Anyone feeling clever?

MsJudy · Mar 24, 2008

I could use a group brainstorm, por favor.

At the end of my current, almost-finished WIP, my character has recovered the magic stone he needs to give to the witch so she will reverse the spell she cast on him (turning him into a raccoon). The stone is essentially a crystal ball, or maybe a better analogy is a webcam--it doesn't show the future, or illusions. It shows what is really happening in far away places. Useful for helping you find things that are lost, for example.

I'd like to call it a Seeing Stone, but in Spiderwick a Seeing Stone is the rock with a hole in it that lets you see the magical creatures. So I need a new name for it, different, easy to read and remember, that means the same thing.

Any suggestions?

alleycat · Mar 24, 2008

The Viewing Crystal

Omni Stone

Eye to the World

The Vision Stone

The Universal Lense

Magical Amber

The Seeing Sphere

The Crystal of Tu-Nurobii (or some other weird name)

The Crystal Globe

The Glass Eye

World Mirror

dolores haze · Mar 24, 2008

What does the stone look like? Like a rock? Or a jewel? What size? I think I could brainstorm a little better if I had a visual?

bluntforcetrauma · Mar 24, 2008

Eye Rock. No really, I ROCK!

Trish · Mar 24, 2008

Window crystal

Crystal window

Crystal porthole

Window stone

Looking stone

Crystalscope

Dale Emery · Mar 24, 2008

Far Stone
Television ;-)

MsJudy · Mar 25, 2008

dolores haze said:
What does the stone look like? Like a rock? Or a jewel? What size? I think I could brainstorm a little better if I had a visual?

Round, blue, like a large marble with golden flecks inside it. He wishes on it, hoping it will break the spell, but all it does is work like a crystal ball and show him his home, and his mother cooking dinner, all the reasons why he wants to break the spell.

Torgo · Mar 25, 2008

It's an optolith.

MsJudy · Mar 25, 2008

Thanks for all the ideas! Many to consider. Haven't made up my mind yet, so feel free to add more.

Exir · Mar 25, 2008

Round, blue, like a large marble with golden flecks inside it. He wishes on it, hoping it will break the spell, but all it does is work like a crystal ball and show him his home, and his mother cooking dinner, all the reasons why he wants to break the spell.

Hmmm... from what it seems, the stone shows his heart's desire... what about the Crystal of Desire or something like that?

Jo · Mar 26, 2008

Viewfinder or View Finder
Telestone

Torgo · Mar 26, 2008

FWIW

The technical term for using a crystal ball or mirror to show you far-off places is 'scrying'. Scrying stone?

MsJudy · Mar 26, 2008

Torgo said:
The technical term for using a crystal ball or mirror to show you far-off places is 'scrying'. Scrying stone?

maybe...of course, Eragon used it...

Torgo · Mar 26, 2008

JudScotKev said:
maybe...of course, Eragon used it...

Is it that much of a cliché? Crikey. I had no idea.

MsJudy · Mar 26, 2008

I'm writing for younger kids--7 to 10 years old--chapter book of about 10,000 words--so the fact that it was used in Eragon may not matter. Anyone who has read Eragon already will be a little beyond my book! But I hadn't some across the term "scry" before, so I didn't realize it was an "official" term. I'll do some more research and see if it's the word I want to use. Because of the age of the readers, I don't want something too complicated--and scry is easy enough to read.

alleycat · Mar 26, 2008

Portal stone

Eye of the cyclops

The Sphere of Infinity

The All-Seeing Orb

Some unique name similar to kaleidoscope

A Greek or Latin version of seeing stone

HeronW · Mar 26, 2008

An ancient crystal taken from the head of a sacred serpent is the glams stone blending green, brown, gold, red, and blue. It can be used to heal and to scry.

I read about it 10 years ago and thought it was a neat bit of magical trivia. :}

Jo · Mar 26, 2008

Here is a link to the scrying used in the TV series, Charmed.

dolores haze · Mar 27, 2008

JudScotKev said:
Round, blue, like a large marble with golden flecks inside it. He wishes on it, hoping it will break the spell, but all it does is work like a crystal ball and show him his home, and his mother cooking dinner, all the reasons why he wants to break the spell.

It sounds like a big, blue eye. Some suggestions:

The Eyegate Stone
The Goldeneye Stone
The Hearth Stone
The Beholder Stone
The Witch's Eye

Good luck!

MsJudy · Mar 27, 2008

OMG, Shannon Doherty and everything! You guys are too cool for me...

Anyone feeling clever?

MsJudy

alleycat

Still around

dolores haze

international guttersnipe

bluntforcetrauma

Esquire

Trish

Dale Emery

is way off topic

MsJudy

Torgo

Formerly Phantom of Krankor.

MsJudy

Exir

Out of the cradle endlessly rocking

Jo

Travelling the re-write road

Torgo

Formerly Phantom of Krankor.

MsJudy

Torgo

Formerly Phantom of Krankor.

MsJudy

alleycat

Still around

HeronW

Down Under Fan

Jo

Travelling the re-write road

dolores haze

international guttersnipe

MsJudy