"Good luck, Kaiser" The witch went back to her cabient and looked once again at the colourful group that was gathered there. It was about time to add another one, one that woulds help her with the crafting, once the design was more or less ready. She knew the benefits of the three-sectioned staff, it was the serpent's style signature weapon, she knew how to shape wood, but engineering the actual essence patterns without having the materials was far from trivial.<br/><br/>"Amenech, bring me the chalk!" What followed was a process that would seem endless to the untrained eye. Hundreds of occult formulas, clarified by crude pictures or intricate but difficult to follow schemes started to form on the black board, before being either destroyed with a single movement of the rag or, if lucky enough - copied on a long piece of parchment. Starting from scratch and focusing on a three-sectioned serpent staff, since it was both most practical and easiest to build, Mariula gradually focused on the shape and the inscription of the wooden sticks, so that they would best harmonize with the wielder's essence and conduct its flow outwards towards the encased sharp tips. Unfortunately, it was yet unknown what would bring Kaiser and would he bring something at all, but the witch somewhat trusted his abilities. And should he fail, there was always the more bloody and unpleasant alternative to gather those materials herself, or with Ihorangi's help...