Kathik’ta’s Clutch

Kathik'ta's Clutch is an order of Thri-Kreen mystics practicing an art of appeasing spirits in order to coax them into imparting their power onto a physical object. In reality, this is an act of trickery involving entering a state of torpor and directing the spirit without allowing them a chance to realize what it is they're being commited to. The result is a bound item imbued with a supernatural power, and the sealing of the spirit's will.

History
The time of founding of Kathik'ta's Clutch can not be accurately determined, even the identity of the cabal's namesake is a topic of debate. Kathik'ta is said to have discovered this technique, and at some point in the Third Age it came into practice. At first practitioners of the art were considered to be in breech of an ancient pact the Kreen had made with the spirits, but the results of their craft could not be ignored. Over time, the cabal's actions formed a new tradition, as sacred to the Thri-Kreen as any other.

Current Prospects
Now an accepted aspect of Thri-Kreen society, Kathik'ta's Clutch preforms their rituals and bindings with a captive audiance, their art seen as not only beneficial, but necessary. Bound items are rare, and their value high, but members of the clutch do not deal with them as a comodity, instead revering the objects created as blessed and to be cherished, unlike the cabal of ages past, who would treat the items as mere weapons or bartering tokens.

Kathik'ta
A Kreen whose very existence is questioned, Kathik'ta was supposedly a powerful shaman, unbound from Thri-Kreen society. He was said to travel, spreading his bizarre teachings and bringing with him items of uncanny power, objects that could do unnatural things, imparting strength upon their wearers, or holding many times their capacity, and other such wonderous effects. While the art of binding and the presence of such objects is certain, Kathik'ta remains an enigmatic force, and is presumed to still be practicing his art somewhere in the Plains of Tak-tha.