Rasputin's Reliquary ^new^

If the vial is held while making a Persuasion or Intimidation roll, the user gains advantage. However, for the next 24 hours, anyone who meets the user will describe them as “unsettlingly damp” and “smelling of stable liniment.”

– The relics are smuggled to Harbin, China, by White Russian exiles who use the penis as a fertility charm (ironically, all children born from that ritual are stillborn or twins fused at the spine). rasputin's reliquary

The Reliquary is not a single object but a nested set of vessels, each more profane than the last. If the vial is held while making a

While the reliquary is a central plot device in the film, it has no basis in actual history. The real was a mystic and advisor to the Romanovs, but he did not possess magical artifacts. Animated Reliquary Historical Reality Origin Sold soul to darkness for the device No such object recorded in history Function Summons demons; grants immortality Rasputin relied on personal charisma and perceived healing Fate Crushed by Anastasia in Paris Rasputin was assassinated in 1916 by Russian nobles Cultural Legacy While the reliquary is a central plot device