The Orbs of Sorrell

The Orbs of Sorrell are one of the most prolific artifacts mentioned in the myths of the Dragons. When Aes ascended Sorrell and married her, the other dragons were obligated by their traditions to give her a gift in honor of her wedding. Due to her being blind from birth, and her refusal to allow Aes to heal it even in her new form, Recina the Green, one of the few gods who approved of Aes's choice in a wife, created the Orb's and distributed them to the other Dragons to give as gifts.

The Orbs gave Sorrell the power to see the world without having her blindness healed. It was said that Sorrell still preferred to experience the world through her other senses, but would loan the Orbs to Aes or even humans she deemed worthy. The Orbs were said to be made from slate gray orihalcum, a material often mentioned in ancient texts. Each had a crystal imbedded into it without any seam or bump, although some stories conflict on if the crystals were one color, or two-toned. Each Orb is said to be small enough to hold in the hand.

The Orbs granted the bearer ability to see beyond the natural world. Some stories say the bearer had to hold the crytal up to their eye to see, other said the bearer mearly needed to be in possession of it. Regardless, the stories are again contradictory: the bearers were said to be able to see everything from distant planets, into other dimensions, or even into the future.

The exact number of Orbs that existed is also unclear. Some say that each dragon gave her one, yet the number of mentioned in the stories is often much higher. Some speculate that Sorrell would give away an Orb to a human only to have Recina give her another one.

One such Orb is said to be in the possession of the Elves, although it is missing it's crystal. The Orb, instead of being of stone, appears to be glass, a state orihalcum reaches when it is drained of magic power. The glass is almost completely clear and totally pure, yet is unbreakable.