Tomas de Torquemada's Torch

Origin
Tomás de Torquemada was a Spanish Dominican friar and the first Grand Inquisitor in Spain's movement to force Roman Catholicism upon its populace in the late 15th century, otherwise known as "The Spanish Inquisition"

The existence of many superficial converts among the Moriscos and Marranos (i.e. Crypto-Jews), who had found it more socially, politically and economically expedient to join the Catholic fold, was perceived by the Spanish monarchs of that time, principally King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, as a threat to the religious and social life of Spain. This led Torquemada, who himself had converso ancestors, to be one of the chief supporters of the Alhambra Decree that expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492.

During this time, he enforced regimes of brutal torture among suspected heretics in an effort to get them to either confess and repent or die.

Effects
When one holds the torch and places a hand on a victim, they are rendered unconscious and an exact duplicate of them is created from the fire. Once this double awakens, they possess the consciousness of the original and will believe themselves to be so. When the double dies, they disintegrate int ash and the original re-awakes with all of their memories intact. They will also feel all of the pain invited upon their double, though they possess none of the physical harm. This makes the torch a painfully effective means of prolonged torture.