of the figure's head; of Marcus' four copies, one has the head of a hawk, one a lion, one

a baboon, and one a human. The Canopic Jars are figured and named after the jars used in ancient Egypt to preserve the organs of mummified kings. These were made as Lesser Enchantments, and Marcus was able to make two in a single season.

CrCo 9 R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind Pen 0, constant effect

Any bodily organ placed inside is protected from putrefaction while it remains within the jar.

(base 2, +1 Touch, +2 Sun; +1 2/day, +3 environmental trigger)

Marcus has a tattoo depicting the sun in its glory that covers his entire abdomen. He has enchanted this tattoo as an invested item, preparing it for enchantment with 6 pawns of vis (tattoos have a base material cost of 2 — see Houses of Hermes: Mystery Cults, page 51 — and its size gives it a multiplier of 3). The purple ink that was used to inscribe the tattoo was extracted from the murex shell, and the crushed shells were also included, granting a Shape and Material bonus of +2 to protective effects. The tattoo holds two effects, occupying all 6 pawns' worth of space.

Resilience of Theseus

MuCo 39 R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Ind Pen 0, constant effect

Marcus has a +4 to all Soak rolls. However, due to the experimentation used to create the effect it has a minor flaw — the tattoo must be exposed to grant the bonus, rather than being covered by clothing.

(base 20, +1 Touch, +2 Sun; +1 2/day, +3 environmental trigger)

Ariadne's Thread

InCo 20 R: Arc, D: Mom, T: Ind Pen 0, 1/day

The target always knows exactly where he is in relation to one or more Arcane Connections he has in distant locations. The more Arcane Connections to himself he has, the more accurate his estimation of position; he can feel the tug of each one as he turns in a full circle, and the relative strength tells him the distance. Consequently, the caster is never lost. Marcus invented this effect after one of his ordeals on the Path of Seeming left him hundreds of miles from home in a land where no-one spoke his language.

(base 3, +4 Arc, +1 complexity)