[quote=Rusalka]
Eh maybe a magical object of some sort, say a parting gift from her mother before she passed away. Also, and sorry if I seem naggy, did we ever explain how Crystal's mother died? I get the feeling we did and in my short attention span, I may have forgotten it.
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No we didn't establish that, yet. I haven't figured that out yet, because there are so many ways to kill someone off. Perhaps an illness, or murder