Descry

Descry is a symbol used by an in-game faction.

If you ask Eramir in the Forest Encampment about the Fellshrine Ruins, he says: "The Fellshrine is a shadow of what was once good in Wraeclast.

That sigil etched into its stones? It's a Descry, from when the Templar truly stood for something. To the ancestors of Oriath, the Descry was a flickering torch in the night. A source of inspiration and comfort.

Sad thing about torches... they go out.''"

Usage
This symbol is used in various contexts in the game, consistent with the idea of it symbolising divinity or holiness.

The descry is featured on Path of Exile's microtransaction points, where they are the only symbol on a gold coin.

Active skills
A modified Descry is shown above the player when they invoke the skill.

Another modified Descry (with the middle bar split) is shown above the player when they invoke the Immortal Call that have Dark Immortal Call mtx.

The Descry is overlaid on the shield of a character using the skill.

The Descry is projected onto the ground around a Vaal Totem with the "Allies cannot die" aura.

Environments
Although there are a few patterns and the occasional face carved into the stone of The Fellshrine Ruins, there are no symbols except for the one directly above the entrance to The Crypt Level 1, where a figure is depicted holding a shape with three vertical lines and two curved lines.

The Descry is prominently displayed on one of the notes on the Noticeboard in each town.

The Descry is carved above the entrance of the Catacombs in Sarn.

Various areas of Act 5, 10 and the Epilogue are decorated with the symbol. In the lore these areas are part of the Oriath.

Consecrated Ground
A slightly-modified Descry (with the middle bar split) is part of the Consecrated Ground effect.

It also shown in the 2D art of the which creates Consecrated Ground, but not-modified (without the middle bar split)

The icon of the passive skill Sanctuary has a slightly-modified descry symbol on it.

Quest items
The is similar to the Descry symbol.

Unique items

 * The descry is featured on the striking faces of . Elreon, Loremaster, a Templar, himself wields Chober Chaber.


 * The shield has the aforementioned modified Descry on it.

Origins
There are no canonical explanations of the origin of the Descry. However, in Oriath, the symbol is decorated everywhere. Ground art also featured Innocence holding a one-handed staff with eagle and the Descry symbol on it. Innocence himself also has a back attachment that feature the symbol. Thus the symbol probably re-canoned as the symbol of Innocence since Version 3.0.0. While the modified variant (the middle bar split) is the symbol of Sin as shown in his back attachment and his portal effect.

"Descry" is an old word meaning "to catch sight of" or "to discover".