A ring of breathtaking and unsettling beauty, forged from dark obsidian that seems to flicker and dance like frozen flame. The band is elegant and smooth, carved with impossibly delicate elven script that flows like water around its circumference. When light catches the stone, it doesn’t reflect, it burns from within, as if a fire has been trapped in volcanic glass.
The obsidian is not uniform black, but shot through with deep crimson veins that pulse faintly in certain lights, giving the impression of embers buried in coal. The craftsmanship is flawless, a masterwork of elven artistry that transforms something born of violence and heroism into something sacred.
Wearing it feels wrong. The ring is cold to the touch, heavy beyond its size, and there’s a weight to it that goes beyond the physical. A sense that this object remembers what it once was, and mourns.
Origin
After The Four made their ultimate sacrifice to banish Orcus during The Dark Age, the world searched for any trace of the heroes who saved them. Arrako the Pure’s magnificent sword, a blade that looked like obsidian flame made solid, was shattered in the final confrontation. Most of the weapon was lost, destroyed in the magical cataclysm of Xaverine the Light’s Trick.
But the elves found a shard. A piece of Arrako’s blade, still flickering with that impossible inner fire, buried in the ruins of the battlefield.
Rather than attempt to reforge the sword, the elves chose to preserve the fragment as it was, a memorial to sacrifice, heroism, and the cost of saving the world. Their master smiths worked for years, carefully shaping the shard into a ring without diminishing its essence. They named it the Silmarin, in the ancient elven tongue: “the Light-Shard” or “the Remembered Flame.”
The elven script carved around the band is a memorial inscription:
“In darkness, he burned bright. In death, he lives eternal. Let this flame never be forgotten.”
Properties
The Silmarin is more than a memorial, it carries within it an echo of Arrako the Pure’s heroism and power.
Magical Properties:
The ring is indestructible by normal means (it survived Xaverine’s Trick, after all)
It radiates a faint aura of abjuration and evocation magic
Those who hold it report feeling a sense of warmth and courage, even in darkness
The obsidian flickers brighter in the presence of demonic or undead creatures
Symbolic Properties:
Represents the legacy of The Four and their ultimate sacrifice
Serves as proof that heroism endures even when the hero falls
A reminder that light can exist even in the darkest places
The elves do not allow the ring to be worn. It sits in a place of honor, watched over by guardians, a sacred relic not to be used but to be remembered.
Current Location
The Silmarin is held by the elves in their lands. Its exact location is known only to elven leadership, but possibilities include:
A memorial hall where the deeds of ancient heroes are honored
Guarded by elite elven warriors or powerful magical wards
The elves treat the Silmarin as one of their most precious treasures, not for its power, but for what it represents. They would not part with it willingly under any circumstances. To steal it would be an act of profound desecration, an insult to the memory of Arrako and a violation of elven sacred trust.
The ring connects the present to the ancient past, proof that the sacrifices made during The Dark Age still echo through time.
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