About three hundred years ago there was an old gemsmith known only as Mim. In his era, Mim was renowned as one of the wisest of his order and was a great mentor to many gemsmiths in training. Mim has even risen to the position the Forgemaster of his order in recognition of his wisdom. The tales describe his long reign as prosperous for his order and time of expansion. Legends speak of masterfully crafted weapons he forged and gifted upon the heroes of his age. This era, however, came to an end as in his old age grew ill. Fortunately, before his illness could claim him or negatively affect his decision making Mim had quietly stepped down from his position and peacefully faded away in retirement.

At least that was the story told to the general public. The truth was Mim's illness was not one of the body but one of the mind. For some long forgotten reason, Mim had become obsessed with eyes. It started small, but over time it slowly consumed. It began to bleed into all aspects of his life. It would show up in his speech; it would show up in his writings, it would even show up as a motif in his clothing and the creations he forged. He also changed his sigil from the humble anvil and hammer to an ominous eye. Those closest to Mim, his former students, noticed this disturbing change and begged him to step down as Forgemaster as they feared that it was the stress of his position that was causing this. He saw the wisdom in their words and shortly stepped down, but his descent to insanity continued.

It was common knowledge that Mim was friends with a sapphire who lost almost her entire enclave to a gigantic Grimm horde. As to be expected this she was a rather gloomy figure that mourned the loss of friends who she knew for thousands of years. Mim could sympathize as he too lost his hometown to Grimm which killed his off his whole family. They would hold conversations for hours on the future, history, philosophy, and tales of those they lost. However, this relationship would take a dark turn as while Mim descent to madness began the sapphire seemed to withdraw into herself, refusing to speak with anyone other than Mim. They would have long conversations in secret where they talked about dark futures and morbid subjects best left forgotten.

One day both Mim and the sapphire just disappeared without anyone seeing them leave. The only things found was a note written by Mim with a short message about seeing the world with new eyes and one from sapphire stating the things that come will her decision. More disconcerting was the former Forgemaster's smithing tools were missing. The two virtually gone from off the face of Remnant. It would be years before the two would be found but when they were, it was a disturbing sight. The body of poor old Mim seemed to have aged a hundred years, his body as thin a tigs, skin covered in scars that upon closer inspection formed eyes, his clothes were filthy rags stained with blood that wasn't his, and most disturbing of all were his eyes. His SAPPHIRE blue eyes. Mim had removed his own eyes and replaced them with his final gemmis creation a pair of eyes made from sapphire.

No one knows what the two were up to in the few years they were missing. The only evidence of this obscured period were notes left behind by the mad Mim. Most of them were just mad ramblings a senile old man. The words "She told me to," and "We have to stop them" repeatedly. The order covered up the ghastly events by quickly cremating Mim's body and placing the sapphire eyes deep within the vaults. His students wished to persevere Mim's memory as the wise old teacher that he was not the madman he seemingly degenerated into. Due to the disturbing nature of how the eyes worked few people wanted to use the items let alone pay the price to make full use of them. The eyes were only brought out in times of great uncertainty where their power can be of great use.

Mim's Eyes are renowned in small circles privy to their existence for the sheer precognitive powers they grant the wielder. The wielder can see ghostly echoes of not only the future as well as echoes of the immediately recent past. The gaze of these eyes causes warmth of a target they focus on to leave them, resulting in the deathly cold in the small area. The eyes are rumored to let one see through lies and the truth of things. However, to get the full benefits of the power the Eye, it must be implanted within the eye socket of the wielder. Meaning for anyone who still has both of their eyes would have to sacrifice to make use of it. Another downside is the user will see people who are close to death as walking corpses in the condition of their demise and will see and experience all the painful ways they can die. Probably the most disturbing aspects of Mim's Eyes are that the wielder will see two ethereal figures that follow and silently watch them. One is a tall corpse-like old man covered in rags, skin marked with scars and most striking of all lacks eyes. The second figure a short feminine being lacking any color with a dark empty void where her cyclopean eye would be with crack radiating out from it throughout her body. These apparitions, despite their quiet frightening demeanor, seem to guide the user to points of interest and paths unseen. Throughout the Eyes' history, most of its wielders get psychologically ground down by the weight of the many often horrific visions they receive and the creeping feeling of always being watched. As of right now, the eyes have separated, one is lost, and the other was hidden away waiting for its next wielder willing to bear its power.

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Author note: I wanted to post this on or around Halloween but life got in the way. Feel free to share your thoughts.