"Yes, Professor, thank you for comming. I have something I would like you to look at. I got it from a family in Southern Wales. I had rescued a young girl from a Kelpie near the city of Newport. The family was so grateful they gave me this family heirloom and told me that it had been in their family for generations. The patriarch of the family had told me a story that surrounded the trinket.
The amulet was supposed to be one of two items created by Merlin himself before he died. The other was a sword. This family came into possion of the amulet many generations ago when an ancient ancestor of the partriarch was said to have know Merlin personally. He called it the Merlin Medallion and it was supposed to be the symbol for life, the sword being the symbol for death. Together the two were images for the balance of good and evil. The partriarch never paid much attention to the story surrounding the medallion but kept it for sentimental reasons, plus the fact that it was made of pure gold. I remembered not wanting to take it but the old man insisted as payment for saving their daughter.
Well you can see that it is somewhat tarnished, I've tried to clean it up a bit and translate some of the writings....but I havn't had much luck deciphering what it says.
Care to take a look?"
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