Fatal Reflections
Aurora Azure created this magnificent vessel during her brief—yet extraordinary—career as an interdimensional artist in Crystalia. The piece's hypnotic blend of cobalt blue and ethereal gold transcends mere decorative art, as it pulses with an otherworldly energy that has become its signature trait.
Azure crafted the urn during the Great Thinning of 1892, when the barriers between realities weakened to an unprecedented degree. The delicate balance of azure blooms and golden tendrils that adorns its surface speaks of both the beauty and the inherent danger of that peculiar time, while the deep cobalt forms seem to writhe with their own inner life.
"The Midnight Lotus Urn doesn't merely contain space - it warps it. Standing before it, one feels the universe fold in upon itself, creating pocket dimensions within its curved surface."
- Eleanor Frost, Quantum Aesthetics Philosopher
The urn's dark history began with Violet Allaire, who acquired the piece at Azure's last exhibition before the artist's retirement from the public eye. The vessel's supernatural properties manifested when Violet noticed her deceased husband's reflection in the cobalt swirls—though he appeared years younger than when he died. Each night, the reflection grew clearer, more insistent.
Within weeks, Violet could communicate with what she believed to be her husband's spirit through the urn's polished surface. Their conversations grew longer, more intimate, until she spent entire days lost in communion with the vessel. The entity wasn't content merely to talk. It began demanding sacrifices—first small tokens, then living offerings.
Leander Steele, a neighbor concerned about the unusual number of missing pets in their building, investigated the matter. His curiosity led him to witness Violet performing bizarre rituals with the urn at midnight, the cobalt glass pulsing with an unholy light. When he confronted her, the vessel erupted with supernatural force.
The resulting catastrophe claimed three lives and distorted reality in a two-block radius. Investigators found Violet's body twisted into impossible angles, her final expression one of ecstatic horror. The urn, however, remained pristine, its surface reflecting nothing but perfection.
The Midnight Lotus Urn functions as a bridge between dimensions, its geometric patterns forming a complex mathematical equation that thins the veil between worlds. The spirit that seduced Violet wasn't her husband at all, but rather an ancient entity seeking passage into our realm.
The urn remains one of our most captivating and dangerous pieces. Visitors often report hearing echoes from its depths, while our security footage occasionally captures impossible reflections in its surface. We maintain strict protocols around its display, yet its dark allure continues to draw scholars and thrill-seekers alike, all hoping to glimpse whatever lurks behind that beautiful, terrible glass.
