Singing Stone
Names: Singing StoneGrand Trophy
First appears in Book 3: The Nonborn King, chapter 25 (11)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 25The Singing Stone is a psychoreactive beryl carved as a field stool, made by Firvulag craftsfolk as the new trophy of rivalry.
- Ch 25Programmed to the winning monarch's aura, it will play aethereal music for a year whenever the true High King sits on it.
- Ch 41A giant beryl field stool made by the Gemcutters Guild as the Grand Trophy, prize for the winning battle-company of the Tourney.
- Ch 41It sings with a hundred voices only for the true High King of the Many-Colored Land; usurpers who sit on it will die.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 34The Singing Stone is the new trophy of the Tourney, carved from one huge aquamarine, rumored to be programmed to the auras of Sharn and Ayfa.
- Ch 38The Singing Stone is a backless throne of translucent greenish stone with silver ornament; it survives the destruction unharmed and Aiken declines to sit on it.
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 41Unveiling of the Singing Stone
The Gemcutters present the Singing Stone; Sharn sits and it sings eight notes. Tony laughs and hums along, then is questioned.
- Book 4 · Ch 34Opening of the Grand Tourney
The royals and nobles ride in procession to the Field of Gold; Aiken and Sharn jointly open the sky, and the new Song and the Singing Stone are presented.