THE BLACKWOOD ARCHIVE
ADORNMENT ARCHIVE
Within these records are wearable artifacts of mourning, myth, night, and the old wood.
- Mourning Adornments preserve symbols of loss, remembrance, and devotion.
- Ceremonial Adornments record objects intended for gatherings, observances, and traditions whose meanings have not always survived.
- Cameos hold faces, figures, and fragments of stories not always fully known.
- Nocturne gathers forms drawn from moonlight, wings, stars, and the hours after dusk.
- Bestiary records creatures of folklore, omen, and old instinct.
- Briarwood belongs to the forest: leaves, thorns, flowers, roots, and the quieter magic of growing things.
- Briarwood belongs to the forest: leaves, thorns, flowers, roots, and the quieter magic of growing things.
Each piece is individually named and entered into the Blackwood Archive before being permitted to leave the Repository.
HAND EMBELLISHED SKULL ARTIFACTS
OPHELIA
SERAPHINE
CARMILLA
A mourning adornment of unusual delicacy, Ophelia bears the familiar image of mortality softened by careful ornament—pearls, crystals, and small details applied as though in remembrance of something no longer named.
No two surviving examples have proven identical. Variations in ornamentation are considered characteristic of Ophelia and are recorded accordingly.
CARMILLA
SERAPHINE
CARMILLA
A darker record among the mourning adornments, Carmilla bears the image of mortality with little softness, its surface marked by a crimson scatter of stones suggestive of beauty, appetite, and ruin in equal measure.
Variations in ornamentation are considered characteristic of Carmilla. Differences between examples are entered into the record without objection.
SERAPHINE
SERAPHINE
SERAPHINE
Seraphine bears a quieter expression of mourning, softened by pale ornament and the careful arrangement of pearl and crystal. Though often attributed to an earlier age, its materials and construction do not entirely support the claim.
The Archive records the discrepancy without preference. Variations between examples are considered characteristic of the piece.
LAZULIEN
LAZULIEN
SERAPHINE
Lazulien is distinguished by its cooler tones and jewel-like ornament, recalling deep water, evening skies, and the blue cast of certain old glass.
Its name appears consistently within the records, though no satisfactory account of its origin has yet been established.
Differences in ornamentation are recorded as natural variations of the piece.
ROSALIND
LAZULIEN
ROSALIND
Rosalind presents mortality beneath an abundance of pale ornament, where pearls and light-catching stones soften the severity of the form without concealing it.
The effect is less one of sorrow than remembrance carefully tended.
No two recorded examples have carried precisely the same arrangement.
MORRIGAN
LAZULIEN
ROSALIND
Morrigan bears an iridescent surface that shifts between green, blue, and violet according to the light, with one side densely set in stones of similar changing color.
The name suggests older associations with omen and transformation, though the Archive makes no claim regarding their relevance.
Variations in color and embellishment are considered characteristic of Morrigan.
Ceremonial, Nocture & Cameo Adornments
Crimson Reliquary
Provisional Custody
Provisional Custody
Ad Handcrafted chandelier earrings of crimson crystal, black glass, and antique silver-toned filigree. Entered into the Blackwood Archive as a ceremonial adornment of uncertain origin, noted for its striking presence and unusual brilliance by candlelight.
Provisional Custody
Provisional Custody
Provisional Custody
Artifacts received by the Archive and presently under examination. Classification and admission to the Repository remain pending.
Provisional Custody
Provisional Custody
Provisional Custody
Artifacts received by the Archive and presently under examination. Classification and admission to the Repository remain pending.