New Lands, New Stories

Discovery, Exploration

Claiming he had found something that would turn the trading company he ran into "something to rival any of the kingdoms of the Steadfast, and you into my lords and nobles", Ager left on a journey that would take him further than any journey before.

After gathering what he required for a long journey, Ager warned his staff that he would probably be gone longer than normal.   "I have found something that may turn this humble trade company into a power to equal any of the kingdoms of the Steadfast", he told them.   It was the last time that any of them saw him for a while, but none were particularly worried. One of the numenera Ager had found on a previous journey was a small pair of devices -- a ring and a jewel. After being worn for a day and a half, the ring would bond with the wearer; this would activate the jewel. So long as the ring remained attached to that wearer, the jewel would glow a bright green. If removed, the jewel would dim, and after two days would go dark. If the bearer was killed, however, the jewel would glow red. With the jewel set into a mosaic in the entrance hall to Ager's manor, his staff and friends would know he still lived so long as the jewel continued to glow.   It would glow for the next 17 years.