Ley Orb

The Ley Orb is a legendary magical artifact created by the wizard, Horni Nimbletemple. Many wars have been fought over this artifact as it has the ability to empower any spell cast through it tenfold. The orb is fixed in place and therefore the city where it was once held, Ifend, changed hands many times in the years leading up to its destruction.   Nimbletemple created this orb in order to magnify a ritual that he was working on. The plan was to seal the Gods away in their own plane to limit their influence on the people of Eldamar. However before the conditions were correct he was forced to start his ritual when a group of adventurers stormed the keep in the name of Erathis. After a brief fight the adventurers defeated the wizard and dispelled the magic being cast through the Ley Orb. After their success one the adventurers, Bruce Wallaby, referred to this as "one of the greatest errors in judgement" due to the bloodshed that occurred in the following decades.   Once word got out every nation and faction in Eldamar wanted to use the orb to change the world in their image. Egged on by the Gods, who still walked the mortal plane, numerous battles were fought over this orb. See the page for The Orb Wars for more information.   The Ley Orb became increasingly unstable as it was used for everything from a simple scrying to as complicated as a wish spell. It reached the breaking point during the final battle of the Orb Wars when the defending faction attempted to cast a meteor swarm through the Orb to defeat the attacking army. This caused the event now know as The Rending  and lead to the formation of Primordia.