A Lost Son

This necklace has a small locket that contains a picture of a couple and their son.

Why are you still here? I said I quit making weapons. Leave me alone!

Oh, my... this is... it's my son Robert's necklace!

Hey, where did you find this? Do you know how hard I've searched Mt. Eda to find a memento of my child?!

I see... Do you want to know the story of this necklace? It's going to be long. Do you mind?

It goes back a few years. I was gaining popularity making magic weapons, and my son Robert was gaining his among adventurers using my weapons.

But Robert was never satisfied, no matter how much he fought and explored the world.

Robert wanted his name to be immortalized. He decided to defeat a legendary monster that no one had ever dared to challenge.

When he heard that Diago had started attacking travelers on Mt. Eda, he asked me for a perfect weapon to kill the yeti.

I should have stopped him, but I didn't.

I was so proud of myself as a weaponsmith that I overlooked the danger lying ahead for my son.

As stupid as this sounds, all I was thinking of was the fame and fortune that would follow my son's victory.

A few days later, Robert's body was returned to me with the weapon I made, broken, tightly clenched in his hand. My arrogance and greed killed my son. I decided then and there that I would never forge another weapon.

My son never took off this necklace, but he wasn't wearing it when they found him. Maybe he lost it while fighting, and Kobolds picked it up like everything else they hoard.

Perhaps there's a reason why this necklace found its way to you, and you came to me for a weapon.

I don't care even if there isn't. I can't let Diago take another young person's life!

I know you'll fight Diago with or without my weapons. If that's what you have to do, I want to make you the best weapon possible.