Legend says this is the ruby candle from the Irix Candelabrum: when the Profane ravaged the earth after the moon fell, the great Zakari used the Candelabrum to banish them and save Odo Kas. The candelabrum is said to have consisted of candles in every color of the spectrum, each named after a precious gemstone, but the various accounts vary in the details: Scholars generally agree on five of the candles: Ruby, Jade, Turquoise, Amethyst, and Emerald.
Each candle was blessed by the gods and imbued with great powers of protection. The candles were joined together in the Irix Candelabrum, increasing their power, either by the thunder god Purnoz himself, or perhaps by Zakari, or perhaps a dwarf named Yar who’s referenced using an ancient word that is variously translated as “Maker” or sometimes “Smith”.
Zakari then used the Candelabrum to force the Profane from this world and seal them from it forever.
From there the item disappears from history for a time, reappearing c. 170 P.S. (about 700 years ago) at the coronation of Emperor Pincoochi. Laba Lami, the Seta scholar, wrote of it as a gift from a Seta leader named Ranga — possibly the same Ranga who fought with Whiro, possibly a namesake. But Pterichor’s verse about the same coronation includes the line:
Armour the colour of a cloudy night, he wore
A sacred relic of prismic light, he bore
From there there are a few references to the candelabrum over the following century, but by the time the Maelstrom formed the ruby candle had been installed at the Abbey to Whiro and presumably the remainder of the Candelabrum was split up around the same time. It’s believed that the mahksi and Seta villages each received a candle at this time, as well, but it’s unknown where the rest went (or, indeed, how many there were in total).
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