The lorelei do not, as a general rule, wear jewelry. For the most part they get all the adornment they desire from the shifting play of light on water as it reflects back upon their skin. There is one jewel that will capture their attention, however- a jewel so rare they are willing to undo what cannot be undone in their passion to possess it.
You see, when the lorelei sing men to their deaths, oftentimes the man's mate will come looking for him. And, of course, these women are prone to crying, sometimes into the river itself. It is a well known fact that the lorelei are fascinate by these tears, since they themselves are incapable of shedding any, and are lured to the surface by their fall just as the men were lured to the rocks.
If the woman of a drowned man can somehow capture one of her tears as it hits the lorelei's waters, if she can somehow transform it into a bauble to barter with the the lorelei, they may use their magic to give her back her mate.
Or so it is said...
(Greater than Rubies)
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