The Golden Skull
The Golden Skull
Type Magical artifact Rumoured power Opening gateways to other planes
The Golden Skull is a magical artifact long rumoured to lie within the great pyramid of the Black Desert - the tomb that proved to be Mahad’s, not Atem’s. The stories hold that it can open gateways to planes beyond our own, and it was this power that the cult of the Brotherhood of the Black Pharaoh sought to seize, hoping to use the skull to reach their eldritch master. Their leader James came near to claiming it in 1532, until the archaeologist Corian Ballard, knowing the tomb’s traps, foiled the cult’s plans.
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- Primary lore: the backstory of the archaeologist Corian Ballard, archived privately.