"...she got careless. She had the same problem as me, wanting to be immortal and therefore she had to kill a few thousand to keep herself going for many, many years. She kept changing her name, her place of living, until she finally settled down here many years ago where she was impregnated by a blacksmith whom she favored because of his kindness. Well...she just so happened to kill a very popular woman in the village whom she believed to take favor for her husband, and she left a black feather on her corpse from a black raven whom my mother owned and named." Simon replied, revealing his inspiration for the gift he left on each of his victim's.
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