That demesne back in the crack-house, he studied its resonance. And although he didn't have time to study the Soulstone - wherever it may be right now - he thinks he can replicate its telltale signs.
Only High Speech escapes his lips while his memory fills the blanks of his magical understanding, bridging the gap between what is and what should be. Past the veil, above the tide, mana is woven into resonance and then into the compact form of a black stone.
A simulacrum of the past.
His nimbus subsides, until only a crackle of white light remains, and then gone.
"This is something we discovered a couple months ago. I have reason to believe it's from the same people who attacked the hotel 2 years ago", he plays with the piece of charcoal in his hand.
failure
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As spoken with Yumy. Creative thaum a prime 3 spell with combined Time 2. Winter has Eidetic memory and studied the false demesne resonance at the time.
Asked for permission to see whether we could resume that plot