Blood Teller

A blood teller is a non-invasive tool to detect ancestry. It resembles a pocket watch that can open and close to reveal spinning hands.

How it works is a closely guarded secret; for fear of anyone recreating it.

— smuggler on the sauoomsae

Mechanics & Inner Workings

Sensor

At the push of a button the arrows on its clock-like face quickly spin over one or two of six coloured sections: red, yellow, green, blue, black and white. These colours indicate the dominant ethno-bloodlines of the one(s) closest to the detector.

I've heard that magnetic induction is somehow involved when its taking its measurements?

— speculative hearsay

History

Inheritance Crisis

The first model to be shown in court was seen as a novelty. With time however, the device revealed several scandalous affairs among the lower nobility. A few heirs apparent were proven to be illegitimate; leading to a large number of succession disputes, broken alliances and shattered relationships.

She took the test? ... But she had the most to lose.

— academy student

The uncertainty on who would inherit which domains was a genuine military threat to the royal family and other higher ups. And given the prevalence that was being observed with their subordinates, many higher nobles became suspicious of their own 'relatives'; particularly those with whom they did normally disagreed. Or with whom they could dethrone with a superior claim.

Father will disinherit them, but I don't think he'll totally disown them.
The only good news is that I'm not related to any of them.

— new heiress about her sisters

While the king and queen could not know for certain what such result would be. They nonetheless acted quickly to ban the device in order to avoid unraveling the situation into a civil war.

Item type

Service

Manufacturer

Ostoria

Rarity

Very Rare

Dimensions

Palm Size