"Of course. Ages ago, the Eldest named the Lantern King cursed Nyrissa and her closest nymph friends. He strip

"Of course. Ages ago, the Eldest named the Lantern King cursed Nyrissa and her closest nymph friends. He stripped them of their immortality and turned their souls to evil. Only I managed to avoid the curse, against all odds. Part of Nyrissa's soul, the part that was filled with her good and light, was taken out and turned into an artifact called Briar. The Eldest hid it in the Stolen Lands. Nyrissa's servants tried to find it, but to no avail — only the gnome Tartuccio managed to do it, but you must know more about that than I do."