Elda'Primu¶
"It was a device of powered by an imprisoned god which was used from afar on Uk'Zarai cities and settlements." — from Uk'Zarai and the world of Sukmaran (S515)
Contested
This page is named in the open question Origin of demons. The Spiritfire Orb is one account of where demons came from; other documents give other origins and do not mention it.
The Elda'Primu, the Spiritfire Orb, is the Eldritch weapon that made the first Demons. Powered by an imprisoned god, it turned the Fel energies of the Uk'Zarai inward so that they consumed themselves, and bound the souls of the consumed. It is now set in the staff of the Fel sorcerer Mephistus.
Also called: the Spiritfire Orb.
Making¶
The Uk'Zarai came to Terrun as outcasts, brought by the Dwarrow "to save them from the Goddess Sukmaril and to act as allies in their wars against the Eldritch" (S515). "Long after the Dwarrow had faded into the depths, and after the fall of the Elder Gods, a few of the Eldritch devised a plan to achieve revenge against the Younger Gods and the Uk'Zarai. After studying Fel magic and energy for thousands of years, the Eldritch were able to create the Elda'Primu (Spiritfire Orb)" (S515).
Use against the Uk'Zarai¶
"Basically it refocused Fel energies inwards. Without their external web of supporting energy, the most powerful Fel beings consumed themselves quickly. However, the Orb's energies bound the souls of each of the consumed creatures and they became what are now referred to as Demons" (S515). The Uk'Zarai could not reverse it. Mephistus found a way to extend their lives and, "more notably to protect the Uk'Zarai's mind during the process"; most who went through it were left "a crazed bloodthirsty animal", but a small part of the remaining population became "the first intelligent Demons", who turned on the Eldritch (S515).
The Orb changed the energy itself. "Abyssal Energy is altered Fel energy, as its very nature was changed by the Spiritfire Orb. Abyssal Energy is self-consuming and will consume itself before spreading to its surroundings" (S515). The energies are described under Fel Magic.
In Mephistus's staff¶
"Mephistus now has the Elda'Primu set into his staff. He has in the past occasionally corrupted a living being with Fel energy in order to use the Elda'Primu to convert them into a Demon. However, he generally keeps its power and significance a closely guarded secret" (S515).
Other accounts¶
This is one account among several of where Demons came from, and the 2016 and 2018 demon-origin documents do not mention the Orb among their theories (S514, S520). The theories are compared on Origin of Demons.
Gap
The source does not name the imprisoned god that powers the Orb, the Eldritch who made it, or how Mephistus came to hold it, and gives no date for its use.