The travelling bracelet is a device for collecting time-dew. It filters the dew from an acid-diver’s blood.
Time-dew is a precious chemical essence found in the hidden recesses of the Cursed Field. It is used to make expanders.
Blood salt forms at the uttermost depths of the Cursed Field. It contains the Images and Shadows of lives the Field has swallowed, and is the most precious of all chemical essences.
The acid bit is used when descending into the Void, and also to correct distortions caused by the Field.
The Spider’s Kiss mask commemorates the tale of Tsarevich Volga and the goddess Ogneshka. As her ninth life drew to its close, the goddess fell in love with the young tsarevich. He did not return her love. She carried him off to her palace atop the shrike-tree, but the tsarevich had concealed a venomous Lukino spider in his mouth. When she kissed him, it bit her tongue and brought her final life to an end.
The Mouth of Viy bowl is an ancient priestly vessel of pure silver, intended for burning lesser offerings. The Clockmakers use these bowls to separate dew.
The thimble is a device with a delayed firing mechanism. Its striker is tipped with a splinter of bog iron. Even the slightest wound inflicted by bog iron causes unbearable pain which, in conjunction with other acid devices, brings about the acid-diver’s transformation.