During a flashback at the beginning of The Golem's Eye, the Staff is shown to have the power to summon powers from the skies for additional destructive power, sending arcs of white lightning hurtling into anything Gladstone directed it at. During the flashback, the staff was used to break the Wall of Prague and leave the woebegone former Empire to the mercy of the British army. It was later used by Nathaniel to try and destroy the Golem; however he failed to fully understand its activation incantations, and simply succeeded in shocking himself into unconsciousness.