Three Cauldron-Made relics — the Mask, the Harp, and the Crown — that together confer power over death, distance, and will.

The Dread Trove

“The Mask can raise the dead. It is a death mask, molded from the face of a long-forgotten king. Wear it and you may summon the dead to you, command them to march at your will.”

Amren · A Court of Silver Flames

Three things the Cauldron made when it was at its worst: the Mask, which raises and commands the dead; the Harp, which opens any door, bends space, and on its twenty-sixth string stops time itself; and the Crown, which bends the strongest mind to the wearer's will. We know exactly where this is going.

Amren catalogues them for Nesta as among the most dangerous things in Prythian, which is never a sentence that ends quietly. The withered Queen Briallyn and the death-lord Koschei go hunting; the Trove gets run down piece by piece across A Court of Silver Flames — until Nesta Archeron, Made from the same dark source, ends the book holding all three. Like calls to like.

What it is

Three Made objects

Three artifacts forged by the Cauldron when its power was at its wildest — one for death, one for distance, one for will — each with its own dark pull. Amren lays the set out for Nesta the moment the Night Court clocks that the Trove is in play: hold all three and you historically wield near-limitless power, and you can also use them to track down the scattered remnants of the Cauldron itself. Which is the whole problem. Things like this are never supposed to end up in the wrong hands. They always nearly do.

Why it matters

The hunt

Briallyn — the mortal queen who volunteered to be Made and got punished into a withered fae crone for it — teams up with the death-lord Koschei and goes after the Trove. The shopping list: invade Prythian, find the Cauldron's remains, un-age herself, and get revenge on Nesta for taking power from the Cauldron during her own Making. Rhysand's court races to grab the relics first, and Nesta — scrying with the divination Amren taught her — finds them one by one. We watched this build the entire book.

Nesta's claim

Made from the same source

Because Nesta was Made — reborn from the Cauldron — the Trove answers to her: like calls to like. She wields each piece without it ruling her, which is an exception ordinary wearers do not get (the Mask normally comes off only by beheading). She pulls the Mask from the drowned dead in the Bog of Oorid, draws the Harp from beneath the Prison — freeing the ancient Lanthys in the process, because of course — and takes the Crown after Unmaking Briallyn. End of the book, she keeps all three. And in the finale she plays the Harp's twenty-sixth string — Time — to halt the instant of Feyre's death, buying the moment she needs to save Feyre, the newborn Nyx, and Rhysand, bargaining her taken power back to the Cauldron in exchange. We're not okay.

The Trove's hands

Who holds & hunts it

Swipe to meet them all

Nesta Archeron Keeper & wielderNesta ArcheronScries out and claims all three; ends ACOSF holding the full TroveEnter Nesta Archeron →

Amren LoremasterAmrenCatalogues the Trove for NestaEnter Amren →

Cassian At her sideCassianWith Nesta for the Mask & Harp; the Crown turns him into Briallyn's puppet and he resistsEnter Cassian →

Azriel Retrieval partyAzrielTo the Bog of Oorid for the Mask; witnesses the drowned legion riseEnter Azriel →

Rhysand The huntRhysandHis court races to secure the Trove firstEnter Rhysand →

Koschei Would-be possessorKoscheiDeath-lord allied with Briallyn, hunting the TroveEnter Koschei →

Briallyn Wielder (antagonist)BriallynWithered queen who wields the Crown before Nesta Unmakes herEnter Briallyn →

Lanthys Freed by the HarpLanthysAncient being loosed when Nesta plays the Harp, then beheaded with AtaraxiaEnter Lanthys →

The three objects

What the Trove holds

Each relic owns a different domain. Together they were among the most dangerous things in Prythian — and they all end up answering to one of us, eventually.

The MaskA primitive golden death mask, molded from the face of a long-forgotten king, embossed with whorls and patterns so ancient they had lost all meaning. Worn, it lets the wielder summon and command the dead. At the Bog of Oorid it raised a legion of drowned warriors who tore a kelpie apart and knelt to Nesta. For an ordinary wearer it can only be removed by beheading; Nesta, being Made, can take it off — though it leaves her unconscious.The HarpA golden harp covered in intricate embossing and strung with silver strings. It can open any door — through stone, across space — and carry its player from place to place. Its twenty-sixth string is Time itself: played, it can halt time — Nesta uses it in the finale to stop the instant of Feyre's death. It speaks to Nesta and invites her to play; plucking it both opens the way and frees the imprisoned Lanthys beneath the Prison.The CrownA large crown of golden spikes. It compels its victims to obey the wearer's will — even forcing them to commit horrors against their own will, aware of it but unable to stop. It can override even strong mental shields; per Amren it must be near a mind to first take hold. Briallyn uses it to command Cassian to Kill — and Cassian, fighting it through his love for Nesta, turns the blade on himself rather than harm his mate.

Wielding all three

From the page

Verbatim canon

“A golden mask sat upon her face, primitive but embossed with whorls and patterns so ancient they had lost all meaning.”
A Court of Silver Flames

The File

Type: Set of three Cauldron-Made relics
Components: The Mask · The Harp · The Crown
Origin: Made by the Cauldron in ancient times
Powers: Raise the dead · open any door, bend space, stop time · control minds
Sought by: Queen Briallyn & Koschei
Keeper (end of ACOSF): Nesta Archeron — holds all three
Source: A Court of Silver Flames

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