Editing Mithril Coin (section)

== Chronology ==
At the [[Winter Solstice]] in the year of Erin's arrival to Innworld, three mysterious travelers entered [[The Wandering Inn]] and emptied her food storages completely while Erin cooked for them - none of the Inn's other guests noticed anything. The food they consumed was estimated by [[Lyonette]] to be enough to feed all the guests for some days. The mysterious strangers - one of them known by the name [[Tamaroth]] - offered Erin three gifts, each of them artifacts of unheard power, in exchange for her soul. Erin declined the offer and the guests left. Cleaning up their table, Erin found a single, odd coin that they seemingly left as a form of payment. Erin only dimly remembered how she got the coin, but realized that it was special and thus kept it with her.<ref name="IL4">[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/12/30/interlude-4/ Interlude - 4]</ref>

Some time later, when Erin met a [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] for the first time, she asked [[Dawil]] about the coin. While Dawil protested not to be a [Blacksmith], he could reveal to her that the coin was made of [[Mithril]]. He called it “worthless or priceless”, announcing that it had no real value except as a collector’s item. After that identification, Erin started to clean it with water and cloth but eventually didn't dare to scratch the coin's patina.<ref name="4.45">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/12/4-45/ Chapter 4.45]</ref>

Months later again, Erin commissioned [[Pelt]] to restore the coin for her, as he promised to be able to make all the inscriptions visible again. Like Dawil, he protested for not being a [Historian] so couldn't identify it. However, he noticed that Mithril shouldn't wear like it had on the coin, which indicated further how ancient it must be.<ref name="7.19" /> When Erin returned a few days later, Pelt had partially restored the coin but had been struck with a heart attack when he tried to restore the word "G—". Pelt claimed that the incident was just an accident and that he just needed a more quiet place to work.<ref name=":0" /> Erin felt the coin burn in her pocket and made a remark about [[Dead Gods]], suspecting that this was no accident.

During the Summer Solstice, with Erin hanging between life and death, [[Norechl]] would go to take her body for its own. It initially had difficulty finding her body in the [Garden of Sanctuary] because it was obscured by the Shadow Loaf buried there. However, the coin on Erin's body acted as a bright beacon to them, allowing Norechl to enter the Garden.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/12/20/solstice-pt-2/ Solstice (Pt. 2)]</ref>

After being revived, Erin would melt the Mithril coin with invisible fire of hate. She would keep the remains, stating it's a potential curse component.<ref name=":1" />