Catastropium Jewelry
Beside its explosive properties, a gem of Catastropium alone look very interesting. It has a very gleaming deep purple while able to produce soft light. As such, the royal family want to increase valuable and dissolve image of dangerous blaster.
By turning it into a jewelry.
Acquiring Jewelry
More than half of them are made inside the Grand Palace by their own people. Only handful of people outside the palace can get the uncut gem from the Rarmon Dynasty to make jewelries.
Although many people interest in such things, the price is too high to afford, making it the luxury items for aristocrats and other high-class people. The easilest way to get is becoming priests of Luumism.
Significance
Technically, all jewelries can be used as a self-defensive weapon. By cracking it at high speed and force could blow it up, which is too dangerous. So to ensure the safety to any wearer, a rotatable lid to protect the gem from being cracked by an accident is required.
Ring is usually fit for this type, like the one made specially for military ranks such as police leader, elites and the generals. It has a smaller gem but more brittle and reactive that by punching it to the skin, it would created a blast that might shreded. So the ring is longer and made with cheaper metal or capable alloy to absorb damage.
Notable Jewelries
The Charm of Luum
The religious item for Luumism believers. Other than telling their role, Lummist priests wear this as they believe Luum will protect them from any danger, sometime literally.
The Ring of Val
Worn by the first emperor Valus I throughout his reign before passing on to Rondius V, the Ring of Val is the ceremonial accessory that every ruler of Valonia will get in his coronation. It has a large gem embedded on amethium ring.
The current ring was replica of the original ring, which work th same way but sadly had been looted from Valus' father after being executed in 30 BVE and still not yet to be found.
The jewelers and wearers must be brave. Cool idea. It would be interesting to learn if any maiming or deaths have happened to well-known people
Anything for the beauty even if it mean sacrifice? Of course they will.
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