| Category | Magic Items |
| Type | torc |
| Forge | Zayr |
| Smith | Garn Othrannas |
| Enchanter | Katrana Dumu-loc |
| Location | Ânul |
The Clutch of Orat-Ghorn is a torc crafted from lustrous red gold and adorned with a 20,000 gp black diamond. It was forged when Garn Othrannas remained a mortal. With the assistance of another member of Black Banner, he persuaded one of their sentient blades to relinquish a captured soul, which was then used to empower the necklace.
When the soul-draining blade Sarquiness was plundered from the Crypt of Multhad, it had hundreds of souls in its reservoir. Likely, it possessed thousands more when it was secured in the ancient crypt alongside its deranged master. Katrana informed me that soul-consuming sentient items and beings must periodically feast on the souls they have taken, or else descend into madness. If they do succumb to insanity, they often drive their wielders to reckless acts. Sarquiness had fed on many souls while in the hands of Carni Tir, making it willing to offer something in exchange for the promise of acquiring vast numbers of souls in the coming war. I later discovered that Sarquiness' gesture of goodwill was part of a sinister plot to lead us further down a path of darkness and grandeur.
Garn, an excerpt from his book - "When of the Living"
The sentient blade Sarquiness released the soul of a life force devouring and necromantic spell-casting monster referred to as a Daughter of Krak-Oth. The essence of this ancient beast was destroyed in the process of crafting the torc, but some of the creature's most formidable traits were preserved for enchantment. Katrana chose to commemorate the vanquished soul, likely reveling in her malicious nature, by naming the item the Clutch of Orat-Ghorn after the spirit taken by Sarquiness and then extinguished by Katrana.
| Name | Description | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Daughter's Buckler | +3 natural AC, 20% displacement | continuous |
| Hand of Orat-Ghorn | random necromantic spell becomes available to the wearer - requires a soul | 1/day |
| Last Kiss | touching the black diamond to a dying creature (-1 hp or worse) will drain their soul into the torc (Fortidue DC25 to avoid). If successful, the wearer of the torc must make a Fortitude DC12 save or be permanently drained of 1 pt of comeliness. The wearer must also immediately choose to either destroy the soul or store it. If the soul is destroyed, then the wearer gains half of the target's normal full hit points. These extra hit points last for 1 hour. If the soul is stored, it can be used to cast the power Hand of Orat-Ghorn. Stored souls cannot be destroyed later to gain temporary hit points. | continuous |