Spirit trap of the Darkbringer

Spirit trap of the Darkbringer was a divine abjuration spell used by priests devoted to Moander, enabling them to create spirit prisons.

Effects
This spell allowed the caster to traps spirits within a special trap. The prison resembled a walnut and could be activated by a possessed minion of Moander by clenching it a certain way. When activated, the walnut would emit a sphere of darkness that enclosed the minion's hand and forearm. Tendrils of inky darkness shot from the ball up to distant. Any living target touched by a tendril was transformed into a silhouette and squeezed into a small marble sphere that was pulled back to the minion's hand. The darkness dissipated and left a black sphere with the target's spirit enclosed within. The prison would last for several days depending on the skill of the caster. The victim would be released from the prison when the spell expired or when the small sphere was shattered.

Components
In addition to verbal and somatic components, this spell required as a material component a black sapphire with greenish yellow highlights worth at least 5,000 gp to cast. The sapphire was transformed during the casting.