The Vampiric Ring is one of the more deadly and rare artifacts in Tamriel. It is said to have the power to steal its victim's health and grant it to the wearer. Its exact nature and origin is wholly unknown, but it's thought to have been created long ago in Morrowind by a cult of vampire followers. It is extremely rare, and is only seen every few hundred cycles of the moons.[1]
The last living dwarf, Yagrum Bagarn, at one point befriended the sorcerer Divayth Fyr.[2] At Fyr's behest, Yagrum Bagarn wrote a book that would later be known as Tamrielic Lore[3]:241 from the notes that he gathered over the centuries, listing the Vampiric Ring among the artifacts of "unimaginable significance".[1] By the Interregnum, copies of this book circulated throughout Tamriel, providing some general information on the artifact to its readers.[4]
At some point, the Vampiric Ring came into the possession of a War-Wizard that lived on the top level of Ald Redaynia. This War-Wizard eventually passed away, and his skeleton continued to live on in the tower, guarding the Bittercup of Clavicus Vile.[5]
In the late Third Era, the Camonna Tong allied themselves with the Fighters Guild Master in Vvardenfell, Sjoring Hard-Heart. The alliance used the Fighters Guild as an extension of the Camonna Tong's influence, hunting down and eliminating the struggling Thieves Guild to prevent them gaining a foothold in Vvardenfell.[6] Circa 3E 427, the leader of the local Thieves Guild chapter, Gentleman Jim Stacey, allied himself with the Fighters Guild's former guildmaster, Percius Mercius, in order to put a stop to the corruption. Using the information Percius provided to him, he sent the Nerevarine to Ald Redaynia to retrieve the Bitter Cup in an attempt to use it to bribe Eydis Fire-Eye, one of Sjoring's supporters. The Nerevarine slew the War-Wizard guarding the Bitter Cup, and recovered both artifacts from the ruins.[7] The Nerevarine subsequently sold it to a Dunmer noblewomen by the name of Torasa Aram, who put it on display in her Museum of Artifacts in Mournhold.[8]
Circa 4E 201, a Horker began attacking fishermen in the snowy waters near Windhelm, rumored to have the ability to drain the life out of any unfortune enough to cross its path. It was dubbed Fangtusk, and to keep the creature at bay, the locals began to leave offerings at its hunting grounds. Seeing the potential threat it could have, the Jarl of Windhelm put out an order to lure it using its favorite food, an arctic grayling. After the beast was slain, the source of its vampiric abilities was discovered; the Vampiric Ring lay within alongside the remains of a vampire. The ring was recovered from the creature's insides.[9]
Previous OwnersEdit
- Unknown War-Wizard
- Nerevarine
- Torasa Aram
- Unknown Vampire
- Fangtusk (stomach contents)
- Last Dragonborn
GalleryEdit
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Vampiric Ring (Morrowind)
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Vampiric Ring (Skyrim)
See AlsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Tamrielic Lore — Yagrum Bagarn
- ^ Yagrum Bagarn's dialogue in Morrowind
- ^ The Morrowind Prophecies: Game of the Year Edition — Peter Olafson
- ^ Tamrielic Artifacts
- ^ Skeleton War-Wizard creature in Morrowind
- ^ Events of the Fighters Guild questline in Morrowind
- ^ The Bitter Cup quest in Morrowind
- ^ The Museum quest in Morrowind: Tribunal
- ^ Tusked Terror quest in the Fishing Creation for Skyrim