Inferis

One of the most powerful artifacts ever created in the universe, the **Inferis** was a powerful locket crafted by the Dark Lord Kritias the fire of Mount Carodis during the 16th century. Kritias's intent was to enhance his own power. In this way, he hoped to gain lordship over the Mortz and all of the other races in the galaxy.

To accomplish this goal, Kritias knew that the Inferis would need to contain an extraordinary amount of power. As such, he concentrated within the locket a great part of his own soul. In this way, Kritias' fate became bound to that of the Inferis. If it were damaged or destroyed, so too would be Kritias' strength and power.

The Inferis was also known as the **Locket of the Underworld**, **Kritias's Locket and** the **Locket of Power.**

## Powers

The locket had a negative influence on those in its proximity. When worn by Tom Thompson and Matthew Abrams in late 2010, it's side effects made them both irritable, suspicious, angry and aggressive. However, someone as malicious as Lord Miniav would have an affinity rather than an aversion to it, and not be hindered by it. The locket also had magic in place to protect itself; when Matt attempted to destroy it, it created a vision to show him his worst fears and deepest insecurities. It's powers included increased strength, fast regeneration, mind control, mediumship and impetumacy.

The locket also have had the potential to possess individuals, and gave the possessor tints of light green in their eyes. The soul fragment of Kritias inside the locket also darkened the wearer's thoughts. The locket can gradually feed on another person's life or negative emotions to strengthen itself and increase the ability of the soul fragment within to act independently in the physical world.

It also possessed some last line of defence against destruction. The fragment of soul within the locket seemed to be able to sense impending threats and can act to defend itself. For instance, the locket viciously taunted Matthew Abrams with visions of his deepest fears in the hopes of preventing him from throwing it into the volcano of Mount Carodis, and even attempted to strangle Tom Thompson when he was close to throwing it into the depths of the volcano.

## Side effects

The locket had several side effects, most of them negative. Perhaps the first was that the bearer of the locket almost immediately began to develop an unusually strong attachment to it, and would be unwilling to give it up or abandon it. It would extend the lifespan of a mortal who possessed it indefinitely, but that person, would not grow or obtain more life, but would merely continue, until every minute was an unbearable weariness. One potentially positive effect was that the locket may have granted the wearer some understanding of the speech of the Mortz.

If the locket was worn too frequently, the wearer would become evil over time and become entirely subsumed into the spirit world. Besides a partial, if not complete, loss of sanity over time, there were physical consequences of keeping the locket. Over time, the wearer's skin would become paler, veins would be more visible, eyes would get tints of orange and black bags under the eyes.

## Destruction

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During the last day of the Quest of the Inferis, Tom Thompson and Matthew Abrams finally made it to the volcano of Mount Carodis. Matt being the wearer at the time, succumbed to the locket's power and refused to let it go, instead claiming it as his own, resulting in a battle between the two boys. The battle resulted in Tom taking the locket off of Matt and walking over to the midst of the volcano, the locket's soul refused death and attempted to strangle Tom, but he managed to throw the locket into the lave, destroying Lord Kritias' soul and the Inferis.