Hex Locus

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A Hex Locus (also known as a Soul Shard) is a crystallized portion of the weave from the time when Mystra was assassinated and the weave collapsed, bringing about the spellplague.

The first Soul Shard we encountered was in a box in the caverns below the Helmite Cathedral in Helm's Hold. It had a blue aura flowing into it with occasional flashes as the enthralled spellscarred in the basement of the cathedral jumped into the stream. When Jacob tried to destroy it, Rohini grabbed it and ran off.

We've since seen a few other Soul Shards in the North:

We don't really know what they do yet?