Orb

The Orb was a Magic Item created by a group of gods in order to preserve their power.

Description
The orb was a perfect sphere, about five centimeters in diameter. It usually glowed blue or purple from the magical energy stored within it. After Scrix was imprisoned in the orb, a large crack appeared in its otherwise flawless surface, marking where the demon's essence has touched it.

History
The Orb was created in 1171 after the Magic Gods discovered that, due to the actions of Tharizdun, magic was slowly fading from the world. In order to preserve their magical strength, Boccob, Hecate, Mystra, and Enki each placed a large portion of their power within it. The orb was then entrusted to Toby Greybeard, a chosen of Mystra who hid the orb in a secret room at the Royal Green Dragon Academy. A Demon Lord known as Scrix eventually learned of the orb and sought after it, knowing that, if he obtained it, he would be able to supplant each of the magic gods and take over their domains.

In 1453, this room was stumbled upon by two students at the academy named Rose and Grub, both of whom would become chosen of the orb. When Rose touched the orb, she was teleported to the demiplane within it. Grub, who witnessed this, was frightened and fled. Rose later revealed the orb to a close group of her friends, including Xendon, Ssssssss, and Grub, who would each eventually become chosen by the orb themselves. That night, Grub snuck away to a tavern in the nearby city of Mooncrest, where he drunkenly boasted of the orb to an agent of Blackthorne.

The next day, the orb disrupted a session of analysis of magic items after it teleported into Rose's hand, causing her to drop the bottle of Oil of Slipperiness that she was holding. In the fiasco that ensued, each of the orb's chosen were sent to Toby Greybeard's office, where they told him the truth about the orb. Realizing that the orb had been removed from the secret room, Toby warned the students that they were no longer safe at the Royal Green Dragon Academy and sent them, along with Grog, to Heraldur to meet with Karmiir Metalmace. Before they could leave the academy, the students were attacked by a Maw Demon sent by Blackthorne, which managed to kill and devour Rose, although the rest of the students escaped with the orb.

Powers
The Orb, although created as a storage vessel for magic power, the Orb had quite the will of its own, and often seemed to behave randomly, teleporting about for no apparent reason. The orb "chose" a select few who touched it that it deemed worthy. These chosen gained the ability to summon the orb to themselves, that is if they could mentally convince it to join them, and, if they touched it, they may be teleported into a safe demiplane within the orb.

The following individuals were known to be chosen by the orb.

Rose

Xendon

Ssssssss

Grub

Wish Upon A Star

Agnes

James