Scepter of Savras The Scepter of Savras was an incredibly powerful artifact capable of containing the entire essence of a god . Created by the god Azuth and used to contain the deity of divination whose name it came to bear , it was lost for centuries in the Realms . Description . Four feet ( 1 . 2 m ) long and fashioned from a gray - hued length of duskwood , the Scepter bore nine star sapphire s along its length . The base was capped by a one inch ( 2 . 5 cm ) diameter diamond bearing the symbol of Savras , while the upper end bore a three inch ( 7 . 6 cm ) diameter diamond ( which legends claimed had 1 , 000 facets ) carved with the symbol of Azuth . Powers . While the Scepter could act as a " + 5 quarterstaff " , its main function was to " imprison " any creature it struck . It was naturally intended to hold the essence of a god within the diamond perched atop it , and any deity held within it would be left unable to manifest in any capacity on Faerûn , with his or her worshipers blocked from receiving spells unless they were holding the Scepter ; as a result , and thanks to Ao ' s decree after the Time of Troubles that the deities depended on their worshipers for power , such a deity would be in real danger of starvation if trapped for too long . If the deity existed in other worlds or spheres it would continue to do so there , with only Toril being blocked to it . Although any being could thus imprison a god , only the avatar of another deity or a being which contained some portion of divinity within it ( like a Chosen , a Banelich , or a Bhaalspawn ) could release it ( by speaking its true and complete name three times while striking it into the earth ) . Non - divinities imprisoned in the Scepter would remain unaging , aware of the outside world but unable to communicate with anyone , until released ; the longer such a creature was held , the more likely they would go completely mad . Thanks to some combination of the wild magic of the Time of Troubles and Savras ' s power within it , the Scepter was able to " teleport " at random and could not be located by any sort of magic . Additionally , Savras ' s divine energies which had been absorbed into the Scepter through the centuries imbued it with various divinatory abilities . By stating Savras ' s name and that of the spell desired , the wielder could cast any cleric or wizard spell from the sphere or school of divination , as well as those which blocked such magic . The diamond atop it could act as a " crystal ball " that allowed scrying without danger or limitation into any of the Inner or Outer Planes where one of the Faerûn ian pantheon dwelled , as well as anywhere in the Realms , so long as it was not shielded by a deity . Any being viewed in the diamond could also have its mind read , although comprehension of the divine was not always enabled . Thanks to the nature of the divine power within the Scepter , any time that a deity was held within it , the wielder was in increasing danger of becoming insane unless they were of the same alignment , worshiped that particular god , or ( again ) contained some portion of divinity within themselves . Since the deity would also still possess all of its abilities which didn ' t depend on a physical body , and would be constantly working to achieve its freedom , those who bore the Scepter did so at their peril . History . The Scepter dated to after the fall of Netheril and before the founding of Myth Drannor , when the turmoil of the Dawn Cataclysm resulted in warfare between the gods and the deaths of several deities . At that time there were two gods who had been elevated by Mystra from among the mortals to have rulership over spellwork — Azuth , who claimed dominion over all wizards and was in fact the first Magister , and Savras , who specialized in divination magic and was popular in the southern lands , particularly Tashalar . After a failed experiment to tear away a portion of the All Seeing ' s divinity and bind it to himself , Azuth and Savras battled for supremacy . Eventually the Lord of Spells was victorious and succeeded in imprisoning his rival in this artifact , which he had constructed for the purpose before the conflict began ( although Savras ' s church claimed their deity had deliberately allowed his fall after divining the future ) . It had been Azuth ' s intention to carry the Scepter indefinitely as a staff of office , the power of which he could draw upon to augment his own . However , Savras retained just enough divine strength to " teleport " the Scepter away into the Realms , where his divinatory power was sufficient to block Azuth ' s . For centuries after this , the Scepter passed from one owner to another throughout Faerûn until eventually it fell into the possession of Syluné Silverhand . Although the spirit of Savras had desperately importuned the Chosen to release him , and had even granted her the ability to transform into a silver dragon to try and obtain her cooperation , she refused to trust him and instead carried the Scepter for many more years to aid her in her adventures . It was not until Azuth finally discovered its location , and Mystra intervened to keep the secrets her daughter had discovered through its powers from spreading across Faerûn , that Syluné finally turned the artifact over to the High One . By this time , Azuth had come to regret his actions toward Savras and what he had forced his erstwhile rival to endure . And so after considering the matter for some time , the troubled god finally agreed to release Savras after the Time of Troubles in return for an oath of fealty . The ultimate result was the two deities coming to an understanding , where uneasy service by the Lord of Divination gradually changed to a cautious friendship and a cordial working relationship . However , at the time of the demigod ' s release , the Scepter vanished again , taking with it the majority of Savras ' s power that it had absorbed . Destruction . It was said that the Scepter could only be destroyed if it were used to " imprison " an avatar of Azuth himself . Alternatively , a hakeashar , nishruu , or magedoom could be substituted , and there were other sages who claimed all that was needed was for an avatar of Mystra to snap it between her fingers .