Soulstones

Soulstones are engraved crystals issued to contestants when the Southern Domain tournament becomes a military campaign. They record success by gathering death energy from Wights, turning battlefield kills into both tournament scores and a resource that Randidly Ghosthound can study and reshape.

History

Issued for the Southern Domain campaign

Each contestant receives an opaque engraved Soulstone as the under-twenty-five tournament shifts into a month of active war. The stones gather energy when Wights die, tying every squad's score to battlefield performance rather than staged matches. (Chapters 624–625)

Randidly's examination

Randidly studies the stones' Engravings and the death energy accumulating within them. His attention turns a tournament counter into a lesson about how the Southern Domain packages, stores, and measures hostile power. (Chapters 628 and 631)

Scoring and Skarch's spear

The stored energy is tallied when the campaign ends. Randidly later works directly with Skarch's stone while modifying her spear, demonstrating that a Soulstone's accumulated power can be redirected into equipment rather than serving only as a score. (Chapters 685 and 690)

Abilities and properties

• Each stone is an opaque crystal bearing Engravings that identify and regulate its campaign function. (Chapters 624–625)
• It absorbs death energy from slain Wights and preserves that energy for later measurement. (Chapters 625 and 685)
• Its stored power can contribute to a crafted weapon modification. (Chapter 690)

Ownership and custody