I'm going to again go against the grain and say I still like the silver sceptre the best. It's the perfect cold icy sceptre for a snow queen, imo, and the gold just looks like an extension of the armour and less like a separate sceptre. Sure the colors don't match exactly, but I'm more for imagining the item and what it feels like to the avatar rather than creating the perfect av arena artwork flow. And I've often felt that gold is a warm metal and silver is cold, and that the jewelry you wear can actually have a balance effect on your body depending on your Qi and what it needs.
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