#yaaaaay for jeweler Iona

[invinciblerodent]

Headcanon that the traditional Waterdhavian unity-rings (that are made from half of each party's betrothal rings) for Gale's wedding to his new dwarfy husband need to be made to special order, and are created by his good friend, the newly-Baldurian jeweler, Iona. And while she does her best to make them as cohesive and beautiful as possible (not an easy feat, given the extreme difference in the thickness of dwarven- and human fingers- there's just so much more of one than the other-, but she does a splendid job), she... also adds a little extra something, free of charge. A little enchantment, that stems from the delicate band of decoratively twisted copper she weaves between the half-bands.

It's not a boost, or a spell, or anything- it's a simple pairing charm, based on a heavily modified message cantrip (hence the copper). Something that links these two items through even vast expanses of space (her metamagic turned up to 11, that particular Distant Spell enhancement covers like half a continent now), and makes it possible for a wearer to touch their attuned ring with a small magical pulse, and have the other feel the metal of their own ring react.

It's not capable of sending an actual message of course, but it does help in combating Arvid's newfound separation anxiety a lot. Being able to send an "are you okay?-ping" whenever he's starting to feel anxious and having Gale react with his own "yes, I'm okay-ping", it'll do a lot for this little guy's mental health post-game.

The first few tendays, he finds himself doing it every day they're apart, sometimes multiple times. And when each time the ring returns the signal, he... slowly starts to relax.

Gale is fine. This is his city. He's an extremely capable man. He's not about to one day just disappear, get taken away, never return home. He's fine, and they're fine, and everything is great. So over the months, the frequency of use kind of wanes a bit, and the ring's signal goes from "are you alright? are you safe?" to "I'm thinking about you", to "I love you". And it still pings quite often, but now it goes the other way just as often, and makes them smile every time.

#squirrel plays bg3 #oc: arvid trygg #yaaaaay for jeweler Iona #gotta say I didn't expect to get this much use from her guild artisan background #she used to have a small workshop where she tinkered with silver #just to help supplement her husband's income and support the compound better #i'll have to develop her background more beyond... well #beyond how much it sucked #but I hc that she's very talented and post-game she flourishes very quickly #hey being a sorcerer gives her a lot of advantages!!! #she'll be just a tiny bit shady about it and only sell enchanted things to the highest bidder but... she'll help a friend out no problem