Cellen

Not to be confused with The Black Star, the third book of the Cycle of Arawn Trilogy, or the Black Star, the underground organization in Narashtovik.

The word "Cellen" itself is Gaskan for "black star", and is the name given by the Cycle of Arawn to a powerful artifact that appears once every thousand years to grant a wish.

History
There is a brief reference to Cellen in the Cycle of Arawn. The content amounts to 'and cellen went that way, notably black when most normal stars are white' and little else. Cellen was also mentioned in works dating to the High Dwardic Period, about 400 years pre-series, largely as a metaphor for abstract and unattainable things.

The last three uses of Cellen survive in current records. The most recent, occurring during the events of The Black Star, was Blays's resurrection in Corl. A thousand years previously, the Black Star was used by the earthmovers of Narashtovik to raise the Wodun hills into mountains as a defense against the Elsen invaders. Another thousand years earlier, it was used by Yona to end a drought in the Norren Territories.