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RELICS & ARTIFACTS

History You Can Hold

A relic in The Wicked West is more than a magic item. Its identity, history, usefulness, risk, and the people who care about it are all part of what makes it matter.

Relic — Sidearm

The Tombstone Reckoning

A revolver recovered from the site of the 1852 Duel of Shadows, present when Sarah Eldritch crossed the Veil. Its cylinder appears caught in dusk even at high noon.

Relic — Document

A Cartographer's Overwhelmed Ledger

A cheap field notebook from the 1849 Gold Rush, packed with increasingly hurried survey notes as new sites appeared faster than one Cartographer could responsibly record them.

Relic — Wearable

A Rail Baron's Watch

An expensive gold pocket watch once carried by a Gilded Eye Senior Partner, its inner casing marked by a ledger-line pattern instead of a maker.

Relic — Tool

A Gold Rush Prospector's Pan

A dented tin pan tied to one of the 1849 sites the Cartographers considered unmappable. Fine deliberate lines cover its surface without matching normal wear.

Relic — Document

A Second Casualty Field Report

A classified Order report from the Civil War containing firsthand observations of a supernatural pattern associated with mass casualty events.

Relic — Carried Object

A Good Neighbors' Compact Saucer

A chipped household saucer from South Boston, blessed through long use rather than one grand ritual and tied to generations of threshold custom.

Public archives describe provenance and appearance only. Exact relic mechanics, hidden properties, costs, and discoveries belong at the table.