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The '''Hex Locus''' was an [[artifact]] created by the [[Abolethic Sovereignty]] using a solidified chunk of [[Spellplague]].<ref name="NCS-p96">{{Cite book/Neverwinter Campaign Setting|96}}</ref>

==Description==
The Hex Locus was a chunk of frozen, solidified [[blue fire]]. If touched, it was colder than even the waters of the [[Styx]], but it was also hotter than the [[the sun|Sun]].<ref name="BA">{{Cite book/Brimstone Angels|286-287}}</ref>

==Abilities==
As part of the Spellplague, the Hex Locus could warp reality by releasing the defiling energies of the [[Far Realm]] contained within it. If used in living creatures, it twisted and corrupted them into [[aberration]]s, though usually no one survived a direct contact with the Hex Locus.<ref name="BA"/> 

The Hex Locus could also increase the range of the [[Symphony of Madness]] tenfold.<ref name="NCS-p172">{{Cite book/Neverwinter Campaign Setting|172}}</ref> According to the [[aboleth]]s, the Hex Locus could turn the Symphony of Madness into reality.<ref name="BA"/>

The Hex Locus had its own consciousness, and could communicate telepathically with its targets. Its consciousness was later merged with [[Rohini]]'s.<ref name="BA"/> In fact, their fusion was in an intrinsic, symbiotic way<ref name="NCS-p174">{{Cite book/Neverwinter Campaign Setting|174}}</ref> granting Rohini the ability to see into the [[Weave]] to predict the future.<ref name="BA"/>

==History==
In [[1478 DR]], Brother [[Vartan]], an [[Oghma]]nite priest and thrall of the Abolethic Sovereignty, used the Hex Locus to turn the [[succubus]] Rohini into an agent of the Sovereignty.<ref name="BA"/><ref name="NCS-p96"/> The Hex Locus was later safeguarded in a cavern near [[Helm's Hold]], at first protected by the [[plaguechanged]] [[green dragon]] [[Chartilifax]].<ref name="NCS-p174"/>

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