"I had it, but it's gone now, the ring of Darkness. I made it. I set inside it a dark, corrupted, purple gem; it shone with the power of Death. Some of that power became part of me. I cherished it, and I still do. I know that someone took it. I will hunt her down to the edge of the world, and kill her, if I have to." "How did you come by that gem?" "On my sixteenth birthday my best friend, Karai, took me to a cave in the forest of Narsean to explore and maybe find a gem or two. And that's where I found it, the dark one. It seemed to emit a sort of shadow around it. Karai snatched it up and ran. I sprinted after her. After a few grabs and punches, she dropped it.