"When walking the Pattern, it is possible for items carried to become enchanted in some way. When I walked the one in Rebma I didn't know this and had nothing on me. So I would hate to miss the opportunity with all of you walking the Pattern. I am going to ask Lance also."

She looked to Ariadne, "Your mother's ax." her eyes shifted to Jon, "and your father's big sword, might be so enchanted. Before your walk I was going to tell you to bring an item of your choice with you as well. It doesn't always happen but when it does it is rather nice."

Ariadne nodded thoughtfully
'That's definitely an interesting thing.   If Jon will carry it, I'm okay with that, though i can too if i go before him.  Taking my mother's axe is a good idea, though i don't want to distract myself with too much gear"

*nods* "Yeah, it is a good idea to take something important to us, to see if it gets enhanced.  I will be wearing my armor, my bracers and Jade's Parasol." looks to Jade, "So what has Ballad asked us to check on?"

"I would like you all to carry it if possible. Your mothers ax is already subtly  enchanted I don't think it can get double enchanted but I am not exactly the master of such things, so I could be wrong. It would just need to be hung on a belt or something."

Jade takes out the drawing, "She wants us to give this to Ezra, and it already has her question on it."

Ariadne chuckled softly and shook her head in wonder
'We can actually make magical items?  It makes me wonder if all the magical things from legend might have been from pattern enhancement"

"Well The things the pattern makes magical are far more powerful then the average wizard or witch can make magical. Remember it gives part of it's power to those who survive it and that includes the ability to teleport anywhere at it's center. Immortality or nearly so, the ability to walk through shadow and find what you desire. So likewise a magical item the pattern creates is equally amazing. At least some legendary weapons like Corwin's Greyswandir are."

Ariadne didn't really know about Greyswandir, but she nodded, getting the gist.
"Now I'm tempted to load up with backpacks full of stuff just to see what happens "

Jade laughed, "That's the spirit !" She smiled at her cousin.

Ariadne laughed.
"I wonder if this would worked to make a "magic knicknack store" here in Amber?"

"Well it might actually turn out bad what if the Pattern choose to empower all your knick knacks but not you ?"

Ariadne looked at Jade in surprise
"Has the Pattern ever done that??  I know you weren't exactly sure how 'smart' the Pattern was."

"I don't know the Pattern is tens of thousands of years old. Im nineteen, and the history of it is kind of private. I know a bit but not the history of all the times it has been walked."

Ariadne nodded, eyes narrowed in thought
"That would be interesting to investigate "

"You should speak with King Random, he would probably know. Or perhaps one of the older members of the family. Oh, and if you ever want me to check out your mothers ax more just let me know. It might be best to do it with less people about considering what happened last time though."

Ariadne nodded, smiling ruefully
"I would like that"

"Ok, as soon as we get the chance I will do that for you. It might be nice for you to know what something of your mothers could do, or what it was meant for, uhm besides slicing and dicing."

Ariadne shook her head with a smile
"I know so little about my mother, but it's strange to think about her having a battle axe with magic powers"

"Well, I bet she never though she would have a daughter who road motorcycles and had fake sword fights." Jade laughed teasingly.

Ariadne laughed
"Yeah, i would definitely have loved to see what she'd have thought of me"

"I bet she would be proud of you ! You turned out tough, and beautiful and curious about things. You are willing to fight, and willing to judge crazy singing. I am pretty sure she would like you."

Ariadne nodded, but found that she was having trouble speaking.    Despite never having really met her mother, thinking about her was more emotional than she'd anticipated

Jade could see Ariadne getting choked up so she decided to give her cousin some space.

Ariadne shook her head, fighting to get control of herself
"I'm sorry.   I feel foolish getting choked up, like I'm some lost little girl frying crying for her mommy, or something. But i guess I'm still processing all.of this"

"It's ok. There is nothing wrong with loving your mother and being sad that you won't get the chance to know her more. I wish I could somehow help you. While we can't replace her ever, we can at least be your friend."

Ariadne shrugged and nodded
"I thank you for your support.   I grew up without my mother, so i was thinking that I  should have been used it by now"