Black Stone

The Black Stone is a finger-sized artifact that serves as the nucleus of Linley's most advanced gravity fields. Its shifting internal array of 108 spiritual-energy rays provides both a working model for arranging gravitational force and a source of soul-affecting pressure, but Linley's fused profound mysteries and divine power remain his own. (Chapters 521–523)

History

Reisgem's gravity challenge

Reisgem placed the stone at the center of a violet globe and challenged Linley to seize it. The surrounding repulsive force combined Gravitational Space with the Throbbing Pulse of the World, while the stone also protected whoever held it from the mountain's soul-affecting wind. After centuries of studying the 108-ray formation and fusing the relevant mysteries, Linley reached the stone and completed the challenge. (Chapters 521–522)

From model to Blackstone Space

After blood-binding the stone, Linley studied its continually changing spiritual-energy configurations and used them as the foundation for his own gravity techniques. It became the nucleus of Blackstone Prison and later Blackstone Space, including variants that could direct gravity toward a chosen point while imposing a disorienting effect on the soul. (Chapters 523, 534, 544)

Abilities and properties

The stone contains an earth-aligned aura and dense spiritual power arranged in 108 mobile rays. It can support unusually strong and directionally controlled gravity, produce a soul-dazing pressure resembling the sound of the Amethyst Mountains' wind, and protect its bound holder against that wind's soul effects. These properties enhance the fields Linley constructs; they do not replace the profound mysteries he fused to create those techniques. (Chapters 521–523, 544, 566)

Ownership and custody

Reisgem controlled the Black Stone during the challenge and permitted Linley to take it after he deciphered the formation and reached it. Linley then blood-bound the artifact, causing it to merge into his body and reside within his sea of consciousness; it remained fused with his soul through his later uses of Blackstone Space. (Chapters 521–523, 567)