2025 Jun 15: Bands of Brothers

 Bands of Brothers is the name of a pair of magical leather wristbands. They are decorated with brass, and depict a ceremony in which two people cut their hands, mix their blood in a chalice, take and oath, then drink from the chalice. This is a representation of a common ceremony where two people declare each other blood-siblings, meaning they vow to treat each other like family. The ceremony itself is rather popular with the northern humans, and the eastern nomadic peoples, but almost every culture has a variation of it.

When two people put on the Bands, their life becomes linked. If one is hurt, the other is also hurt. Additionally one may sacrifice some of their vital energies to heal the other (both need to consent to this). Once two people have put on the bands, they cannot be removed. Even if an arm is chopped off, the band will just appear on the other one. If both are missing, it moves to the legs, then to the neck. The bands may only be removed after one of the wearers die. 

If one person puts on both bands, they become cursed as long as they wear them, succumbing more easily to wounds, illness or accidents.