# Candela Obscura: The Circle of Uncut Diamonds > [!overview] > [game:: [[Candela Obscura]]] > [system:: [[Illuminated Worlds]]] > [dm:: [[Andrew Pontious|apontious]]] > [player:: [[Nicole van der Hoeven|Nicole]], [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]], [[demonem|Emma]], [[plustenbroadsword]], [[itsarborday]]] > [my pc:: [[Sadie Cavendish]]] > > --- > > (tldr:: Your lightkeeper recruited you all at an auction house, called you “diamonds in the rough”. Your first mission: retrieve an arcane necklace from deep in OldFaire. Can you work together and survive?) ## Background During a memorable, rowdy auction one night at the Obelisk House in Groundswell, each of you was recruited to Candela Obscura by the Lightkeeper Madam Fidovich. While you are all very different, and you were all there for your own reasons, each of you has both some connection to the criminal world, and some connection to magic. You have all heard of Candela Obscura, though the accuracy of your knowledge varies wildly. Something in your current circumstances compels you to accept the offer, and its first mission: to retrieve a magical necklace from a particular building deep in OldFaire. You know this will be well-nigh impossible. You know this is a test. You must each use your connections and knowledge to prepare, and work as a team with four others strangers, to succeed. ## Clues - **Stairs** - “Sense the steps of death and avoid them as you walk down the stairs” - **Ghosts** - “One alone must remember a beloved ghost of five to open this passage for all.” - **Bridge** - “Use the [[Dagger of Sorrow]] before crossing this bridge, or it will crumble.” - **Snake** - “Pass through the hall of deadly snakes to continue.” - **Masks** - “See the faces in the hall, and find the one that does not match, to continue.” - **Bird** - "Choose one to renew."