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.