The Holy Symbol of the Ravenkind (2e DnD, Stephen Fabian Version)

This is a design for the Ravenloft artifact The Holy Symbol of the Ravenkind based on an illustration by the late Stephen Fabian. In 2e Ravenloft this platinum holy symbol is crafted in the shape of the sun, with a large quartz crystal surrounded by celestial symbols of light and truth embedded in its center. Most High Priest of the Church of Andral crafted this medallion in a time when Strahd Von Zarovich was as mortal as any man, after he foreshaw that a terrible curse would soon befall Barovia. The priest's unceasing efforts drove him to death, but the power of the symbol could not be denied, legends say that The Holy Symbol of the Ravenkind holds a piece of the sun. With his final breath, he completed the blessing that empowered this potent magical item. When his body was found the next morning, the symbol was his only legacy to his beloved people of Barovia, a note on his hand wrote. Here is the gods ' gift to a troubled land. Use it well and with reverence, but pass the secret only from priest to priest. The family of the ravens shall descend, and this is to be the holy symbol of their kind. Its power is kin to that of the sun: light and warmth. It is a last hope to hold back the Shadow that shall fall upon this sad realm.