Scepter of Da'kar

Scepter of Da'kar
While not as strong as some of the other gods artificats, it still has many uses, doubling as a soul stealing device and a nearly indestructable staff. The scepter itself is made up of an unkown material and atop it also sits a skull. No one knows where the skull or staff comes from. As far as any mortals now, Vae'ra has always had it since she has come to power. When she wants to steal somones soul with it, the skulls eyes light up a deathly white color and the skulls mouth opens accordingly to however many souls are being sucked in. The process is extremely painful and is a common form of punishment she gives to criminals. She does this publicly some times, which is why crime rate is low in her lands. Many people fear that they will become a victim to this if they brake the law. The Scepter also is able to take souls stored and create shadow demons with them. They are weak, and not to much of a threat singly, but can be very much of a threat if you are being swarmed by them. They are easily summoned and the opposite happens when however many are summoned. Sometimes, the staff has been known to give a blood curdling shreik when one is summoned every now and then. No one knows why this happens, and why it does not happen all the time is still a mystery.

Weaknesses
The Scepter is not all powerful, and getting your soul sucked out of it is rather easily avoided, and can be prevented. Eyes are the windows to the soul so they say, and this is true for the scepter. While mortals souls can easily be stolen, they first must look the skull sitting atop the staff directly in the eyes. The same can't be said for demigods. While they can have their soul sucked out by it, it is by far extremely dangerous and time consuming. If the demi god breaks eye contact even for a second, he can not have his soul stolen, but it is still extremely painful experience to get your soul even half way sucked out. The reason because of this is that the scepter creates a sort of hypnotic trance that the victim can not usually brake if it is mortal. Demigods can break the gaze rather easily, and once they have escaped it once, they are immune to the scepters effects forever.

Appearance
The scepter, takes the appearance of a staff with a skull resting on top of it. Twisting bars of an unkown substance circle down the unsil about 1/3 of the way down where the merge into a single black staff. The jewels embeeding in it are an unkown substance as well, but continue all down the length of the staff.

Origins
The creation of the dangerous artifact is unkown, as is its user. Some ancient texts however, say that it was created by a GOD of shadows rather than a Goddess. The texts say that he created it to steal souls from mortals and cause chaos. The texts also states that the people managed to destroy this god and broke the scepter into pieces so it could never be used again. Whether this is true or not is unknown. Vae'ra has stated that the staff has much more potential than it has now. Suggesting that the ancient texts are true.