This basin is an antique, even by dragon standards. It was crafted in an age before most humanoids walked the world, and is a link to an ancient repository of psychic knowledge that has been built up by the dragons over the ages. Or whatever interesting past you wish to assign to this interesting item, which comes with an animated ritualistic pose. My Mist Shrouded Isle featured in the background (this item was made for a proposed promotional bundle in this setting). For those of you who don't know, Io is the greater diety of dragons in the D&D multiverse.