Hand of Bekgreem (hidden relic from Tarly castle)

Steel Realms

Tizre’al was presented the withered hand of the ancient Nurth magus named Bekgreem (an original ‘shaman’ of the Shadren faith of the Nurth) as part of the deal for his help. He has severed his own to replace it with the hand. It is bruised where it meets the host and hairless; pale white in all other places. The fingers are long and very flexible, the black nails are sharpened to a point. The hand’s host may not possess the Code of Conduct: Good. The left hand will size to fit the host, has MUS 4 and 3 powers.

The wearer must sacrifice 5 Health to graft the hand to themselves (cutting off their own) and any medical checks suffer a -1. The first power is it can shape the sign of The Nurth dark Mother: 2 underground rivers (twined fingers) which when struck (2 AM) upon living tissue will do 4 points of real damage or +1 to the spell Wurm Tooth and adds effect of cause a HLT check or enervate for a cumulative -1 AM for 10 rounds to it (5 mana). The second power is the ability to twist the fingers into the Nurth sign for water; extinguishes flame (WPR-1; 50m away – 10m area; 5 mana/fatigue; extinguishes sorcery level x5 in damage). The third power it has is to cut into a surface with the sharp nails (terrible sound and smells of Nurth brood) the rune for darkness. Darkness swallows the area 5m in all directions for 10 rounds. This takes 3 mana and 1 round; can be triggered later in 1 AM.
SKILLS: Melee 4, Evade 12

Empathy (detect lie) 8, Abyssal Rune Tattoo 3

Marks and Taints?

If left alone it will try and animate other severed limbs and lead them to ambush and kill on its own.

Feather fond it moving in the reliquary and sealed in a locked box. It clawed through that, so she had to have a stone one made!