| abstract | - As the Acolytes oversees the device, the head Wizard would enchant the spells needed to direct the magical energies towards the enemy. The magical properties of the Storm of Shemtek is one of unique nature, for the orb has the mystical ability to alter weather patterns in the sky and shower the enemy with a barrage of lightning bolts or a thunderous hail of massive icycle-shards that can shear the flesh from the bone.[1b] On rare occasions, if the Acolytes perform the spell correctly and achieves a perfect alignment, the machine has the power to unleash a fiery comet streaking through the sky and make it slam directly within the very heart of the enemy horde. As the device continues its murderous barrage of carnage, some magical energies would leak out of the machine, often afflicting Imperial Troops with unnatural visions of the imminent future. These small magical gift have given some Imperial soldiers with precise predictions of enemy movement, allowing them to easily dodge blows that would cleave a man in two.[1b] When not used for battle upon an Arcane Altar, these Orbs are used by the Wizards as a means to calculate and observe natural phenomenon within the universe. The Orb allows the Wizards to see the constellations much more clearly, giving the Wizards the ability to correctly interpret the many futures the Empire has within its long hard destiny. Such predictions have many times before saved the Empire, and in fact, the entire Old World from imminent doom, and it is thanks to the tireless work of these Wizards that these catastrophes have been averted.[1b]
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