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I'm a bit confused as to why the iconic rune shape of the Sihedron got changed when illustrating the actually artifact. I recognize to realize it as an actual physical object you needed something in the centre to join the 7 points, but why change it from the angle point with the missing circle?
Or does the Shape of the Sihedron artifact represent the Seven Virtues of Rule which the Xin believed Azlanti magic to flow from, and the runes more aggressive shape a representation of the corruption of those virtues into the sin?
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The Sihedron rune is intended to be somewhat differently shaped from the actual artifact, because the artifact, once rebuilt, is more about the virtues of rule than the sins of the runelords.
When you look at the rune itself, you'll note that each arm of the star has a circular chunk taken out that makes each arm look like a hook, sort of. Hooks make things look more sinister, which is why that version of the sihedron is associated with an evil deity and with sin and evil wizard kings.
The circular chunk missing from each arm of the sihedron rune itself correlates to the seven ioun stones that fit into the Sihedron artifact; they're missing from the artifact at first and this makes the artifact fragments cursed. Once those ioun stones go back, the curses turn off and it's restored to its actual shape.
All of which is pretty deep continuity stuff that didn't really have much room in #61 to talk about... but I'll try to get that into #66 where we actually stat up the completed Sihedron.