This staff was created by a long passed lich who sought to better preserve himself in combating the droves of adventurers who sought to slay him in order to obtain his horde of wealth and make a name for themselves. The staff served its maker well for many generations all the way up until his arrogance caused him to take feud with a local vampire over total control of the domains in which they resided. The vampire, able to regenerate much quicker thab the liche could ever hope to, made short work of his opponent and proceeded to grind his undeath preserving artifacts to dust, forever ending the lich's hold onto the undeath.