Codex - Wide Barbed Shank

Blackwood Codex - Wide Barbed Shank

• Gabrielle Benele Warm Asymmetrical Ruby Well! Does anyone else find this stone as unsettling as I do? It doesn't feel necessarily evil, just ... immensely powerful. I would not use this to juggle, is what I'm saying.
• Amalien Warm Asymmetrical Ruby The color reminds me of blood. It's also huge. Excessively so. This has Sanguine written all over it. It's so lavish but also unsettling. It feels warm to the touch! Or I might be imagining things.
• Reginus Buca Warm Asymmetrical Ruby The shape is a curiosity. Uneven, for certain, but I noticed one side is smooth. This could be for any number of reasons, but I think the most reasonable is that it was fixed against something once. A necklace, maybe? A ring?
• Reginus Buca Carved Signet Base This inscription is faded almost completely, like it's been worn smooth. It looks as though whoever handled this rubbed it down over time. Whether that was on purpose, or merely a function of the signet itself, I can't say.
• Verita Numida Carved Signet Base I would be less inclined to believe that this was some kind of worry talisman, or a token of good luck. The inscription, though faded, was clearly detailed enough to suggest this was quite an expensive piece. Perhaps from a noble family?
• Amalien Carved Signet Base Is it just me, or does holding this inspire a sense of reckless indulgence? Like, gazing at it, I feel like I could do anything! I don't really sense anything magical about the piece itself, but it's been touched by a powerful being. Possibly Daedric!
• Amalien Weighted Spiked Bridge Ooh, spooky! I'm positive this is some kind of bridge that once held jewels for a ring, but the open spaces kind of make the whole thing look like a grinning fanged mouth! Daedra, anyone?
• Reginus Buca Weighted Spiked Bridge While I am not outright horrified by this artifact, I am puzzled by it. I agree that it once belonged to a ring, but I can't determine the make of it. Based on the condition of the materials, I would date this piece somewhere in the mid-First Era?
• Gabrielle Benele Weighted Spiked Bridge I agree it looks rather forbidding, but I wonder if this might have looked less threatening and more luxurious with the jewels intact. I defer to Amalien on Daedric anything, but I'd also consider looking at a less malevolent origin.
• Gabrielle Benele Sturdy Silver Prongs At first glance, it might be missed, but the prongs (that I assume were likely fashioned to hold jewels of some kind) are actually conduits for magicka. They're specially crafted to keep the integrity of the prongs even when dealing with powerful magic.
• Reginus Buca Sturdy Silver Prongs While this is clearly very old, I'm still fascinated to see the prongs separate from whatever they once held. Many rings from the mid-First Era had this kind of crude fastening system with heavy handed smithing, making the prongs near unbreakable.
• Amalien Sturdy Silver Prongs Perhaps it was made for combat? Or some other kind of rigorous activity? It seems Daedric in origin, and I can think of at least one Daedric Prince who never gives his followers a moment's rest: Sanguine.
• Reginus Buca Wide Barbed Shank Has anyone else noticed the hooks on the inside of this loop? They're miniscule, but I would think putting such a thing around your finger would be rather painful. I don't recommend anyone trying it.
• Gabrielle Benele Wide Barbed Shank Whoever fashioned this ring definitely didn't want it flying off at any provocation. Seems like they eliminated the very possibility. I've never been quite so serious about my own jewelry, but to each their own.
• Amalien Wide Barbed Shank There are accounts of the Daedric Prince Sanguine giving mortals these kinds of rings when they attended his parties. Some say they would tighten unexpectedly to keep those who were bound to party from giving in to exhaustion. Definitely don't put it on!