Shapeshifter always possessed a magic shaft and never gave it to anyone. He also had a suit of armor that Bomanz found.
Lee Childs
THE BLACK COMPANY page 88
"It looked as tall as a house and half as wide. It wore scarlet bleached by time, moth-eaten, and tattered. It came up the street in a sort of shamble, now fast, now slow. Wild, stringy hair tangled around its head. Its bramble patch of beard was so thick and matted with filth that its face was all but invisible. One pallid, liver-spotted hand clutched a pole of a staff that was a thing of beauty defiled by its bearer???s touch. It was an immensely elongated female body, perfect in every detail."
"Someone whispered, 'They say that was a real woman back during the Domination. That say she cheated on him.'"
THE BLACK COMPANY page 89
"Shifter???placed the toes of his staff on Raven???s chest.??? ???His wounds formed angry red scar tissue that faded to white old scars in minutes."
THE BLACK COMPANY page 90
"He had fixed everybody. It was hard to stay terrified of a guy who would do that for your outfit."
THE BLACK COMPANY page 263
"[The Captain said,] 'Word is, we lost Shifter last night.'" "The circumstances were questionable."
SHADOW GAMES page 123
"He leaned on a glowing staff that was an elongated, improbably thin female body perfect in every detail." "He pointed the staff across the river. A hundred foot splash of oily fire boiled up amidst the cypress." "The screams of the pirates became lost in the flames."
THE WHITE ROSE page 60 [Flashback to Bomanz's time]
"Bomanz limped over, watched Stancil brush loose soil off a perfectly preserved breastplate. An ornate ornament in silver bossed its corner."
