Manor of Origin (REDUX)

After Archie’s odd display of ?friendship?, the party makes their way to the red barrier door.
Upon approach the red orb pulses, and quickly thereafter the barrier shatters with the sound of broken glass.

Inquisitor checks the door thoroughly, and is satisfied that said door lacks any sort of trap.
With nothing to fear the door is opened with no further delay.

The contents of the room are surprisingly intact compared to the rest of the rooms you’ve found in this section. It appears to be some kind of occult room. At the center of the room sits a table with several elegant looking chairs tucked under it. A crystal ball sits in front of the chair at the head of the table. Shelves line the walls, they are filled with all manner of strange idols, effigies, and tomes. A chandelier lit by candles dangles from the surprisingly high ceiling. Another door lies on the opposite end you enter from.

Inquisitor: You scan the shelves for a moment before coming across something that interests you. It appears to be some sort of chalice made out of marble. Almost the entirety of its surface is covered in deep cracks. You’re not quite sure how it’s holding itself together but it is.

Faux:At first glance it appears to be a regular crystal ball, but upon closer examination you observe several runes carved into it. Though not in any language or system that you have knowledge of. As it stands you assume that it does do something, but you don’t know what or how to go about activating it.

Chariot: As you peruse the shelves you find a figure that catches your interest. It’s a man with shoulder length hair standing upon a miniature planet Earth. He seems to be keeping the moon he’s holding from crashing into its surface. The whole thing is made of silver.

Faux:As your ritual completes you are surprised to find that everything assembled on the shelves is vaguely magical, if somewhat weak. The Crystal ball is the exception as it is heavily steeped in divination magic.

Faux: As you check for traps, your hand brushes against it. The ball displays an image of purple mist, and then static. After a moment of flickering between the two it dies down to clear crystal once again.

Inquisitor: As you funnel your magic through it you notice some of it run off the object along an ethereal spider like thread leading to the next room. The item might be some sort of key used in the next room, though you don’t know if it’s the only one.