Xanthias, Harrandor, & The Spear of Majesty
XANTHIAS & HIS STAFF
It is widely known that a wizard may spend decades on the creation of the most identifiable artifact in their arsenal. Depending on the length of their life-span, some may spend centuries on this endeavor. Xanthias was no different. What was different, and remains so, is the versatility and power of his staff. Amongst all magical staves throughout all realms, the Staff of Xanthias may very well be the most powerful.
Xanthias uses his staff to direct the spells he casts. As such he gains +4 attack and +6 injury with the staff. In addition, the staff itself may be used as a weapon.
Xanthias is bound to his staff. If it is broken Xanthias will take 10 points of direct damage to his CP and lose the bonuses his staff provides. Once broken the staff is useless.
STATS
Attack: +4
Injury: +6
Armor Points: 10
Character Points: 20
Discernment 18
Education 20
Intuition 19
Toughness 11
Agility 13
Speed 10
Immunity 20
Charm 19
Menace 18
Spells: all known
Spell Check 18
Spell Check Advantage +5
HARRANDOR
Like his brother, the wizard Harrandor spent several decades on the creation of his own staff. There may be similarities between the two but their differences are polar opposites. It can be argued that both are equal in power, but where the Staff of Xanthias is a weapon of wholesale destruction, Harrandor’s staff is one of healing and strength. More so, it may have one advantage over its counterpart, in that for every 3 points of injury the wielder takes, the staff immediately restores 1 point. It can also heal others by restoring up to half their total CP.
STATS
Attack: +4
Injury: +4
Armor Points: 10
Character Points: 20
Discernment 17
Education 19
Intuition 20
Toughness 10
Agility 12
Speed 11
Immunity 20
Charm 20
Menace 18
Spells: all known
Spell Check 18
Spell Check Advantage +5
STAFF OF HARRANDOR
Unlike Xanthias, Harrandor is not bound to his staff but secretly to the Spear of Majesty. But if his staff is somehow destroyed it becomes useless.
THE SPEAR OF MAJESTY
If the Staff of Xanthias is the most powerful magical item of destructive force, the Spear of Majesty may be the most powerful force of creation. For although its combat abilities, both magical and non, are exceedingly great, its special ability is one of life-giving creation.
The Spear of Majesty was forged by the Unnamed God originating somewhere in the Heavens. No sage or learned scholar has yet uncovered the god’s identity, but it is known that all gods known to us fear this mysterious deity.
Amongst this god’s hosts there was a celestial ordained as the Sacred Minstrel. The minstrel craved power and with deceptive manipulation he led two-thirds of his creator’s army in rebellion. The rebellion was unsuccessful and those who betrayed their creator were cast into the Eternal Darkness, where the Unnamed God then created Hell as a prison for all Hellspawn and appointed Samael as its ruler. Regardless, the minstrel had stolen the Spear of Majesty to use against his creator. What became of it, whether it was hidden by the minstrel or lost during the rebellion, cannot be determined, but it was the wizard Xanthias who discovered it. With it, he subjugated the dragon lords and conquered Agondar.
After The Great War Xanthias fractured the spear into three parts (head, shaft, buttress) and scattered them throughout the realm. None know of their locations.
STATS
The spear fires a narrow destructive white hot beam of pure energy, essentially disintegrating its target.
Attack +10
Injury +100
Spear must first be activated. To activate the spear it must first be assembled and both the name of the user and the secret name of its creator (Unnamed God) must be engraved into its shaft and anointed with the user’s blood.
Once activated, the spear can only be lifted and wielded by a user of Toughness 20, Agility 18, and Immunity 19. If the user’s ability scores are below these requirements, scores may be increased magically. Only after these requirements are met can the spear be activated by the user. Note: spear may be called by its creator god at any time and vanish from its new user.
As noted, the spear has the ability to create. With an Education 18 the user may spend 2 CP to create whatever inanimate object they imagine. For organic materials, such as a living creature, the user must spend 5 CP. To raise a recently dead creature from the dead they must spend 10 CP, and for a creature deceased from any time in history they must give up their own life.
