The Staff of Technology

Magically empowering the technological

The first staff made with English wood. I found this branch while just walking around close to home, laying on the ground already dry, clearly having broken off a tree at some point or another. But, it was almost perfectly straight, and nearly the exact same thickness as the staff I was using at the time! It was a gift, and it was destined to come home with me. Not long after, construction began.

I'd pondered it, not having a theme for it of any sort yet, and put some designs on it in my head. The one that stuck was a circle (with the center filled in), and a straight vertical line coming off of it, and a curve at the top of that in some manner, but the circle and straight line... like a circuit board. Thus, the Staff of Technology was envisioned.

Magically, this staff is made to improve the technology you're using or that you have with you, make it more reliable as it can, improve its functionality, and enhance it as best possible. On that note, of course a safety is already imbued into it on inception, a copy of me inside of it, as with all of my staves and most other magical things. I call myself Kabutroid the Uncorruptable for a reason, this staff will not function for any reason other than good. It will enhance your tech, provided you're doing good on the side of good.

So yes, magical safeties cleared up, on with the carving! We indeed started with that circle, during which time I discovered that due to its dryness, the bark fairly easily peels from the staff in small places. To counter that, we glued the centers of the circles in, and at the end of each carving session, are gluing the edges of the bark down all throughout.

It took a bit of time, with needing to glue inside of each strip that I carved out of the bark, but soon we finished carving the bottom of the staff. I'd debated whether to go all the way to the base, but it felt more right to stop the carving about 4 inches from the bottom of the staff, ending it with one of the dot filled circles. Also, my signature was added already, the K.T. taking the place of one of those dots. --more to come once we finish carving the top.

Finished Month XX, 2025

Kabutroid holding a raw staff in the sunlight, uncarved and with branch stubs here and there.

The beginning of carving, a photo of Kabutroid beginning to carve a horozontal line coming from the first vertical line and circle.

A photo of the circle line, with two horozontal lines coming off at different points from the right and left, and a curve right at the top, and another curvy line beneath in general. The word video is above the carving, which shows the staff being rotated around, where it now has two vertical circle lines, and the lower curve leading to a straight vertical line connecting to a large branch stump.

A closeup of the carved lines, with glue spread against the edges of the bark.

Kabutroid holding up the staff near the corner of the room next to some other staves, to show the entire bottom of the staff from the grip down is carved with a mixture of straight lines, circles, and a rare few organic curves.