Staff of Chaos
The Staff of Chaos (sometimes called the Staff of Unity and Chaos) is an ancient relic of untold power. The staff, also called Balac-thurm, was created by Loreth, a pupil of the hermetic enchanter Dalak. Loreth created the staff, sometime after 1E 480, based on his own findings and skills. Having been forged from the essence of the very Land itself, it is nigh-indestructible. It has the power to open gateways into other worlds and is capable of obliterating the entire corporeal form of a living creature.
The staff played a central role in the Imperial Simulacrum. In 3E 389, the Imperial Battlemage to Uriel Septim VII, Jagar Tharn, who had stolen the staff from beneath the city of Mournhold, used it to imprison the Emperor in the realm of Oblivion. He then used it to destroy his apprentice, Ria Silmane, in order to prevent the Elder Council from learning of his betrayal.
To solidify his grasp over Tamriel and ensure nobody had a chance to rescue the true Emperor, Tharn knew he had to dispose of the staff. Unable to destroy it, he did the next best thing, splitting it into eight fragments and hiding each piece within the most forgotten and dangerous places throughout the provinces.
In the event the staff were reacquired, Tharn planned ahead. He drained the staff of all its magical potential, placing it within the Jewel of Fire. If one were to relocate the staff and reassemble it, they would find it to be utterly useless.
When the Eternal Champion reunited the eight pieces of the staff and linked it to the Jewel of Fire, the Staff’s energy was released in a powerful surge of energy; culminating in the destruction of the Battlemage, and the release of Uriel Septim VII from his otherworldly prison. Since then it has been lost to time.
Jagar Tharn
It is obvious, whoever you are, that you are a cunning and worthy foe…
Stats
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Damage | 1d6+1 (1d8+1) |
| Hand | 1.5 |
| Range | 2m |
| Qualities | Concussive, Magic, Obliterate, Dimensional Door |
| ENC | 2 |
Special Qualities
Obliterate (Cast): Target being within 50 meters must make an opposed Willpower test against the source character. On failure their body is utterly and completely destroyed.
Dimensional Door (Cast): Opens a one-way gate to a Plane of Oblivion, a point on Nirn, or some other location or dimension chosen by the source character. The gate stays open for an hour, or until the wielder of the staff passes through it.