Finally there was the carved wooden staff of Achmet the terrifying that claimed the power to draw lightning down from the clouds. “But there are no instructions for its use,” Jafar complained. “I don’t know how to focus it or what magical words to use.”
“As with the carpet when we escaped from Akar’s castle,” Cari said, “the object was imbued with its magic by the person who created it. Magical words are useful tools to help you focus your will onto the magic in the staff, but magical words aren’t essential. The prime ingredient is your will, and anything that helps you concentrate that should work. If you can recreate the feeling you felt when you made the carpet fly, you can force the staff to pull down the lightning and direct it against the wizard’s army.”
Jafar al-Sharif took the jo
