Chest of Coins

Inside the small, waterlogged wooden chest are piles of leaves. Akakios reaches carefully inside with one hand, and withdraws a dried-out looking aspen leaf - and it transforms into a gleaming silver coin between his fingers. "I have brought an offering from a scholar afar. She seeks to study language and delve into forgotten secrets. She offers wealth beyond memory, in return for giving them the languages they seek."

Akakios, faerie merchant, is offering a small chest of ... infinite coins. Anything pulled out of the chest transforms into coins. In return, the boatman asks for one of the bargainer's languages - one they have at level 3 or higher. Agreeing to the deal will take all of the mortal's knowledge of that language - not only their experience points in it, but including their knowledge that the language exists. Akakios values this item at 9 pawns of vis.

Chest of Coins: The small chest can be carried in one hand. One can fill the chest with detritus - leaves, sticks, rocks, fingernails - and transform the dead matter into coinage. The bearer of the chest can with focus make the coins coming out of the box be of a denomination they desire, though if they do not think about it, the coins will be of their native kind. The transformation lasts for a month, giving the coins enough time to be re-disbursed. Despite the expert disguise, the coins will taste like whatever they once were (in addition to tasting like metal).