Four Crux

The Four Crux are four purestone Cancedium crystals that carry intense magickal energy. The Crux are the driving force behind the story of the trilogy.

Crux of Ages
The Crux of Ages was discovered within a single block of granite in Thaermore by human miners who settled in the land long ago. After being removed from the stone, it became an object of inspiration and power for all of Thaermore, regarded by its people as their most prized artifact, a jewel of absolute perfection and a symbol of Thaermore's majesty. They kept the Crux in a vault in Spire, Thaermore's captital city, only to be brought out once per year during the summer festivals so that all Thaerish citizens could view it.

Three years before the events of Book I, the goblins of Crakamir stole the Crux of Ages from its vault by way of a portal. To prevent it from possibly being united with the other Crux in the hands of the goblins, the Crius Vindica sent two agents to Thaermore to secure it. One of the agents were caught by the goblins, forcing the other to hide the Crux in the Underground Depository in Blackwater and erase his own memory to cover up his past and protect the guild. However, he was able to to follow the traces that he had set up for himself and eventually managed to return the Crux of Ages to Bastion Spire.



However, it was the Taurax who orchestrated the goblin invasion. They managed to overrun Thaermore and capture the Crux of Ages, which was brought to Talushorn, their stronghold in Amireth. Speculating that the Taurax are trying to complete the Crux Tetrad, Crius Vindica's Guild Master Korren activated the Terminal Contingency plan wherein two Crux - in this case the Crux of Ages and the Crux of Fire - are used to destroy each other, in a desperate attempt to ensure that the Crux can never be united. After the protagonist had brought the Crux of Fire and Korren to the chamber where the Crux of Ages is kept in Talushorn, the One appeared and killed Korren. As he was holding the Crux of Ages, it fell to the ground as he disintegrated.

Crux of Fire
The Crux of Fire was first recovered by the dwarves of Nor'land, who kept it in Hammerlone Mine. They never lifted the Crux from its place of origin, in fact the very pedestal it sat upon in Hammerlone Mine was the same rock that had held it up since the beginning of time, suggesting that the dwarves had probably built the mine around it.

As part of Crius Vindica's Terminal Contingency Plan, the protagonist stole the Crux of Fire from Hammerlone Mine and brought it to Talushorn, where they was joined by Korren. However the One appeared and killed Korren with his wand. As he was about to do the same to the protagonist and pointed the wand in their direction, they instinctively raised the Crux of Fire up in front of them for protection. The energy beam from the wand struck the Crux and caused an explosion, teleporting the protagonist away, with the Crux still in their hand.