Lair of the Dusk Witch

The Supper Hand

Legend tells of the Hand of Glory, an artifact made of a condemned man's severed hand, holding a candle of his own fat. Legends are far sparser about the Hand of Glory's less sinister but equally gruesome cousin, the Supper Hand.

Chop off the hand of a cook who has tasted his own flesh with a silver cleaver. Take that silver cleaver, melt it with bloodstains still 'pon it, and forge it into a serving platter. Soak white cloth napkins in the strongest wine, and wrap them around the hand to preserve it. Balance the platter on the upturned hand, and balance the hand on its wrist.

Every day, at sunset, a three-course meal will appear on the platter, cooked, warm, and ready to eat.

(A magic item inspired by a malapropism I shared with Dusk Wife.)

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