Lantern of Shadows

The Lantern of Shadows is an iron lantern with a black flame. When lit, the area surrounding it becomes darker and all light sources within its effect become stifled by shadows. From the outside this looks almost like a deep black smoke which one cannot see into without the ability to see in the dark. The darkness created by this item cannot be pierced by mundane light.
== Variants ==
=== Lantern of Blinding Light ===
Somewhat similar to the Lantern of Shadows, the Lantern of Blinding Light is a silver lantern with a blindingly bright white flame. When lit, the whole area around it becomes surrounded with a glare as bright as the sun. 
=== Lantern of Shade ===
The Lantern of Shade is a less powerful variant of the Lantern of Shadows which only makes the area around it a little bit darker, more like a dark fog instead of black smoke. 
=== Lantern of True Dark ===
The Lantern of True Dark is a more powerful variant of the Lantern of Shadows that allows no vision whatsoever, even if one could normally see in pure darkness.