Radiant Feather

Item · 10 gp · Weight 0

As you pick it up, you sense an echo of an ancient memory... "'Live honorably, demon lord! Today, I am giving you a second chance.' The deadly spell that was about to fly from the angel's hand dissipates. I heave an involuntary sigh of relief, and I curse myself for this show of weakness. Defeated. Humiliated. She stands before me, beaming with blinding light. My eyes fill with tears, but I cannot look away. Her snow-white wings, her long neck, the curves of her shoulders and hips. She is beautiful, more beautiful than all the treasures in the Abyss! There is no anger in her face, no hatred, no superiority. She is looking at me as if peering into my very soul. I feel naked before her. 'Farewell, Nahyndri.' She vanishes in a flash of light. I reach out my hand, trying to catch her, hold her, stop her from leaving me. But still she leaves. I am left alone, and only a white feather, torn from her wing by my desperate hand, is proof of her existence. Defeated. Humiliated. But unbroken. I clutch the feather tightly in my fist."