(Image shows backside of mirror.)
This bronze mirror, created by the sorcerer Akurduana of Akkad, has a perfectly circular polished mirror surface that is encircled by three windings of a spiral of ancient cuneiform inscriptions of such small size that almost inhuman finesse would have been required to inscribe them. The cuneiform written around the reflective area first describes the incantation that is to be used to capture a demon's reflection.
With the mirror comes a tablet of stone, on which it is written that the sorcerer Akurduana has performed many powerful feats for king Ana-sin-emid, for which he has been rewarded with gold, slaves, and the daughter of the king as his seventh wife. It is furthermore written that the influence of the sorcerer Akurduana reaches beyond this world and in to the world of the gods, where he has a dwelling made of pure marble, with twelve times twelve guards that are absolutely loyal to him, and where he has captured five spirits of fire to do his bidding. Finally, it is written that he has created this mirror to capture the demon Lilith, who has been plaguing the king—whether he succeeded or not is not mentioned.
This mirror allows its owner to capture a demon's reflection. To do so two things are needed. First, the owner of the mirror must have in their possession an object that is spiritually linked to the demon. The mirror itself is spiritually linked to the demon Mali Kamara, and no other object is required to affect her via the mirror.
Second, the owner of the mirror must look at the reflection of a demon, or someone possessed by a demon, and read out the inscribed incantation. To successfully capture a demon's reflection an (Intelligence + Occult) check is required, with the a minimum number of successes depending on demon. If the roll is successful (i.e., more successes are rolled than are necessary for the capture of this demon), the demon's reflection is attracted to the reading of the incantation, and follows the spiral into the mirror.
Once a demon's reflection is captured the mirror:
- The demon's reflection counts as the demon itself for purposes of rituals, disciplines, and other powers. This means that rituals that require the presence of a demon will work when the mirror is present, and that disciplines that could affect demons, such as Dominate or Presence, will affect the demon when their reflection is targeted.
- The owner of the mirror can attempt an ad-hoc ritual using the mirror as a focus, to try and influence the demon's behaviour. This requires a (Intelligence + Occult) check, with a number of successes dependent on what the sorcerer wants the demon to do and the nature of the demon itself. Having an appropriate gift or offering ready to tempt the demon might reduce the required number of successes, whereas asking it to go against its nature will severely increase the required number of successes, in all cases the final difficulty is at the storyteller's discretion.
The mirror can only hold a single demon's reflection at a time. The capture reflection must be released before a new reflection can be captured.