Doomsday Device: Shard

## Doomsday Device: Shards

The 13 shard are very powerful spirit stones and serve as a stable power source for the device. While it is possible to power a Doomsday Device without all thirteen shards, it will result in the device pulling energy from its surrounding environment to balance out the energy deficit, and the device won't be as effective.

### How Does One Find A Shard?

Decoding the lines in the Heru Cipher will allow one to determine the location of the different shards. The academy has access to a powerful scrying potion receipt from the Book: Whispers of the Void that would allow one to narrow the search field to a general vicinity.

### What Is The Status Of the Shards?

The academy has the ability to craft a scrying potion that will allow them to pinpoint the general vicinity of a shard.

1. STATUS - RECOVERED BY THE ACADEMY (2018): A Crystal Like Shard Embedded In A Necklace
	* Bane Quinn was a illegal mage who happened upon a strange fox with whom he forged an instant bond. It instructed him in casting spells and became his closest, most trusted companion. At a young age, those around him, whether realized that his intellect was more than mere precociousness. As his sense of curiosity became dangerous, those responsible for him pushed him into studying magic in the hopes that he would find infinite puzzles to solve. In his adolescent years, he then was possessed by a fiend who lent him even more raw power at a time of great need. This experience tainted his body and mind and changed his life. Some part of the fiend remained inside him like an old friend, influencing him toward destructive ends. More than one city was destroyed as a result before he was executed.
2. STATUS - RECOVERED BY THE ACADEMY (2019): A Crystal Like Shard Embedded In A Key Handle
	* Butler Norwood was highly respected and highly feared illegal mage. It was said to go into trances. His eyes would roll back in his head, and he would later come around feeling refreshed and with knowledge of future and distant events. He used these predictions to gain increasing leverage over the town. It was also said he was a necromancer who dug up graves for his arts. According to stories, Norwood would go to the local cemetery during storms and cry into the wind, hailing distant ships at sea. When in a benevolent mood, his voice could be heard by captains thundering above storms, telling them the right course. Other times, when a captain ran afoul of Norwood, he would curse them and send storms to capsize their ships.
3. STATUS - RECOVERED BY THE BLOOD HERALDS (2019): A Crystal Like Shard Embedded In A Pendant
	* Rexx Gravesoul was revered as a illegal mage. He was a peculiar-looking man—strong, unkempt, and often clad in an old coat. He wore a silver ring in the shape of a serpent and the folk often claimed could raise the dead. This supposed necromancer used his undead to enforce his own brand of law, earning him the nickname “Death's Constable.” It was said that sailors would buy wind from him to ensure a safe journey. He could also send storms their way if he felt offended. At the height of his power, it was said that the city’s citizens would seek him out to solve their legal troubles even before they went to the police. Despite his unrivaled clout, legend says that he met a sudden and mysterious end.
4. STATUS - RECOVERED BY THE VEKS (2020): A Crystal Like Shard Embedded In An Armband
	* Alistair Strain was a revolutionary illegal mage who altered the balance between the neutral and illegal magic branches. While practitioners everywhere hailed his numerous advances in the various illegal arts, mainstream society does not look kindly upon his due to his numerous hideous experiments.
5. STATUS - RECOVERED BY THE VEKS (2021): A Crystal Like Shard Embedded In A Bracelet
	* Haruki Brevil was a illegal mage. In her youth, there was something she fervently desired— power. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't obtain that which she coveted. Only when she turned her eye to ancient tomes and ruins and experimented with strange powers beyond her comprehension was she able to get what she wanted. Later, she served six different emperors as advisor over the good and evil. As resident court mage , she oversaw matters of divination, protecting the Japanese emperor with rituals to banish evil spirits and illnesses . . . provided she liked them. If she didn’t, they disappeared sooner than expected.
6. STATUS - WAVERIDER FACULTY RECOVERED IT AND GIFTED THE VEKS (2022): A Crystal Like Shard Embedded In A Crown
	* Elaine Cloven was an illegal sorceress. When she reached adolescence, she wanted power and she wanted it immediately. She didn't have the patience or tolerance to endure endless years of boring theory and formal magical training, so she offered up her body and soul in an invocation to an entity that would grant her desire. The townsfolk sought to execute her over 48 times. Each time, the death passed to someone else. The crown she wore was eventually lost at sea until the Waverider Faculty made a trade and help recovered it in exchange for getting Jimmy back.
7. STATUS - UNKNOWN
8. STATUS - UNKNOWN
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10. STATUS - UNKNOWN
11. STATUS - UNKNOWN
12. STATUS - UNKNOWN
13. STATUS - UNKNOWN

### Related to

* Doomsday Device
* Component: Fragment
* Component: Frame