Obscure Reagents: The Ruins of Stardust
Among the numerous ruins of ancient Kaldorei culture, the magickal vestigia of Stardust has endured through the countless calamities wrought upon Ashenvaleโs ecosystem. Two powerful, rare reagents find their origin here; a creation perhaps forever lost to myth, but resilient through the ages. The source of their power is unknown, however some believe them to be imbued with a powerful blessing from Ashenvale wisps, greater spirits, a Wild God, or even Elune Herself. With the loss of Kaldorei immortality, and the subsequent weakness to mortal illnesses, a voyage to Stardust is now considered a sacred mission; and its ingredients, even more so.
Medicinal Uses: Poison cleansing | Disease purging | Antiseptic
Magickal Uses: Divination | Purification | Curse breaking
Despite the corruption gripping the outer waters and the nearby satyr hold, a small font remains seemingly untouched in a collapsed pavilion at the heart of the Stardust isle. Surrounded by a ringed lake, some have likened it to a watchful eye when viewed from the boughs. Whispers claim that something holy silently keeps their vigil here, or that the formation of Stardustโs font was by divine hands. There are legends which tell of the ancient High Rangers of Ashenvale enduring as wisps of the land who still maintain their time-lost charge.
The respect for Stardust even extends to cultures beyond the Kaldorei, as many shamans consider it a holy site whose waters can be used in the creation of divinatory saptas to commune with elemental manifestations. This basin is described as both a fountain and a well, producing water which can be combined with other sacred liquids to make the โpurest water any living creature will find.โ The fontโs resistance to corruption is still a great mystery, but it could be that the font itself is so strongly imbued that it wards against, or outright destroys, corruptive influence. One arcane scholar purports that the font perhaps draws upon a deep, isolated reservoir of a leyline from the ancient Well of Eternity.
One might make a pilgrimage to this font when seeking the cure for a deeply rooted curse, poison, or disease. Those who practice divination or wish to commune with the metaphysical would find their ritual to be greatly empowered with the waters of Stardust. Only a small vial is needed, and any traveling to this place may hear the tales of natureโs wrath consuming those who take advantage of its bounties.ย
Medicinal Uses: Fever reduction | Relaxant | Pain relief
Magickal Uses: Warding | Consecration | Spirit communion
Found nowhere else on Azeroth but here, the leaves of this isleโs bushes are frosted with silver, aptly named by the locals after the glade, stardust. These shrubs are similar to the font they encircle in that they are unmarred by the corruption of their environment.ย
This dust has a propensity to markedly abate fevers, as was the case with Relara Whitemoon, whose grave illness was averted through a poultice made with stardust. Healers may seek to obtain this material, or perhaps carry some on their person, for especially dire infections.
Experienced enchanters are able to imbue an item with stardust in their working to ward against corruptive forces.ย
It is also said that a handful of stardust can bestow a peaceful passage for the dying.
Members of the Sisterhood have sought to use stardust in quelling angered spirits, and some even claim that incense crafted with it facilitates communion with oneโs ancestors and lunar elders; most potent around the time of Samha and the Lunar Festival.
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