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Trinkets & Curiosities

Odd little things found in pockets, chests and market stalls.

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Trinkets & Curiosities — 100 entries
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1A brass key that hums faintly when held near locked doors it cannot open.
2A glass marble containing a slowly swirling wisp of grey smoke.
3A wooden duck with one wheel missing and a name carved underneath: 'Sir Pond'.
4A dried rose that never loses another petal.
5A tin soldier whose painted face looks slightly different every morning.
6A cracked monocle that makes everything viewed through it look freshly cleaned.
7A small bell with no clapper that you can still somehow hear in dreams.
8A river stone with a perfect spiral groove, warm to the touch.
9A deck of cards missing every queen.
10A tiny portrait of a frowning halfling; the frame smells of pipe smoke.
11A silver locket that refuses to open on rainy days.
12A vial of sand that always settles into the shape of a mountain range.
13A candle stub that burns with a green flame but is never consumed on holy days.
14A whistle carved from a dragon scale; it makes no sound, but horses hate it.
15A left-hand glove of fine make; the right hand was reportedly buried with its owner.
16A ceramic frog with a slot in its back and exactly one copper inside that cannot be shaken out.
17A map of a city no one can identify, drawn in a child's hand.
18A pocketwatch that runs backward on the anniversary of its maker's death.
19A braid of three different colors of hair, tied with wire.
20A wooden nesting doll; the innermost doll is missing and the second-smallest is always slightly ajar.
21A bar of soap that smells like a different flower each week.
22A pressed four-leaf clover between two panes of cracked glass.
23A thimble sized for a giant's finger.
24A love letter written in Dwarvish, unsigned, never sent.
25A fishhook made of bone that always points toward the nearest body of water when hung from a string.
26A domino with nine pips on one side and a tiny painted eye on the other.
27A patch of cloth from a famous ship's sail, or so the previous owner claimed.
28A brass button embossed with a tower that does not match any known heraldry.
29A vial of perfume that smells wonderful to you and terrible to everyone else.
30A stone finger from a statue, wearing a copper ring that will not slide off.
31A miniature hourglass in which the sand falls upward.
32A jar of pickled onions with a label reading 'DO NOT EAT UNTIL THE WEDDING'.
33A child's drawing of a knight fighting a turnip.
34A tuning fork that rings on its own once a day, always at the same hour.
35A dried starfish with six arms painted gold.
36A tiny book of blank pages; page 54 has a corner folded down.
37A horseshoe nailed to a small piece of driftwood, labeled 'my luck, do not touch'.
38A clay pipe carved to look like a sleeping fox.
39A single earring shaped like a crescent moon that is always cold.
40A ball of twine that never tangles but is always exactly one foot too short.
41A set of six teeth, none of them from the same kind of creature.
42A snow globe containing a miniature lighthouse; sometimes the light is on.
43A wooden spoon burned with the words 'second place'.
44A folded paper bird that slowly unfolds itself over the course of a day.
45A shard of mirror that reflects the room behind you as it looked ten years ago.
46A cork with a tiny door painted on it.
47A signet ring bearing the crest of a noble house that was erased from all records.
48A dead beetle the size of a fist, iridescent and smelling faintly of vanilla.
49A skeleton key made of ice that never melts but is too slippery to turn.
50A ticket stub for a theater performance dated fifty years from now.
51A lump of wax with a perfect thumbprint that matches no one's.
52A tiny anchor on a chain, far too heavy for its size.
53A recipe card for 'Widow Hemlock's Forgiveness Pie', with one ingredient scratched out.
54A bronze compass whose needle points at the holder's strongest regret.
55A doll's porcelain hand, palm up, holding a real seed.
56A flat stone that always lands face up, no matter how it is thrown.
57A tarnished spoon with a hole in the bowl and 'TRUST ME' engraved on the handle.
58A moth preserved in amber; its wings bear markings like a screaming face.
59A coil of copper wire that slowly straightens itself when no one watches.
60A tiny grave marker for 'Bartholomew, Best of Rats'.
61A bottle cap from a brewery in a city that burned down a century ago.
62A pair of dice that always roll a combined seven when rolled by moonlight.
63A quill made from a feather too large to be from any known bird.
64A knot of red string; untying it reportedly ends a friendship somewhere.
65A music box that plays a lullaby your mother sang, no matter who your mother was.
66A jar of honey that never crystallizes, from hives no one can find.
67A tin containing one hundred needles, each bent at the same angle.
68A wooden coin stamped 'good for one favor' with an illegible signature.
69A tiny ship in a bottle; on stormy nights, its sails are furled.
70A cat's collar with a bell and a tag reading 'IF FOUND, DO NOT RETURN'.
71A fragment of stained glass showing a single closed eye.
72A chess pawn carved to look like it is sprinting.
73A seashell that whispers yesterday's weather instead of the sea.
74A leather bookmark stamped with the words 'you were here'.
75A pewter tankard the size of a thumb, engraved 'World's Smallest Problem'.
76A braided bracelet that tightens gently when someone nearby says your name.
77An acorn that is warm in winter and cold in summer.
78A stub of chalk that only draws doors.
79A dried inkwell; whatever is scraped from the bottom smells of the ocean.
80A small brass sun that can be screwed onto something, though nothing fits.
81A cracked egg shell, glued back together, slightly heavier than it should be.
82A funeral card for a man whose portrait winks in candlelight.
83A silk handkerchief embroidered with a map of a single room.
84A wooden top that spins for exactly as long as you hold your breath.
85A hollow tooth with a rolled slip of paper inside reading 'not yet'.
86A pincushion shaped like a plump devil; the pins never rust.
87A slate pencil that writes faintly on air, the marks fading in seconds.
88A badge naming the bearer 'Honorary Militia of Fowlbrook', a village no map shows.
89A rabbit's foot that twitches when hounds bay.
90A miniature painting of a door, and behind the paper backing, a tiny key.
91A knuckle bone etched with a rune that no scholar recognizes but every child can read.
92A green glass fishing float that glows dimly when the tide is highest.
93A stick of sealing wax that smells like a campfire and old stories.
94A tiny scarecrow, expertly made, wearing a scrap of genuinely fine silk.
95A coin with a hole in the middle; through the hole, stars are visible even at noon.
96A folded flag of a nation that surrendered before its first battle.
97A clockwork cricket that chirps only when it is safe to sleep.
98A tin of mints from a shop called 'The Last Laugh'; there is always one mint left.
99A plain gray pebble. The previous owner insisted it was the most important thing they owned.
100A ring of seven keys; each opens something you have already lost.