"This belonged to your mother," Dr. Hamm explained as he handed the pendant to Mara with care.
"She left it with me before her last journey, the one from which she never returned. She made me promise to give it to you when you were old enough to understand its significance."
"It's beautiful," Mara breathed, staring at the pendant with awe. The emerald seemed to emit constant emerald light, as she felt a strange warmth emanating from it even from a distance.
"It's more than just beautiful," Dr. Hamm told her, with sincerity in his tone. "It's a focus stone.
A rare and incredibly valuable artifact from the ancient times, during the early age of summoners when magic was wilder and more powerful than it is today."
It existed in the era of the last black mark summoner, many centuries ago.
He paused, looking at the pendant with a mixture of reverence and sadness. "The legends say that such stones were created by a celestial being."
