When the gladiator Rikus slew the sorcerer-king Kalak, he wielded a powerful primal artifact known as the Heartwood Spear. A wound from this spear is what made the sorcerer-king vulnerable to further attack. Without the Heartwood Spear, Kalak’s defenses would have turned aside the gladiator’s attack. The Heartwood Spear was given to the heroes of Tyr by the halflings of the Forest Ridge, beyond the Ringing Mountains. The weapon channels the primal forces of the world; in many ways, it is the physical manifestation of Athas’s remaining will to fight against defiling magic.