Gabriel, comte de Montgomery’s Lance Splinters

Origin
Gabriel, comte de Montgomery was captain of the Scots Guards of King Henry II of France. He is remembered for mortally injuring King Henry II in a jousting accident. The lance broke and some splinters entered Henry’s eye and brain, although Henry absolved him of any blame on his deathbed. Ashamed, Gabriel subsequently converted to Protestantism, the faith that the Scots Guard sought to suppress.

Collection
Subhas Chandra Bose indicated in his files that he acquired the artifact from a mystic residing in the Ural mountain range. The splinters were taken from his cache by Agent Thomas Marshall on June 29, 1945.

Effects
Each splinter acts on its own accord and will writhe around when a person approaches. They will momentarily vibrate and then become attracted to the person’s head like a nail to a magnet. Once it contacts the skin, it will begin to embed itself into the user’s head until they are rendered dead from brain trauma.