Field Notes: Artefact XXVII

A ring found in the roots of a sapling that died of old age near Hourglass Sands.

Common Name: Blush

Type: Ring

Material: 9ct Recycled Gold, Pink Sapphire

Estimated Era: Pre-Solar Departure (Exact cycle unknown due to lack of records)

Recovered From: Hourglass Sands, Western periphery

Status: Contained & stable

Artefact Discovered by Archaeologist: Emmerick Grayson

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Entry written by Acquirer: Sashima Dalton

"It is a heavy piece — not by weight, but by presence. A pale pink, faceted stone sits within a defined bezel setting, almost overgrown with metal. Its band is thick and unpolished, left with a brushed finished - as though it was grown strand by strand over an age.

The materials suggest age, but not opulence. It’s not a ring for a court or ceremony. It feels more like a tool. Or a warning. Or a relic worn by someone who once needed to be remembered.

It’s said this ring belonged to an individual known only as the Witness. No one remembers what, exactly, they witnessed. The stone at its centre is believed to store one final memory, visible only under moonlight reflected in water under the same night's sky as the day it was imbued.

Whether this is true, or simply folklore, the ring remains silent. But it feels like it’s listening."

Currently housed in Drawer C, Row 5, Subsection 9 of the Inner Archive.

BLUSH

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