Jairus Starvald
Eidoloclast
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: Submit the shattered pieces of a holocron that have been imbued with the Darkside. A reward for participation in an upcoming dominion's objective.
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- Name: Shards of Nil
- Manufacturer: Cerbera
- Affiliation: The Sith Empire (x) (Participants of the Kruskan Dominion, Ruins Objective)
- Modularity: No
- Production: Semi-Unique (10)
- Material: Alchemized kyber crystal lattice.
- Classification: Artifact
- Size: Small
- Weight: Light
The shards have been imbued with the power of insanity. The holder of the shard can unleash a blast of Force Insanity against their enemies. As with many things that Cerbera touches, there is a flaw in it. Designed, elegant, forged into its core. When the holder unleashes the blast a portion of the insanity is transferred to them as well. They will feel the edges of their reality warp and fray, causing hallucinations for a few moments.
Force Insanity: The holder of the shard can unleash blasts of Force Insanity. The power of which is linearly linked to their own strength. An apprentice will unleash a blast of an apprentice, etc. The main boon of the shard is that one does not need to learn the power and that it can be activated rather easy by a simple mental command.
Darkness: It is imbued with the corruption of the Darkside. Its holder can draw more of the Force and gets a temporary boost of their strength.
Resistant: Very difficult to destroy by conventional means.
Madness: Those using the shard will find their own mind assaulted by it every time. The more they uses the shard, the more difficult it becomes to regroup the frayed edges of their mind.
Ysalamir: Neutralizes the effects of the shard while inside the bubble.
Lightside: Strong powers of the Lightside can shatter the shard by prolonged exposure.
DESCRIPTION
The Shards of Nil are shattered pieces of an unknown holocron’s crystal lattice. Nobody truly knows what broke the holocron into pieces or why its shards have such a strange, but pronounced relationship with force-induced madness.
All they know is that the results speak for themselves.
After the Sith Empire acquired the shards through an excavation operation one of its Sith Lords, Cerbera, refined the shards. Trapping the madness within, rather than let it spread uncontrolled into the immediate area. Used as a keystone and focal point of the Darkside the wielder of a shard can create blasts of concentrated insanity at their enemies. Depending on the strength of the target they could react with anything from mild distaste to drooling madness.
As with many artifacts of the Force the Shards of Nil can be neutralized through exposure to ysalamir, voidstone or other force-null effects. While the Lightside of the Force could potentially shatter it completely.
