The Crystal Ball Staff is a powerful magical scepter Freakshow used to enslave and control ghosts. The staff has been in Freakshow's family for a long time.
Appearance[]
It's a bright red cane-like scepter with a red bat statuette on the top of the staff holding a bright ruby-red crystal ball radiating with concentrated, strong, swirling supernatural energy. The swirling is constant, and fluctuates depending on emotions and intent of the staff's holder.
History[]
For generations, Freakshow’s family had been controlling ghosts with the staff. While they used it to entertain the masses, Freakshow decided to use the family heirloom for crime. He controlled ghosts' minds to help him become rich by forcing them to commit a series of robberies and perform in his traveling carnival, Circus Gothica.
Freakshow was planing to enslave and control all ghosts in the world to get wealthy with it, until Danny destroyed it. Once the Crystal Ball Staff was shattered, the ghosts were set free and took their revenge, leaving Freakshow trapped in a pile of stolen goods to be arrested for his crimes. It is unknown what happened to the pieces of the ball after it was dropped from a train bridge.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Mind Control: The Staff works like a hypnotic spell, capable of placing any ghost or half-ghost from a mere glance into a trance-like state, silently commanding the Staff's holder. Just looking at it is enough to put ghosts under its control. Even if they aren’t near the Staff, they could still be controlled if the Staff is on a billboard or a screen. It also affects half ghost in their human form, and can control multiple ghost at the same time. The control continuous even after the Staff is taken away from its holder, unless a new command is said. After a ghost wakes up from the trance, they are unable to remember clearly what they did under control.
- Clairvoyance: In "Control Freaks" Freakshow used a form of clairvoyance to see the image of Danny Phantom in the crystal ball while still searching for the ghost to put under his control after having control of Elastica, Goliath, and a dwarf ghost.
Limitations[]
- Fragile: If the crystal orb is damaged, the staff loses its effectiveness.
- Resistances: Strong‑willed ghosts have occasionally resisted or broken free of its control. The only known example is Danny Phantom, so it's unclear if being part human plays a role in the ability to resist.
Victims[]
Known ghosts that had been controlled with the staff:
Sightings[]
Season 1
- 120. "Control Freaks"