Agiel

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The Agiel is the torturous weapon of a Mord-Sith.

An Agiel looks to be a simple, red leather rod that hangs from a thin golden chain that is tied around the wrist of a Mord-Sith. An Agiel is in fact a weapon powered by the bond to the Lord Rahl and when used by the skilled hands of a Mord-Sith, is capable of giving the most extreme amount of pain imaginable. An Agiel is so powerful that it is possible to kill a person, if they are touched with it in a particular manner.

Mord-Sith are trained at the end of an Agiel and taught every possible form of torture. Once a Mord-Sith has passed her trials, she employs the same Agiel she was trained with on her victims. Once an Agiel has been used upon a person, to give them pain, that person can never come in contact with that particular Agiel again without feeling its sting. Therefore a Mord-Sith is in agony each time she uses her Agiel upon one of her victims.

People who find themselves at the wrong end of an Agiel, rarely live through the ordeal.