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 ====== Brass Compass ======
+{{ ::brasscompass.png?300|}}
-An ordinary looking compass made of brass.  The inner lid is painted with a beautiful green meadow of wildflowers.  [[goldbelly mountain|Goldbelly Mountain]] can be seen in the background.
+An ordinary-looking compass made of brass. The inner lid is painted with a beautiful green meadow of wildflowers.  [[goldbelly mountain|Goldbelly Mountain]] can be seen in the background.
-The compass is functional and can be useful on expeditions.  It originally belonged to [[gulpax|Gulpax]].
+The compass is functional and can be useful on expeditions. It originally belonged to [[gulpax|Gulpax]].
->//In the spirit of friendship, I also loaned him [Landrus] my compass.  Though the item is quite useful in a pinch, it is technically cursed.// - (GS-Journal)
+>//In the spirit of friendship, I also loaned him [Landrus] my compass. Though the item is quite useful in a pinch, it is technically cursed.// - Gulpax's Journal (GS-Journal)
+|**Description:**|Made of Brass, Image on Lid Interior|
+|**Origin:**|Originally [[gulpax|Gulpax's]]|
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-===== References =====
+===== Mystical Nature =====
-==== The Frozen Expanse (GS-ADV6)====
+The compass needle behaves as one would expect it to. It points to north as any compass should.
-Upon your arrival to the [[frozen_expanse|Frozen Expanse]], [[landrus|Captain Landrus]] offers you his compass to aid you on your journey.
->//"I should have warned you.  The needle points north, but the painting shows the path of yoru fate _ where you're headed or where you've been.  Sometimes it shows you where you'd like to be."// - Captain Landrus - The Frozen Expanse (GS-ADV6)
+The painting in the lid, however, will change depending on the circumstance or based on who is holding it at the time.
-You find that when used with a combination of items, the compass proves to be more useful than just finding north.  The location where you use the compass also can vary its effects.
+>//“I should have warned you. The needle points north, but the painting shows the path of your fate — where you’re headed or where you’ve been. Sometimes it shows you where you’d like to be.”// - [[landrus|Captain Landrus]] - The Frozen Expanse (GS-ADV6)
-===While on Merrin's Hammer===
+----
-Using your [[spyglass|spyglass]], you are able to spot an Arcazion Seal on the horizon.  Its pelt is worth three gold.
+===== References =====
+==== The Frozen Expanse (GS-ADV6)====
+Upon your arrival to the [[frozen_expanse|Frozen Expanse]], [[landrus|Captain Landrus]] offers you his compass to aid you on your journey.
-You attempt to use it as bait in your [[bear_trap|trap]].  While not an effective lure, the image on the inner lid does change to show a plump rabbit sniffing around the [[bear_trap|trap]].
+You find that when used with a combination of items, the compass proves to be more useful than just finding north.
-===While visiting Yulora===
+The image on the inner lid will change depending on your current location.  You will see things from the past, the present, and even the future: [[gimnax|Queen Gimnax]] burning letters, a [[ice_caverns|frozen cavern]], a young [[kaiika|Kaiika]] boy trapped in a tree, an icy [[the_wall|wall]], a prisoner held in a tower cell, a [[frost_giant|Frost Giant]] feast, a wooden chest of armor, a great battle to come, and an enormous city built beneath the ice.
-Through your [[spyglass|spyglass]], you are able to find the home of [[kayok_the_slipperyquick|Kayok the Slipperyquick]].
-You show the compass to [[dreni|Dreni]], the village elder.  The image on the lid changes to show an enormous city built beneath the ice.
+>//“The Arcazion City. In the age of Azema, Kaiika and Frost Giants both lived under the rule of the Flayers.”// - [[dreni|Dreni]] - The Frozen Expanse (GS-ADV6)
->//"The Arcazion City.  In the age of Azema, Kaiika and Frost Giants both lived under the rule of the Flayers."// - Dreni - The Frozen Expanse (GS-ADV6)
+You find a non-functioning [[construct|Construct]] deep in the [[ice_caverns|ice caverns]].  Combined with the [[arcazion_stone|Arcazion Stone]], you are able to snap them both into the empty sockets in his chest. He gradually begins to move and then quickly runs from the cavern.