Suleiman's seal

A powerful item from the Prophet Suleiman that reshaped the magical world and forever changed the daeva; it is a ring that can remove all magic at will.

## Description

Suleiman's seal ring is a single battered black pearl crowning a thick dull gold band. Carefully carved onto the pearl is the eight-pointed star of Suleiman's seal, along with minuscule characters etched around it.

When the ring is worn, Suleiman's seal --a stylized eight-pointed star-- appears on the wearer's face like a tattoo on their right temple. It blazes when activated, completely removing any magic in the area.

### Purpose

An object that reshaped the magical world; the seal ring can undo any magic or curse, and was meant to help the Nahids heal their people and fight the ifrit. In addition, it allows the wearer to see things that are not usually visible.

## Wearing the ring

When Anahid wore the ring, it stayed on her finger, visible. Also of note, when held by a Nahid the ring pulses in time with their heartbeat.

However when an al Qahtani djinn took the ring, it instantly vanished and magically moved into their heart. Additionally, a few days of rest were required to recover from the magic upon first wearing it, as the transition is very painful. To retrieve the ring, the wearer's heart must be cut out and burned; the ring instantly re-forming from the ashes.

A final requirement that may affect djinn and Nahids alike is that the ring must stay within the threshold of Daevabad. Taking the ring beyond that border causes all magic within the threshold to fail entirely.

## History

Three thousand years ago, to bring the original daeva and marid to account for their actions against humanity, the Prophet Suleiman was given a seal ring from the Creator that granted him the ability to control them. Stripped of their powers, the daeva that submitted to his judgement were enslaved for a century to build a temple to the Creator, while those who refused became the ifrit. After their century of servitude, the daeva were forgiven and their powers returned, but limited, and their forms forever changed as they were divided into six different tribes.

Anahid, Suleiman's vizier and the only daeva he trusted, was given healing abilities and his seal ring. Which she used to create Daevabad on a lake sacred to the marid as a way to bring them to account. Passed on to her descendants, the Nahid Council used to share the seal ring among themselves, taking turns serving with it.

After Zaydi al Qahtani took control of Daevabad and Suleiman's seal ring fourteen centuries ago, all records regarding the ring were probably destroyed. There are no records in the Grand Temple either, though whether that was his doing or the Nahid Council before him, is currently unknown. Likewise, anyone trying to research the ring or its history was executed.

## Trivia

* As descendants of Anahid, Suleiman's chosen, all Nahids bear a shadow of Suleiman's seal on their face. However it is only visible to the person currently wearing Suleiman's seal ring. In addition, like the seal, Nahid blood is also able to remove all magic.
* Through methods currently unknown, the Marid were able to carve Suleiman's seal onto a possessed Alizayd al Qahtani and activate its powers in order to weaken Darayavahoush e-Afshin and kill him. However unlike the real Suleiman's seal, the marid-carved seal was on his left cheekbone as opposed to his temple.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 40, pg. 589
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 38, pg. 557
3. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 6, pg. 132
4. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 16, pg. 273
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The City of Brass, ch. 5, pg. 108
6. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 29, pg. 472
7. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 40, pg. 597
8. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 6, pg. 126
9. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 27, pg. 433
10. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 40, pg. 600
11. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 41, pg. 606
12. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 5, pg. 106
13. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 27, pg.433-434
14. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 16, pg. 268
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 16, pg. 267
16. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 34, pg. 514
17. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 19, pg. 315
18. ↑ The City of Brass, ch. 27, pg. 482
19. ↑ The Kingdom of Copper, ch. 8, pg. 166