Karat Pen

The Karat "Pen" is a magical writing tool that was created and is mostly used by Witches. It takes its name from the city of Karat, located in Nodvragoda's Territories, Moskova. The particularity of this writing tool is that books written using it are magical, as their words can go out from the pages and interact with the reader in different ways.

Types and parts

The pen is made up of several parts, crafted in different materials and their amount depends on the variety of pen we're talking about.

Traditional Karat Pen

This is the oldest kind of pen. It has the following parts:

1. Feather: The most prominent part of this tool is a long feather, usually an owl feather and more rarely, golden eagle feather.
2. Tip: A long, thin tip follows the feather (an covers its natural tip) and its united to it by a tightly coiled row. The tip is usually made of copper or iron and gold.
3. The manufactured pen is submerged in a magical potion called "Fake Reality", which purpose is breaking the barrier of the pages and the reader's space.

Mechanical pen

These ones are more modern than traditional ones, but aren't too different. They have the same parts as a traditional one but also an ink container which is united to the feather and the metal tip, which can be recharged and is more practical than using an external ink bottle.

Magical ink

While the magic that makes the words to surpasses the limits of reality and pages is added to the pen when it's being manufactured, the way a written work interacts with the reader depends on the kind of magical ink used. There are several kinds of magical inks with different kinds of magic and them can be mixed for creating new kinds.

• Wind ink: Creates wind that emerge from the book and makes the pages fly. There are several intensities, from a calm breeze to a tornado.
• Light ink: Makes the words shine when reading them. The color of the shine depends on the pigments added.
• Fire ink: Creates a flame that emerges from the book.
• Water ink: Makes water to come out from the book.
• Fog ink: Creates fog that emerges from the book
• Imaginery ink: Creates images projected in the air, depicting what's told by the book. Combinating this ink with other kinds can create an almost infinite variety of effects for those pictures.

An example of magical book written using a Karat Pen and magical ink which appears in Seeking for the Lost Northern Stars is Shirknania's journal about cultural heritage of Moskova's peoples.

by Gege16

Item type

Tool

Current Location

Nodvragoda

Current Holder

Shirkania Yanga

Rarity

They are mostly associated with witches and the actual amount of them is unknown. Magical books written by using these pens can be found in markets but rarely so they're considered valuable items. The ones with important information are usually in libraries of the Royal Palace or are owned by witches. Some have been censored.

Weight

100 g

Dimensions

15 cm long

Raw materials & Components

Avian feathers,  gold, ink, iron, copper.

by Gege16