Benducron

These are rare ancient artifacts from the Ashla, Bogan, and a few other ancient cultures or organizations to store important data or the essence of an individual.
Similar in many ways to Professor Orbs but in very distinct ways.
The Benducron does not always have the essence of an individual, but when it does it can be much more complex and extensive than a Professor Orb so that it has a lot more information than the orbs as well as the possibility to actually learn or be a sentient object, or even cursed (especially those aligned with the Bogan.

The Voidheart Benducron

The large red ruby gemstone is a bit larger than palm-sized, shaped as a 5 sided pyramid it is translucent but seems to have layers built on layers and each layer is full of translucent runes.
The Wild Cards saw this being traded from the Cultists under the Abandoned Church of Thornwinds to Garm Pavond for the hand taken from Yggdra