Motif · Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods

The Ring of Divine Suffering

Frank Q's revenge: +5% to all stats and the Marked for Death skill — mark a crawler, gain a permanent stat point when they die, and heal nothing until they do. Yvette wore it and marked Carl; that is why she could not heal, and why her mother killed her. Carl wears it until Mordecai explains what the sixth-floor hunters do to its owners.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 2 — The Wasteland through a telescope
• Chapter 10 — Squeeze out the Juice Box
• Chapter 34 — Seeding the pond

Progression

Its value sits in Carl's inventory below the Kimaris figure, with the Enchanted Toe Ring of the Leprous Bandit from Carl's platinum Spicy box between them (ch. 2); Chris crushed Frank Q's head at the Desperado Club's counter soon after Frank gave Carl the ring (ch. 10); held up to the light, 'one of the most sought-after items by the treasure hunters' (ch. 34).