Soul Shells
Soul
Shells are enchanted shells that hold a tiny portion of a person or spirit’s
essence. They grow in the Nexus of Water, the Sprite’s Realm, and the Abyss.
These magical mollusks have the innate ability to siphon off minor amounts of
essence, when these mollusks die their shells retain the ability to draw off
essence. The person or spirit that comes in contact with an empty shell leaves
behind a bit of their essence trapped within the tight coil of the shell.
Those who find and take a soul shell can unleash a soul-glimpse. These glimpses
may be beneficial or malevolent to those who call forth the essence from the
shell. The essence manifests itself into an ephemeral spirit that usually grants
some kind of blessing or blight. Divinations fail on Soul Shells and using
Detect Spirit, Detect Soul, Detect Magic, etc. reveal very little about the
essence contained within the shell. Find a Soul Shell is a gamble but many have
found that gamble well worth the risk.