Amulets

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Amulets seem to be a fairly common type of magical item, which are often created to a specific task. There are few constants in their construction or power. Goblin, One-Eye and Silent, either singly or in collaboration, produce a number of amulets for Company members going into particularly dangerous situations (usually Croaker). They create one for Croaker shaped like a six-pointed silver star with a jet medusa head in the middle before he goes on a mission to capture Whisper and Croaker; its functions aren't revealed though. They also create one to keep Croaker hidden from magical scrying.

In Roses, One-Eye and Goblin sell fake (or at best, dubiously functional) amulets supposed to help find the Rebel Raker, on whose head a great bounty rested.

Others seen in the series include:

• The amulets used by the Eternal Guard to enter the Barrowland safely (they are made of cheap jaspar and jade on brittle leather)
• A simple bracelet of colored woolen strings, twisted together, charmed to let the wearer pass by One-Eye's protective confusion spells in Taglios
• A control amulet created by Goblin, placed over the heart, used to keep the prisoner Daughter of Night quiescent during transport
• The amulets given out by the Black Castle creatures, silver intertwined snakes with jewels for eyes; supposedly give the bearer safe passage to the Black Castle, however the eyes of the amulet are also the "seeds" of a new Black Castle