The Hallows: What the Heck Do They Do?

[asya_ana]

A bunch of friendly folks on mastodon are working on setting up a wiki for Guardian (we've tried a few different hosts, and are deciding on a permanent home), and we've been starting to develop the content.

One content topic that's come up is: THE HALLOWS AND WHAT DO THEY DO:

Longevity Dial
Mountain-River Awl
Merit Brush
Guardian Lantern

What… does each do exactly? What are the consequences for using each? Everyone I've talked to has a slightly different take or adds some new piece I hadn't considered before.

Also… any thoughts on the Hallows as a unit are welcome, especially as to why they begin to activate again when they do, what their relationship if any might be to Shen Wei's return, and how they relate to Zhao Yunlan.

Comments

[solo]

My first idea was like china_shop's, that it maybe glowed or vibrated but nobody was there to see.

But it's also 'extinguished', so maybe it's simply that without the 'wick', it can't function and won't do a thing (and won't be noticed by the other Holy Tools.)

[goodgriefcharlie]

Extinguished = not functioning would make a lot of sense! But it must be somewhat functional? Because it works with the other Hallows to open the wormhole and the communications window, right? Maybe in combination it's strong enough to do some tasks, but individually it's too weak to do much until it's complete?

(My memory might be wrong here; I kinda blitzed through my first time watching and I haven't gotten to this far yet in my rewatch.)