Editing Paragon (section)

==<big>'''Artifacts of Paragon'''</big>==

There are three categories of artifacts of Paragon:Shards, Stones, Items.

*'''Stones of Paragon''' are rocks from the structure of Paragon and have no inscription.   They are potent magical focuses and inscribing tools.  They may be of any size.  Consider that the land was huge and crumbles into scattered pieces there are zillions of Stones of Pragon.  

*'''Shards of Paragon''' are fragments of the actual Inscription of Paragon. Most are small, since the inscription shattered, some are sizable.  The Shards can vary in size and power dramatically.  There are a dozen large and well known Shards that comprise a total of 51% of the original inscription.  This left 49% that broke into fragments as small as .0001 % of the Inscription.   
 
Fragments can be of almost any size. These fragments have varieties of powers. These items were sought by adventurers, sorcerers, and other collectors.  Nearly all Shards are able to hold up 4 spells usable by non-sorcerers who are attuned to their shard.

They are scattered throughout chaos and shadow.  A common power of a Shard is to create little pocket of reality.  These pockets may express as a single realm or many connected shadows. The shards are frequently sought by a secret society, the [[Lords of Paragon]], hoping to one day reunite the shards and rebuild Paragon.

*'''Items of Paragon''' are items and constructs using the inscription of Paragon.  Not original fragments but items similar to Pattern Blades that have a working inscriptions on them.

<big>'''Well Known Shards of Paragon'''</big>

*'''[[Catala]]'''

This realm is a bastion of Order in the midst of Chaos.  It is a little over 400 square miles large and is slightly oval shaped with a surrounding and interwoven river that surrounds the landmass.  The rim is surrounded by several hundred yards of densely packed forests.  The center area is a well-manicured garden maze of hedges and flowering plants.  Hundreds of small sitting areas are found in the maze, each unique with fountains, statues, central trees, bowers, pocket gardens and topiary displays.  In the largest open place is a watery area with a single dwelling that has outcroppings over the pools and streams that surround the estate.  

The [[Sage of Catala]] lives in this manse and his servants tend to the garden as well as his needs.  
[[Catala]] holds one of the best known Shards of Paragon.  It retains 23% of the original Sigil undamaged.

*'''[[Rock Paragon]]'''

The Rock Paragon is the largest chunk of the landmass, that remains intact, of the realm the Sigil once created.  It contains enough of the Inscription of Paragon and a sizable amount of the actual structure of the realm to remain whole.  There is a sprawling collection of stoas surrounding a small complex of ancient buildings that once were part of the main city the '''Manse Paragon'''.  One, a cathedral of sorts has a stairway that goes deep into the rock to a magnificent cavern.  Among the stalactites and stalagmites is 9% of the original Sigil of Paragon. Once the inscription was open to the air,  Over time the residents of the Rock Paragon built the mountaing over it and time solidified it.

The Rock Paragon contains a 12.2 million sq miles of surface land, roughly the size of Africa, with the depth of over 100 miles. It has 9% of the original inscription.

*'''[[Birasarquis]]'''

Biras is a small rock thought to be holding a 7% inscription including the point of entry to the original inscription.  It is 13 sq meters and between 1 & 9 inches thick. It casts many protective shadows around it causing great difficulty in finding the inscription. 


[[File:Sigil of Paragon1.jpg]]

===<big>'''Powers'''</big>===
Gaining powers of Paragon can be done in several ways.  

====Stones of Paragon====
The powers of the Stones of Paragon vary.  Some are ubiquitous. 
*Purify Water, Heat and chill liquids.
*Wielder may have a sense when they are being lied to, as a function of the innate power of Order.
*Detect other pieces of the Rock Paragon or the Shards of Paragon if they are within a variable range.

===Known Residents of Paragon===
Walking the Sigil of Paragon creates a maintained pattern ghost who continues to live and populate Paragon.
*Jurt Sawall-First to assay Sawall Shard of Paragon in the New Age. 
*Realmer-Second to assay the Sawall Shard of Paragon in the New Age..
*Despil Sawall-Third to assay the Sawall Shard of Paragon in the New Age.the sigil.
*Prince Brand of Amber-Fourth to assay the Sawall Shard of Paragon in the New Age.

===='''The Powers of Shards of Paragon'''====
The Shrd may be used in two ways; uninitiated & initiated. 
*'''Holder of the Shard-''Uninitiated'''''
*Cloaks the holder's ability to use High Order Sorcery
*Rack and use a certain numbers of spells depending on the stone. Usually 1 to 3.  A sorcerer installs the spell, then a non-sorcerer can activate the spells.
*Purify Water, Heat and chill liquids
*Wielder may have a sense when they are being lied to, a function of the innate power of Order.
*Detect other Stones and Shards of Paragon.

*'''Holder of the Shard-''Initiated''-Has assayed their stone.'''
**Holds the Sigil of Paragon
**Sorcerers may summon a Sigil of High Order for many uses.
**Initiates of the Stone gain a frame of 4 spells that may be used by non-sorcerers
**Initiates of the stone with the skill of Sorcery can access a frame of 8 Major spells and 12 minor spells. 
**May be used to Inscribe as a High Order Inscribing Tool
**May use High Order Sorcery and empower spells of High Order Initiations if the holder has Sorcery.
**Greatly boosts Low Order Magics.
**Initiates of a Shard of Paragon gain access to one Shadow-The contents of the shard's choosing.

*'''Sigil of Paragon'''
*'''''5 Pips Basic Imprint''''' of Paragon.  24 Spells Major 
*'''''10 Pips Advanced Imprint''''' of Paragon. 
The problem is that the inscription only exists on a small collection of items since the original inscription is broken.  The theory among the scholars is that because the inscription on items is able to be assayed the full inscription must still be magically connected.

Some holder of the ancient imprint still live, having gained their imprint before the destruction..  They are intimately connected to the stones, shards and Items.