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Cursed equipment · Introduced in Book 6
Enchanted Pauper’s Ring of the Steadfast Emberus
The Enchanted Pauper’s Ring of the Steadfast Emberus protects a worshipper of Emberus from disease and other health-draining effects. That protection comes with temple debt and restrictions on changing allegiance.[1]
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Protection and obligations
For a worshipper, it removes most disease and health-draining debuffs. Someone who does not worship Emberus instead takes on the debuffs of sufferers within fifty feet. The wearer cannot simply remove or sell it to escape the temple debt, and unpaid fees can weaken its protection.[2]
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History
Book 6
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
A flashback shows Carl paying to have one of his Strength rings transformed. The price is one million gold: ten thousand upfront and 990,000 borrowed from the temple. The scene does not identify which of his earlier rings was used.[1]
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Book 7
This Inevitable Ruin
The ring later reduces Soul Poisoning caused by stored souls, though it does not stop the affliction completely.[3]
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Book 8
A Parade of Horribles
Carl eventually puts it into inventory and renounces Emberus to provoke a smite. A related debuff persists after the god’s death, leaving part of the problem unresolved.[4]
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Sources
References are to Matt Dinniman’s novels. Book links open our recap guides.
- The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, Chapters 52, 56.
- The Eye of the Bedlam Bride, Chapter 56.
- This Inevitable Ruin, Chapter 1.
- A Parade of Horribles, Chapters 95, 98.