Staff of Chaos

The Staff of Chaos (also known as the Balac-thurmThe Final Lesson) is a highly powerful, magical artifact that was fashioned in the early First Era by Loreth. The staff was deemed too powerful and was hidden in the catacombs beneath the city of Mournhold. Jagar Tharn (Imperial Battlemage to Emperor Uriel Septim VII) managed to obtain it by manipulating the Dunmer queen Barenziah, either by disguising himself as a bard known as "Nightingale"The Real Barenziah or by employing Drayven Indoril to fill the role.The Nightingales Vol. 2
==History==
Tharn used the staff to transport Uriel Septim VII and his personal guard to a plane of Oblivion. He then used a spell to make him look like Uriel Septim, and broke the Staff of Chaos into eight pieces that he hid all around Tamriel. The Eternal Champion collected all eight pieces and used the staff against Tharn. After defeating him, the champion used the staff again to bring back the Emperor and his personal guard to end the Imperial Simulacrum.Events of 
When the Eternal Champion touched the Jewel of Fire with the Staff of Chaos, both magical items disappeared and Uriel Septim was brought back to Mundus with his guard. Most people believe the Staff was either somehow destroyed or banished into Oblivion, though both ideas were considered impossible before the Simulacrum.
==Pieces of the staff==
The eight pieces are in:
*Fang Lair in Hammerfell
*Labyrinthian in Skyrim
*Elden Grove in Valenwood
*The Halls of Colossus in Elsweyr
*Crystal Tower in Summerset Isles
*Crypt of Hearts in High Rock
*Murkwood in Black Marsh
*Dagoth-Ur in Morrowind
==Appearances==
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==Trivia==
*In , Sheogorath mentions rebuilding the Staff of Chaos to the Vestige, around 750 years prior to its assemblage by the Eternal Champion in 3E 399.
*The staff resembles the Staff of Towers from , which was also divided into eight fragments and scattered across Tamriel.
==Gallery==
Staff of Chaos Piece 1 (Arena).png|First piece of the Staff.
Staff of Chaos Piece 2 (Arena).png|Second piece.
Third Piece of the Staff of Chaos.png|Third piece.
Fourth Piece of the Staff of Chaos.png|Fourth piece.
Sixth Piece of the Staff of Chaos.png|Sixth piece.
Final Piece of the Staff of Chaos.png|Eighth, and final piece.
Staff of Chaos - Floppy Ending.png|The staff in the original floppy disk ending to Arena.
Staff of Chaos - CD Ending (Arena).png|The staff in the revamped CD ending.
Alduinbig3.png|The staff as depicted on Alduin's Wall.
==References==
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