Doom Crystal

Doom Crystal is a powerful crystal found all over The Haligeard. It is a very complicated mineral and concept to explain, so this article will summarise what has been written in countless texts by Loremasters.

Doom Crystals come in all shapes and sizes, and they are found in deposits all over the world, and appear in the same basic form everywhere - but they are very rare. Doom Crystal is naturally infused with a mysterious energy that can be harnessed in many different ways. The higher the concentration of energy inside the crystal, the bluer the crystal is. (So a translucent crystal would not have much energy in it.) It takes someone learned in magical ability to work with the energy found inside a crystal, so notably the R'kir; Elves; and Icebourne often have used Doom Crystals.

The fewer imperfections in the crystal increase how readily available the energy contained within is. This means the perfect shape for harnessing the energy of a Doom Crystal is a sphere; though a perfect sphere of Doom Crystal is very hard to accomplish.

Both these factors - concentration and shape - reflect the worth and power of a piece of Doom Crystal. A small, very blue, but imperfect crystal may have the same power as a large, translucent and spherical one.

Over the years many scholars and magicians have found different and varied uses for Doom Crystal. Notably: Cartographs; Astrographs; far-seeing; time-seeing; for use in magical rings and other jewellery; for use in magical weapons; and much more that is not written of.

Some notable places on The Haligeard where one might find Doom Crystals are: The Royal Dwarven Cartograph; The Cartograph of The Elvenking; The Great Astrograph, Razagtor; The Astrograph at Thaesia; placed at the top of Orlu XVI's staff; in the ring of Tosuri; and in other magical objects.