Sidhe Staff

The Sidhe Staff is a magical staff that is owned by Merlin.

Merlin has used it as a magical weapon, casting bolts of deadly magic. It was originally owned by Sophia, a young Sidhe who, along with her father, tried to enchant Arthur in order that she might regain eternal life in Avalon by sacrificing him. Merlin defeated Aulfric and Sophia by using her discarded staff which then he kept under his bed, along with Gaius's grimoire (The Gates of Avalon).

When the sorcerer Tauren plotted to kill Uther Pendragon, Merlin used the staff once again to defeat the other members of the plot (To Kill the King). He killed or maybe just incapacitated two sorcerers, but when he tried to hit Tauren with a bolt of energy, the sorcerer used the Mage Stone to deflect the spell back on him. Being a powerful creature of the Old Religion, Merlin again survived the staff's power.

When Merlin discovered a plot to turn Princess Elena, who was arranged to be married to Arthur, into a Sidhe queen, the Pixie Grunhilda informed the Sidhe elder. The faerie tried to kill Merlin in his sleep using his own staff, but he was able to take his staff from under his bed and defeat the elder. As Gaius used a tonic to get the Sidhe out of Elena, Merlin used the staff to kill Grunhilda, although it took several shots to finish her off. He finally used it to kill the Sidhe that came out of Elena. (The Changeling)



The staffs are inscribed with Oghams, an ancient form of language used by Celtic people in the Old Religion. The inscriptions of the staff concern life and death, as that is the nature of the Sidhe's greatest magic.

The writing on the staff, translated by Gaius, says: "To hold life and death in your hands". It is possible that the staff's magical bolts only kill the Sidhe, while they just hurt or incapacitate other magical beings. The Sidhe staff could become Merlin's magical staff in the future.

Description
The Sidhe Staff is a wooden staff with a large blue crystal on the top of it. The staff has engraved writing all around it, and a brown strap tide around it.