[center][h2]Artifacts of the abyss[/h2][/center]
 
Artifacts or Relics are items found in The Abyss by Delvers during their expeditions. While low class artifacts have little to no use, the higher the grade the more extraordinary its effects are. Regardless of grade, all artifacts have a pattern that implies how many times they can be used before they become futile. They're believed to be leftovers from an ancient civilization, and their functioning can't be comprehended by modern technology, let alone imitated.

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[h2]Special grade artifacts[/h2]
The most valuable class of artifact that can be found. These are items that can change the world and disrupt the balance of power between nations. Retrieving a single one to the surface can guarantee a prosperous future for a whole city or vastly increase the military potential of a country, depending on its use. According to Jiruo, a Special Grade Artifact's value is so large that it can't be measured. Because these artifacts are so valuable, they're the only artifacts that white whistles are not allowed to keep for their own personal use.

[b]Reg[/b]
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A robot like artifact that acts like a normal human.
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[b]Unheard Bell[/b]
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An artifact retrieved by the white whistles Lyza and Ozen. It was discovered in a highly inaccessible location within the 4th layer. Information of its location was leaked and reached multiple countries, sparking a fierce competition to get it. Not many details are known about its use, but it is apparently capable of stopping time in some form.
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[b]Soul-Slave Zoaholic[/b]
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The Zoaholic, also called the Soul-Slave Machine, is a buttocks-shaped artifact so large that it takes up a very large room. It allows the user who synchronizes with it to plant his soul into other living beings, spreading the consciousness throughout multiple bodies. However, if the user overuses it and spreads their consciousness into too many bodies, the hosts will lose their sense of self, develop strange behavior, and go eventually go insane. If the user has the desire, a mere touch is enough to possess another body, and it's impossible to escape the enchantment. The subject does not necessarily have to be human, since when it was first discovered, small animals were manipulating small insects into getting eaten. Even though it was officially retrieved and included in the artifact catalog, the relic was somehow lost fifteen years ago.
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[b]Eon Depths[/b]
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a strange container with a liquor capable of greatly extending the lifespan of those who drink it.
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[b]Star Thread[/b]
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A large and thick thread that can withstand any blow.
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[h2]First grade artifacts[/h2]
[b]Blaze Reap[/b]
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The Blaze Reap is an abnormally large pickaxe that contains Everlasting Gunpowder, allowing it to serve as an impact explosive type weapon and earning it the epithet of the Everlasting Pickaxe. The pickaxe was previously utilized by Lyza the Annihilator as her signature weapon before mysteriously disappearing during her last dive. It was eventually retrieved by Ozen the Immovable on the 4th layer’s Garden of the Flowers of Resilience, where it marked an empty grave. Currently it is in the possession of Riko. Ozen noted that the exterior of the weapon was in very poor shape, only being able to withstand a few more hits. The gunpowder was however noted as unaffected, as it is infinite.
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[b]Curse-Warding Box[/b]
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A unique artifact unlisted in the guide of recorded relics. Theorized to be at least a grade-2 relic, it is a cube-like structure with an incredibly complex pattern embedded on the outside. Also known as "The Curse-Repelling Vessel", from the depths up toward the surface, it was initially thought to have the power to nullify the effects from the curse of the abyss while the subject is placed inside of it.
"Curse-Warding Box" is somewhat of a misnomer, however. Its real effect is not curse nullification. Those inside will still suffer the effects of the curse and possibly die as a result, but whatever is inside will come back to life seemingly unaffected and will immediately start crawling towards the center of the abyss before dying again sometime later.
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[b]Thousand-Men Pins[/b]
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Each pin is said to bestow the strength of a thousand men.
After Ozen had been attacked and left to die in the Abyss, she had no choice but to embed one of the pins within her to give her to strength to push onward. Since then, she has bought up every pin that she has found. It is said that she has around 120 of these pins stuck in her body. They are the secret to her great strength and longevity.
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[b]Third Works[/b]
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A psychokinetic arm.
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[b]Ghost Sight[/b]
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Glasses that show the imperceptible.
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[b]Nilfont[/b]
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A water-producing artifact that possibly forms water from nothing, hence the "nil" before "font" and its status as a first grade artifact.
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[b]Grim Ripper[/b]
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Iron-cutting scissors.
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[h2]Second grade artifacts[/h2]
[b]White Whistles[/b]
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White Whistles are second grade artifacts that can only be used by their original owner. They are made from Life Reverberating Stones and given further shape by the user's own modifications to the stone, making each and every White Whistle unique. White Whistles are able to activate dormant relics.
The White Whistle is a signature characteristic for the few divers that are allowed to dive past the fifth layer of The Abyss. Currently there are only a handful of recognized White Whistle users, although it's unknown whether or not all of them are still alive.
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[b]Gold Shaker[/b]
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A dust collecting pot.
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[b]Tomorrow Signal[/b]
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A weather divining vane.
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[b]Far Caress[/b]
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One of Bondrewd's personal relics. Also called Touching the Moon. Capable of manipulating countless tendrils. Incredibly tough and elastic. Strictly speaking, it's not exactly an artifact, but a native creature enclosed within a cylinder. It's classified as an artifact simply because it cannot be collected outside of the Abyss.
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[h2]Third grade artifacts[/h2]
[b]Fog Weave[/b]
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A piece of cloth so thin that you can see right through it. It's so light that it floats over the ground like fog. Even breathing can alter its movement. Used by Nanachi to explain the true nature of the curse to Reg.
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[h2]Fourth Grade Artifacts[/h2]
[b]Star Compass[/b]
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A relic found in the first layer by Riko, who also named it. She illegally took it back to the orphanage with her as her own personal item instead of turning it in for money. The needle inside it always points downwards, no matter how much you turn and shake it. Riko claims it points to the bottom of the Abyss.
Riko took it on her journey, but quickly lost it when she got excited and it slipped out of her hand while she was shaking it. It hasn't been seen since.
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[b]Scale Umbrella[/b]
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Technically, a manmade relic. Someone had trashed it, but Riko found it and decided to carry it as a shield. A grade 3 artifact, charcoal sand, was made into bars and attached to the top of an umbrella, making it look somewhat like shingles on a roof. It was put together poorly, resulting in the grade being lowered. The umbrella possesses the strong but lightweight properties of the charcoal sand its made out of. Riko brought the Scale Umbrella with her on her journey, but it was destroyed in the fourth layer while Reg was fighting Tamaugachi, whose needles pierced through it easily.
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[b]Sun Sphere[/b]
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Shines brightly when activated. It was used by Riko and Reg to distract the attention of creatures away from them and enable the two to escape. It was eaten by an aquatic creature in the Sea of Corpses.
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[h2]Artifacts of Unknown Grade[/h2]
[b]Sparagmos[/b]
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The Origin Guiding Light. One of Bondrewd's personal relics. A processed artifact similar to Reg's Incinerator that generates mysterious blade of light. Things it hits will undoubtedly disintegrate, without any exceptions.
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[b]Gangway[/b]
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Also called Ascending to the Morning Star. Another one of Bondrewd's. Produced from another artifact, the Stairway of Light. It releases a band of light to strike at the reflected target. It has the capability to strike the object where the user strongly focuses on, at multiple targets, and even fire where rays cannot be reflected.
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[b]Shaker[/b]
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The Curse Needle. Yet another one of Bondrewd's. Manufactured from another relic, the Curse Steel. When pierced with one of these a human will be inflicted with the curse of the 3rd layer.
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[b]Canopy Unto Dawn[/b]
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You guessed it: Bondrewd. A custom set of armor that's basically a whole bunch of artifacts processed together with bio-fibers and built in weapons to increase combat efficiency. Also helps to ease the strain of Bondrewd's divided consciousness.
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