The gold pendant adorned with red gems forming a roaring flame emblem is a foreign object, not of Rokugani origin. It was observed on a disheveled woman in a purple dress who displayed unnatural behavior, including excessive eating and sweating despite the heat. Kakita Kazumi noticed the pendant around her neck and removed it without her noticing. When placed in water, the pendant briefly sizzled and burned Kazumi's fingers, indicating unusual properties.
Asahina remarked on the pendant's foreign make, while Bayushi Monban identified the engraved writing as script from the land of the Burning Sands, beyond Rokugan's borders. Shiba Midori's spiritual analysis revealed that the pendant had used alien magic to bind a powerful spirit, although the vessel was recently emptied. After the spirit was expelled from the woman, it was contained within a new vessel, and Shiba Midori sensed immense spiritual power radiating from it.