Gaharzen

The gaharzen device is a creation of the Children of Kalestraum and has been so far tested several times by Scion Ealuik and Votary Arteron.

Its effects are beautiful and potentially lethal. A gaharzen is activated, hurled into an adjacent area and shatters shortly afterward. Jagged moon-hued shrapnel shards will lodge themselves into anyone standing in the affected area. Tending these shards out is incredibly difficult and usually results in severe wounds, but they will disintegrate if touched. At the height of their use, Votaries and Scions would detonate lodged gaharzen shards by casting Dazzle while they were still lodged in their victims, causing usually fatal injuries.

Example

A shining gaharzen comes flying into the area.

The gaharzen pulses a moment then shatters in majestic beauty, sending slivers flying. A jagged ebony sliver lodges shallowly in your right arm.
A jagged crimson sliver lodges deeply in your right leg.
A jagged blue-white sliver lodges firmly in your right arm.
A jagged crimson sliver lodges shallowly in your neck.
A jagged ebony sliver lodges deeply in your right hand.

And later...

Xailes reveals himself.
Xailes gestures at you.
An intense flash envelops you!
The ebony sliver lodged in you turns bright as a miniature sun before exploding into a cloud of ebony slivers!
The slivers rip through your right hand like angry hornets!
The crimson sliver lodged in you turns bright as a miniature sun before exploding into a cloud of crimson slivers!
The slivers rip through your neck like angry hornets!
The blue-white sliver lodged in you turns bright as a miniature sun before exploding into a cloud of blue-white slivers!
The slivers rip through your right arm like angry hornets!
The crimson sliver lodged in you turns bright as a miniature sun before exploding into a cloud of crimson slivers!
The slivers rip through your right leg like angry hornets!
The ebony sliver lodged in you turns bright as a miniature sun before exploding into a cloud of ebony slivers!
The slivers rip through your right arm like angry hornets!