Illusory Pipa Head
Plot Item
The gracefully shaped headstock of the Illusory Pipa, once sent on as a token.
Updated 2026-10-31·
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The Object
A headstock of elegant curve. Brush the tuning pegs and a tremor, faint enough to be doubted, passes into your fingertips: the strings are gone, but the note has not quite faded.
Origin
The Herald once sent it to the High Elder as a token, and Dusk later took it by stealth.
It belongs to the Illusory Pipa, one piece of the same instrument as the strings and the backplate.
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CharactersThe High ElderHead of the forbidden illusionists of Soulrend Mountain, called the Venerable by his own. He means to open the Rift for the Merciful Lady, and bring her down into the Perfect Vessel.FoesDuskA renegade puppeteer who fights through puppets and severed limbs, scarlet eyes burning behind a bronze mask.Items & MaterialsBroken Illusory PipaA ruined Illusory Pipa, reduced to the stretch from neck to frets.Items & MaterialsIllusory Pipa BackplateThe backplate of the Illusory Pipa, snapped at the frets.Items & MaterialsIllusory Pipa StringsStrings bestowed by the High Elder, strung onto Yan Qiansui's zither.Items & MaterialsBlack ScabbardA long black scabbard, its blade long gone.