Sealed Artifacts are objects of extraordinary and dangerous power — vessels through which a Beyonder may wield abilities from a Pathway entirely foreign to their own.

They come about when a Beyonder Characteristic is bound to a suitable vessel, causing the artifact to come about, but not without any downsides

Their powers often correspond to the abilities of specific Sequence levels, granting the wielder strange and terrible gifts. Yet because each artifact is shaped by the circumstances of its making — the vessel used, the environment, the nature of the Characteristic — no two are ever truly alike. All manner of curious and unexpected traits may manifest.

Because they can augment their user with abilities outside their own Sequence and Pathway, Sealed Artifacts are deeply prized — and deeply feared. Some negative effects may stack and compound into something far worse than their parts, making it dangerous to carry several at once.