Hand of Count Petofi

The Hand of Count Petofi was the severed right hand of the powerful warlock, Count Andreas Petofi. It was cut off in 1797 as payment for ending the werewolf curse placed on him by a gypsy woman.

The hand was where most of Count Petofi's magical power was concentrated, but even without it Count Petofi was able to stay alive for 100 years, on a quest to retrieve and reattach the hand to his body. The hand was kept in a wooden case by the King of the Gypsies, and passed down from generation to generation.

In 1897, the hand was stolen from Gypsy leader King Johnny Romano by Magda Rakosi. She took it to remove the werewolf curse she had placed on Quentin Collins and his male descendants, which she was unaware included her nephew and any male descendants of her niece.