This heavy, dark wand is the Gliss Armada, carved from an old branch found in a rocky field in the Texas hill country. The Armada features two large, white kidney bean-shaped agates set into the handle, two rows of three small white moonstones, a single tear of clear moonstone in the upper hilt and a clear moonstone cabochon in the base. Eight clear crystal glass gems glimmer around the agates, and four tiny golden crystal glass gems highlight the hilt's underside.
Originally I thought the wood was just another piece of elder cedar, but with its weight and deep brown color, and the courser grain, I believe now that the wood is Texas Ebony. If so, the source tree is on the very northern edge of its natural habitat, which is the harsher South Texas scrub country and further into Mexico. I have found only one other branch of Texas Ebony while collecting branches in the Hill Country, and I had cut it in two to make smaller wands before I knew what I had.
The Gliss Armada is one of my older wands, crafted while I was still perfecting my shaping skills. The upper portion of the shaft is not as straight as it could be, but since this wand was made from a branch, that might have been the best I could do.
A ward-class item, the Armada commands a sea of twinkling motes that dispense its magic, if you have the right spells (spellbook not included).
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