He perished from a fire trap in one of the caverns. In spite of the extreme folly of trusting the orb's limited ability, and the high risk of drowning, Thralni's eventual end ironically was of a different nature.
Even without the boats that the orb could not have lifted, his group was far too large to fly with the orb, and they split up to explore the maze separately. Whether by hubris or by inexperience with the orb, he far overestimated its power in terms of the number of people it could lift, the duration of the spell, and the height it could carry the user. This maze of currents, rapids and waterfalls continues to be one of the most dangerous areas of the caves, but evidence suggests that Thralni believed he could master the maze by using his orb to carry them to safety if necessary.
Thralni was one of the leaders of the expedition, and he led his group into the Waterfall Warrens in Central Exile. Prior to this, the item had been in the safe-keeping of the school, but knowledge about its past is lost. Its then owner, the adventurer Thralni, had received the orb from the Saxton School of Magic for the purpose of the expedition. The Orb's makers are unknown now, but the Orb was first mentioned historically in the account describing the First Expedition. The effect wears off very rapidly, and it is therefore dangerous for non-experienced persons wielding the item, since timing a flight wrong can result in a lethal crash over deadly terrain.īeing an artifact, the orb's enchantment is permanent and apparently inexhaustible. The spell's effect can lift up to around five or six people, depending on their weight, and lasts for about ten minutes. It will act on the bearer and anyone they are in physical contact with, lifting them to a height of about a hundred feet. The orb's spell is activated by rubbing it with one's hand. The chased silver ornaments take the form of runes, but no-one has yet managed to decipher them. However, the weight of the sphere is far lower than one would estimate from its size: A bare fifth of a stone, the item can be held between two fingers easily. As related by the adventurer who discovered it in the Waterfall Warrens, the item is a bronze sphere chased with silver, about five inches in diameter.
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