Nereus' Walking Stick

Origin
Originally kept and used by Nereus as a staff of authorty, this artifact was imprinted with Nereus' power of shape-shifting. Mainly when he manifested as the Old Man and the Sea in the ancient greek poem, The Iliad.

Effects
When the artifact is in use, the user has the power to metamorphous into who ever they can think of. While the artifact is in use, the user ages slowly at first, expereinceing light headaches and pains. Then the skin starts to prematurly wrinkle, followed by slight sight loss, eventually aging the person expodentally.

If not neutrilized, the aging will eventually kill them from natural causes attubuting to advanced old age. If the artifact is grasped after another person used the artifact then the effects transfer.

Collection
This artifact was the first artifact collected by Joeseph Barlett as a Warehouse Agent, which almost killed him when he grabbed the artifact and was transfered with all of the downside that had already effected Adam Gardiner (The Bearer)