Even among allies, misunderstandings happen. So when a Creationer who
doesn't quite understand how Novalis interprets her Word joins Flowers, he
might just create something like this:
The Venus Demon(ling) Trap
"Bred" from Bell Blossoms, these artifacts are huge, with leaves starting at
3 feet long (for a level 1 Artifact) up to a massive 8' (for a level 6
artifact).
A demon(ling) stepping on a leaf causes the leaf to curl, trapping the
demon(ling) - unless it has more than 3 times as many Forces as the Artifact
has levels. If the demon(ling) didn't freely step on the leaf they get a
Will roll to resist the effect.
Once trapped inside the leaf, the demon(ling) discovers that the leaf is a
form of Discord Bracelet, granting 3 levels of Discord: one each of
Selfless, Merciful & Claustrophobia....the demon(ling) can also detect that
the leaf will immediately release him once he has (artifact level) levels of
Selfless and Merciful - an important point to consider as the Claustrophobia
does cause non-Ofanim dissonance....
Novalis is horrified by these artifacts: torturing a demonling towards
redemption is not what Flowers is all about, so the handful of these that
she possesses are kept in an incredibly secure greenhouse in her Glade in
Heaven. The only reason that they're used is that Janus stole one many years
ago, and gave seedlings to his Allies Michael and David: both Archangels
think that these artifacts are wonderful - Michael tends to throw any
demon(ling) he wants interrogated into them, while David tests demons for
Redemption potential with them.
Cost: Cannot normally be bought; however every 20 years a Venus demon(ling)
Trap will form a seedpod - performing an Enchantment ceremony on the seed
will create a new Trap with a level equal to the unmodified CD if the
Enchanter pays a cost of 5 character points per level of the artifact. If
the Enchanter doesn't have sufficient cps, the ceremony fails, destroying
the seed.
And no, it's not known what Novalis did with the Creationer who made the
first one - and Michael & David keep asking, and offering to 'take him off
her hands'.
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