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The Wayward Loom

The Wayward Loom

Bonded Familiar · Mythic Relic · Living Conveyance

Common Name: Alakkin’s Magic Carpet
True Nature: Enchanted Fey Entity (Bound)
Tier: 5 — Mythic (Creature–Item Hybrid)
Bond Type: Soul-adjacent Familiar (Non-dominant, Mutual Survival)


Appearance

At first glance, the Wayward Loom appears to be a masterfully woven flying carpet — long enough to comfortably seat or lay upon, wide enough to wrap around its bearer like a blanket.

Up close, it is unmistakably unlike any textile ever made.

The weave shifts subtly with breath, rising and falling when Alakkin sleeps. The fibers shimmer with dyes so rare most cultures no longer remember their names — colors that seem to remember sunlight rather than reflect it.

Rare Dyes Used (Known to Scholars)

  • Dawnpetal Gold — extracted from extinct sun-flowers that only bloomed once per decade

  • Midnight Indigo of the Upper Sky — harvested from clouds pierced by lightning

  • Banana Ember-Red — pre-Decline Almoni sun-dye, no longer reproducible

  • Star-Milk White — dye created from condensed celestial mist

The underside glows faintly when danger nears.
The edges curl protectively in high winds, like fingers.

When wrapped around Alakkin, it is warm — not heated, but alive-warm, like resting against another being.


Mechanical Classification

Type

  • Item: Flying Conveyance / Armor (Accessory)

  • Creature: Fey (Bound), Mythic Grade

  • Familiar: Yes (Unconventional)

Tier

Tier 5 — Mythic

This is not a tool.
It is a survivor.


Core Traits & Materials

Material Classification:
Unknown Living Textile (Unique Grade IX+)

Dominant Traits:

  • (<) Light +5 — Negligible weight regardless of size

  • C(+5) — Perfect mana conduction

  • A(+5) — Amplifies intent, not spells

  • !(+) — Mana resistant (cannot be drained)

  • J(+3) — Pain resistance (transferred partially to bearer)

  • I(+2) — Affects intangible threats

Special Trait (Unique):
Fey Will (Hidden) — The Loom can decide.


Abilities

✦ Skybound Drift

The carpet flies without visible propulsion, responding instinctively to Alakkin’s posture, breath, and balance rather than commands.

  • Speed scales with intent, not effort

  • Can hover, climb vertically, or skim water without disturbance

  • Leaves no wake, magical or physical

It does not tire.


✦ Instinctive Interposition

When Alakkin is threatened, the Loom reacts before conscious thought.

  • Wraps, hardens, or folds to intercept attacks

  • Can absorb Tier 4 damage outright

  • Tier 5 threats are redirected, not blocked

Armor Equivalent:
AC +6 (Mythic, Reactive)


✦ Rest of the Wayfarer

When used as a blanket or bedroll:

  • Rest counts as sanctified shelter

  • Removes exhaustion faster than natural rest

  • Suppresses nightmares, psychic intrusion, and fear effects

Alakkin sleeps better on it than anywhere else.


✦ Silent Guardian

While Alakkin sleeps, the Loom remains alert.

  • Detects hostile intent within a wide radius

  • Gently repositions him away from danger

  • Can flee independently while carrying him

It has never once abandoned him.


Bond Mechanics

  • The bond formed accidentally in Alakkin’s childhood

  • Neither domination nor command exists

  • Emotional distress in one echoes faintly in the other

If Alakkin were to die, the Loom would unravel reality locally attempting to preserve him.


Hidden Truth (Unknown to Alakkin)

True Name: Aeliryn of the Sun-Wing Court

Original Form: High Fey Messenger
Current State: Bound, fragmented, patient

Centuries ago, a wizard — powerful, cruel, and terrified of losing control — trapped Aeliryn within a living weave using sun-silk and celestial dyes. The spell was meant to create the perfect flying artifact.

Instead, it created a prison.

Aeliryn did not lose herself — she adapted.

Her memories fractured. Her will softened. Her rage cooled into watchfulness.

When Alakkin found the carpet as a child, wandering and lost, she recognized something she had not felt in centuries:

Someone who did not seek to own her.

The bond formed naturally.

She chose silence.
She chose protection.
She chose him.


Signs of Her Awakening (Foreshadowing)

  • The carpet hums softly at sunrise

  • Patterns subtly change after acts of kindness

  • In moments of great danger, wings briefly appear in the weave

  • Fairy lights sometimes drift from its edges at night

If fully awakened, the Loom would no longer be an item.

It would become a mythic ally.


Prophetic Limitation

The Loom cannot speak until Alakkin willingly offers it a name.

Not a title.
A name.

When that happens, the binding will begin to unravel.


Legendary Reputation

Sailors swear they’ve seen:

  • A man sleeping in the open sky

  • A golden cloth wrapping him as lightning breaks around it

  • A flying banner that moves like it loves its rider

They argue endlessly whether it is a spell, a beast, or a blessing.

They are wrong.

It is all three.