Shadow Hand

- Intent: To create an extremely rare, Force-disrupting mineral used in armor and other high-tier Sith artifacts, designed to warp perception and interfere with enemy Force senses.
- Image Source:
- Headers - Teresa Zambrano | Darth Pellax
- Canon Link: N/A
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- Manufacturer:
- Darth Prazutis
- Dark Forges of Malsheem
- Affiliation:
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Model: Obsidian Voidshards
- Modularity: Limited (Once embedded into armor, weapons, or relics, its properties cannot be altered)
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material:
- Voidstone-Infused Obsidian: A naturally occurring dark mineral, enhanced through Sith alchemy to radiate an anti-Force aura.
- Nether-Scorched Fragments: Harvested from dimensional fractures between the living realm and the Void, creating an unstable energy signature.
- Dark Side Binding Runes: Seared into the surface, reinforcing its ability to distort enemy Force perception.
- Blood-Etched Veins: Infused with ritualistically sacrificed life essence, amplifying the shards' power.

- Force Disruption: Emits a localized distortion field, interfering with Force-based tracking, precognition, and sensory abilities.
- Perception Warping: Causes enemies to experience visual distortions, false shadows, or misjudgments in motion and distance.
- Void-Touched Resilience: Unlike standard Voidstone, which dampens all Force powers, these shards selectively weaken external Force attempts, while remaining inert to the wearer's own Dark Side abilities.
- Reality Fracture Signature: The shards resonate with subtle, unnatural frequencies, making them hard to detect via standard Force sight or meditation.
- Psychic Interference: Prolonged exposure induces headaches, nausea, and unease in Jedi or enemy Force-sensitives, weakening concentration.

- Shrouds Wearer from the Force: Emits a disruptive aura that interferes with Force tracking, making it difficult for Jedi or other Force-sensitives to sense, locate, or predict the wearer's movements.
- Distorts Perception & Reality: Creates subtle distortions in vision and space, causing enemies to misjudge distances, movement speeds, or even the number of enemies present. This effect is particularly strong against those who rely on Force Sight or enhanced perception.
- Warps Precognition & Combat Awareness: A Jedi or enemy Force-user relying on battle precognition will find their timing thrown off, making counterattacks less effective. Enhances ability to overwhelm foes by distorting their ability to react properly in a fight.
- Selective Force Dampening: Unlike pure Voidstone, which nullifies all Force use indiscriminately, Obsidian Voidshards only interfere with external Force powers, ensuring that Sith retain full use of their own abilities.
- Disrupts Mental Focus & Concentration: Those exposed to the shards for prolonged periods experience a creeping sense of unease, nausea, and mental fog, weakening Jedi meditations and making Force attacks less precise.

- Not Complete Force Nullification: While the shards disrupt and interfere with Force abilities, they do not completely block them, a sufficiently strong or focused Force user can still push through their effects with effort.
- Requires Dark Side Bonding: If separated from its bonded user, the shards become passive, ceasing their disruption effects. Jedi, Light Side users, who attempt to use them will find the shards unresponsive and inert.
- Highly Visible in the Force: While they distort enemy perception, the shards themselves are unnatural distortions in the Force, making them detectable to those specifically looking for their signature.
- Limited Radius of Effect: The disruption field is localized; it does not provide large-scale cloaking. Their effectiveness is strongest in close combat, but long-range detection methods may still track the wearer indirectly.
- Susceptible to Heavy Light Side Attacks: Heavy Force Light, purification rituals, or extreme Light Side energy can burn away the alchemical bonds, rendering the shards powerless.

"Sight is an illusion. Perception is a lie. Step forward, Jedi… and witness your own fallacy."
Obsidian Voidshards are a dark marvel of the Shadow Hand Darth Prazutis's efforts through Sith Alchemy, forged from void-infused obsidian and fragments torn from the boundaries of reality itself. These rare shards serve as a nightmare for hostile Force-sensitive combatants, distorting the Force, perception, and battle awareness of all who face them. Unlike Voidstone, which outright nullifies the Force, these shards do not suppress all Force use, instead, they selectively interfere with enemy Force users, disrupting tracking, precognition, and perception-based abilities while allowing a Sith Lord to retain full access to his own power.
When embedded into armor, weapons, or artifacts, these shards become an extension of the owner's presence, ensuring that those who face them see shifting shadows, flickering silhouettes, and fragmented visions of reality itself. A Jedi, or enemy Force-user relying on Force-enhanced reflexes or battle meditation will find their abilities unreliable, making them vulnerable to brutal, overwhelming assaults. Yet, for all their power, these shards are not invincible. If exposed to concentrated Light Side energy, their alchemical bonds begin to unravel, weakening their effects. Additionally, their disruptive field is localized, meaning that while they excel in close-quarters combat, a Jedi observing from a distance may still be able to detect Sith through indirect means.
To those who face Obsidian Voidshards, reality itself becomes a question, and by the time they regain their clarity, it is far too late.
Out Of Character Info
Intent:
To create an extremely rare, Force-disrupting mineral used in armor and other high-tier Sith artifacts, designed to warp perception and interfere with enemy Force senses.
Canon Link:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Primary Source(s):
Technical Information
Affiliation:
The Kainate
Model:
Obsidian Voidshards
Modular:
Yes
Material:
Voidstone-Infused Obsidian: A naturally occurring dark mineral, enhanced through Sith alchemy to radiate an anti-Force aura. Nether-Scorched Fragments: Harvested from dimensional fractures between the living realm and the Void, creating an unstable energy signature. Dark Side Binding Runes: Seared into the surface, reinforcing its ability to distort enemy Force perception. Blood-Etched Veins: Infused with ritualistically sacrificed life essence, amplifying the shards' power.
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