Ka-poel's Wax Doll

Ka-poel's Wax Doll is a powerful artifact created by the young Bone-eye sorceress Ka-poel, serving as both a voodoo-like focus for her unique blood magic and a devastating weapon against god-like entities. Introduced in Promise of Blood, the doll is meticulously crafted in the likeness of Kresimir, the Kez god, allowing Ka-poel to channel lethal sorcery across vast distances. Its evolution peaks dramatically in later books when Tamas and his allies deploy it in desperate battles, revealing its ability to wound or even kill immortals by exploiting the sympathetic link between the doll and its target. Throughout the trilogy, the wax figure symbolizes the raw, forbidden power of pre-civilization magic, often leaving users and observers awestruck by its gruesome effectiveness and moral weight.