This shard of bone is a tainted remnant from one of the demigod lich Velsharoon's first disciples. During the early days of the Shadow War, this necromancer attempted the ritual of lichdom. He failed spectacularly, his body and soul shattering in a blast of uncontrolled necrotic energy. This fragment of his femur, which he had been preparing as part of his phylactery, absorbed a significant portion of that volatile power.

A cleric of the Seastone Resistance discovered the malevolent relic. Unable to destroy it, the cleric meticulously sealed it deep within a hidden vault in the Iron Mountains. It was hoped the area's strange magic-dampening properties would keep its inherent evil dormant. For centuries, the shard lay undisturbed, its dark essence contained.

However, the recent reactivation of the Bukhara Spire Gateways has sent ripples of magic across Coia. These powerful magical surges weakened the vault's ancient seals. Consequently, the shard's malevolent whispers once again began to seep into the world. Though still physically hidden within the vault, its corrupting influence now subtly reaches beyond its prison.