Mourning Sigil

The first bearer was a raider named Vela whose entire party was consumed by the dragon in a single catastrophic raid. In her grief, she carved her sorrow into her very soul, creating a sigil that absorbs loss and transforms it into competitive fire. The Mourning Sigil was born from the moment she chose to return to the vault not for treasure, but for vengeance.

A circular disc of dark iron, roughly the size of a disc golf marker, with a stylized weeping eye engraved on its surface. The eye appears to cry actual tears that never fall, pooling in the engraved channels before evaporating. The sigil is cold to the touch and absorbs emotional pain from its bearer, redirecting that sorrow into focused competitive drive. When the bearer approaches the vault's entrance, the sigil glows with a faint, mournful light.

The Mourning Sigil marks those who have faced the Iron Hoard's true cost and chosen to continue. Bearers compete with the weight of loss fueling their determination, representing the transformation from victim to survivor to predator. In the arena, they embody the choice to Claim the Hoard rather than feed the Wyrm.