Broken South Star

The Broken South Star is a late-game white magic weapon in Misery of Magic.

Effect
When used, it initially launches backwards, opposite the direction of the target. After a moment, it simultanously turns into a small blast while emitting a beam focusing down directly onto the target. It uses where the target is at the instant the beam occurs, rather than where the target was originally when the weapon was cast.

While it is indeed an area attack, the area of effect is tiny such that only entities on top of the target are hit. The backblast has a larger area, but it deals half as much damage and has short range, so its damage is usually not significant.

Obtaining
Broken South Star is found in a box in Sorrow Peak. Reaching it requires solving two block puzzles: the first one is in the way and is required to reach the end of Sorrow Peak, while the second one is in an optional side-room.

Upgrading
In contrast to most other white weapons, Awakening has no effect on the Broken South Star and instead it has its own unique method for upgrading it. One must simply travel to the Ocean Monument in Solitude Stoneway and interact with the shrine with the Broken South Star somewhere in one's possession. This causes the Broken South Star to transform into the Upsilon Carinae, one of the strongest weapons in the game, which is blue instead of white, has a much shorter delay between casting the weapon and it taking effect, and is both faster and deals more damage.

It should be noted that, while weapons affected by the awakening need to be held by Emerald at the moment the awakening occurs for them to be upgraded, the Broken South Star has no such limitation and can be upgraded while in the weapons inventory or if any character is holding it.