The Cloak of Warmth
While it does have a clasp allowing it to be worn as a cloak, the enchantment that warms it only works when the clasp is undone. That, and the subtle wear pattern to the inside, indicates that the cloak was used mostly as a heated blanket and only worn around the neck as a means of transport. It has three levels of heat, from a mild warmth to an uncomfortable blaze, and a maker’s mark credits it to one “MW ‘10.” If this is the noted scholar Magnus Werke, and the cloak was created in 4010 of the Old Imperial Calendar that he favored, he would have been just short of 87 years old upon its creation. Rather than serving any other purpose, it might have been meant simply to ease the arthritic concerns of an old man.

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