Art & Design
The Artifacts of Livia
Every piece forged by Livia carries an alternate-universe fantasy layer — an RPG-flavoured narrative where each artefact is an enchanted item with stats, abilities, and hidden connections. At the heart of it all sits The Nut of Power, the supreme artifact that binds and commands every other creation.
Artifact Connection Schema
The Nut of Power sits at the centre of Livia's artifact constellation, exerting dominion over every other creation. Each artifact enhances specific attributes, and together they form an interconnected web of power.
The Nut of Power — +∞ Dominion — controls all artifacts
Controlled artifacts:
The Dark Nut of Power — +5 Dark Arts, +3 Intimidation — cursed clone, sealed by Flough
The Nanot of Power — +5 Nanotechnology, +3 Biotechnology — catches soluble TNF-alpha
Mitoring — +4 Energy, +2 Endurance — powerhouse of the... Livia
Embryo Ring — +4 Luck, +3 Creativity — blesses new projects
The Eye of Winter — +5 Frost, +2 Transformation — area freeze, shape-shifts between pendant and ring
Kidney Pendant — +5 Poison Resistance, +2 Purification — Borș immunity
The Snail Ring — Stats: ??? — awaiting discovery
Dominion hierarchy: The Nut of Power controls all artifacts. The Dark Nut is its shadow clone — powerful but unstable, requiring Flough to contain its curse leakage. All other artifacts operate independently but are ultimately subject to the Nut's authority.
Stat categories: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Dark Arts, Intimidation, Energy, Endurance, Luck, Creativity, Frost, Transformation, Poison Resistance, Purification, Dominion.
Artifacts
The Nut of Power
"One Nut to rule them all, one Nut to find them, one Nut to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them."
The most powerful artifact ever forged by Livia. It controls all other artifacts she has made — a supreme conduit of dominion. Half walnut shell, half amethyst sphere, joined by brass bands and a leather strap, it pulses with ancient energy drawn from the earth itself.
Type: Pendant | Materials: Brass, Walnut, Amethyst | Size: 3.4 × 3.4 cm | Year: 2024
Stats: +∞ Dominion | Ability: Absolute control over all other artifacts forged by Livia
The Dark Nut of Power
The dark clone of the Nut of Power, forged in shadow. Encased in a blackened walnut husk with copper innards exposed like a wound, this artifact carries a terrible curse — it can curse people that Livia does not like. More dangerously, it sometimes leaks, cursing without conscious control.
The leakage is sealed by Flough — a seal-type pillow possessed by Anton that functions as a containment device.
Type: Pendant | Materials: Copper, Walnut | Size: 3.4 × 3.4 cm | Year: 2024
Stats: +5 Dark Arts, +3 Intimidation | Ability: Targeted and uncontrolled cursing | Weakness: Sealed by Flough
The Nanot of Power
Forged after visiting Nanotics' lecture at ARDD, this pendant channels the power of nanomedicine. Its intricate lattice structure mirrors the nanoparticles developed by Nanotics — engineered to seek and neutralise molecular threats in the bloodstream.
Type: Pendant | Materials: Sterling Silver | Size: 3.2 × 3.2 cm | Year: 2024
Stats: +5 Nanotechnology, +3 Biotechnology | Ability: Can catch soluble TNF-alpha
Mitoring — The Mitochondria Ring
"Powerhouse of the... Livia."
A ring that reimagines the mitochondrion as a wearable sculpture. Amber glows through a sterling silver cage whose folds echo the cristae — the inner membrane structures where cellular energy is born. Whoever wears this ring gains boundless energy.
Type: Ring | Materials: Amber, Sterling Silver | Size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm | Year: 2024
Stats: +4 Energy, +2 Endurance | Ability: Powerhouse — grants the wearer tireless vitality
Embryo Ring
A ring of new beginnings. Raw amber chunks are clasped by silver wire prongs in an organic, almost embryonic embrace — as if the stone is still forming, still becoming. It enhances luck and gives a blessing to all new projects undertaken while worn.
Type: Ring | Materials: Amber, Sterling Silver | Size: 3.2 × 2.2 cm | Year: 2024
Stats: +4 Luck, +3 Creativity | Ability: Blesses new projects with fortune and inspiration
The Eye of Winter
A transformer artifact that shifts between pendant and ring form. When it was forged, heavy snow appeared in Bucharest — as if the artifact was announcing its own birth. It freezes everything around.
Type: Pendant / Ring (transformer) | Materials: Sterling Silver | Year: 2024
Stats: +5 Frost, +2 Transformation | Ability: Area freezing; shape-shifts between pendant and ring
Kidney Pendant
An artifact of resilience and purification. Grants resistance to poisons — including the dreaded Romanian "Borș."
Type: Pendant | Materials: Sterling Silver
Stats: +5 Poison Resistance, +2 Purification | Ability: Neutralises toxins and grants immunity to Borș
The Snail Ring
A spiral-shelled ring whose abilities remain shrouded in mystery. Its nautilus geometry hints at logarithmic power — patience that compounds over time.
Type: Ring | Materials: Sterling Silver | Year: TBD
Stats: ??? | Ability: Unknown — awaiting discovery
Character Card — Livia, the Artifactor
Name: Livia | Class: Artifactor / Herbalist | Level: Legendary
Livia is a dual-class wielder: as an Artifactor, she forges enchanted artifacts from metal, stone, and organic matter; as a Herbalist, she carries a deep love for plants and draws botanical power from the living world.
Curse: Type I Diabetes — a persistent debuff that cannot be removed, only managed through alchemy and technology.
Parentage: Daughter of the Dark Lord and the Teleporter.
Superabilities:
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Instant Sleep — Even several minutes of a statistics course triggers immediate, irresistible sleep. This ability is so powerful that no statistics lecture can overcome it... with one exception: BlueBrown-level statistics, which is engaging enough to resist the effect.
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Artifact Forging — Can create enchanted items from parametric digital models, 3D printing, and traditional metalworking.
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Herbal Affinity — Natural bond with plants; can sense their needs and draw strength from green spaces.
Further abilities TBD.
Lore Entities
Flough — A seal-type pillow possessed by Anton. Functions as a containment device for the Dark Nut of Power's curse leakage. Without Flough, the Dark Nut's curses would leak uncontrollably into the surrounding world.