Command Rod

The Command Rod was a ' artefact created by Darth Taer sometime after the ', during the Sith's exile on Farrow. The rod was capable of dominating the minds of animals with ease, creating a telepathic link with whoever used it to read, channel, augment and project their will. This allowed even relatively weak Force users to seize the minds of multiple beasts with minimal effort.

Darth Taer bound her Force essence to the rod to extend her existence after her physical death. Long after her death, one of the descendants of the Sith- a local tribeswoman named Aaellu- stole the rod from where it was stored aboard Taer's crashed battleship, using it as a hunting tool. The rod was eventually used by Aaellu against Darth Taer and the cult she had created to assist her in returning to life, helping her to destroy the Sith's physical host and severely weaken her spirit.

Reduced to the point of being defenceless, the Sith lacked the power to stop Aaellu when she threw the rod into a volcano to destroy it, sacrificing the utility provided by the artefact to ensure Darth Taer was vanquished for good.