> [!infobox|wikipedia] > # Gossamer Dust > [![[Gossamer_Dust_small.webp|cover hsmall]]](Gossamer_Dust.webp) > ###### Basic Information > Attribute | Details | > ---|---| > Type | Item | > ###### Item Information > Attribute | Details | > ---|---| > Item Type | Magical Pollen | > Rarity | Rare | > Origin | [[Gossamer Woods]] | > ###### Status > Attribute | Details | > ---|---| > Status | Active | **Gossamer Dust** is a shimmering, iridescent pollen cultivated by the pixies of the [[Gossamer Woods]], deep within the [[Faewild]]. The fae scatter it as a "blessing" upon travellers they have taken a liking to — though what the pixies regard as affection often falls on its recipients as misfortune, for a face full of the dust can strip the years from a grown adult and leave a giggling child in their place. ## Description Gossamer Dust hangs in the air of certain glades as a glittering haze, thick enough to catch the eternal golden-hour light of the woods and throw it back in shifting colours. It is the signature peril of the [[Gossamer Woods]] — a danger not predatory but affectionate, the work of the lesser denizens of the [[Court of Morning Dew]], who toy with those who catch their fancy. The pixies dust travellers as a gesture of fondness, heedless of the chaos it leaves behind. Its most dramatic recorded effect is a rapid, magical de-aging: one struck full in the face is reduced to a small child in moments, their adult mind and memories slipping away even as their innate magical talent lingers. The transformation is not permanent, but it cannot be slept off — reversing it requires a specialised counter-reagent of fae craft, known to the elven healers of [[Sumara, The Shining City]] but not easily come by in the wider world. ## [[The Bloody Nails|Campaign: The Bloody Nails]] #### [[Session 45 - Pieces on a Board]] When [[Kai]] waved to a hidden pixie in the Gossamer Woods, the party's guide [[Ayana Syndrosa|Ayana]] panicked and tackled him to shield him — and took a face full of Gossamer Dust from the fleeing fey, rapidly de-aging into a giggling, spell-slinging eight-year-old. The party was left to babysit their only guide to Sumara, with [[Grumble, The Anniahilator|Grumble]] later confirming a cure awaited them in the elven city ahead. #### [[Session 46 - The Shining City]] Upon reaching Sumara, [[Elder Pip Glimmermoss]], an ancient pixie healer of the [[Circle of the Dawn]], identified the Gossamer Dust and administered a concoction that neutralised it — restoring Ayana to her formidable adult self.