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this fabled, magical talisman was considered the most valuable of the Treasures of the Sharu. The Mindharp was a meter-long tool shaped like a fork, very similar in appearance to, but much larger than, the Key of the Overpeople. It was hidden in the Great Pyramid on Rafa V, awaiting the emergence of the Bearer and Emissary. According to legend, the Mindharp was the tool that the Toka could use to recall the Sharu. The legends were built by the Sharu themselves, in order to hide themselves in the guise of the Toka. It was said that the Mindharp would call the Sharu back to aid the Toka in an emergency. However, the true purpose of the Mindharp was to unlock the hidden knowledge of the Sharu and re-establish their intelligence networks. These networks were hidden eons ago when the Sharu were frightened by a superior power. They hid all their knowledge in huge computer banks, and locked all but one of their number in the disguise of the ignorant Toka, awaiting a time when the danger had passed and they could re-emerge. The Mindharp was pursued by Lando Calrissian and Mohs during the early years of the New Order, after Lando was set up by Ottdefa Osuna Whett to be the Bearer. They ultimately recovered the Mindharp, but it was taken into the possession of Duttes Mer, who was to provide the artifact to the Tund Sorcerer Rokur Gepta. However, Mer activated the Mindharp himself, setting off cataclysmic changes in the Rafa System that destroyed the life-orchards and restored the intelligence of the Toka, this bringing about the restoration of the Sharu civilization.