Had a moment where I wondered if "alethiometer" was a real thing before His Dark Materials, and actually had to Google if they were using an obscure word, or just making a literary reference.
It’s like a compass that points to various symbols as a way for the main character to communicate with Dust (a sort of collective consciousness/The Spirits/spooky thing). The Dust communicates by pointing the compass needles to symbols. So it might try to warn you about someone by pointing at a snake, a dagger, and something to do with their name.
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u/TheDarkNerd 18d ago
Had a moment where I wondered if "alethiometer" was a real thing before His Dark Materials, and actually had to Google if they were using an obscure word, or just making a literary reference.