Amulet

Around his neck, Vincent wears a golden amulet with a deep red, square-cut stone set in the center.

Some years back, Vincent put on a cursed amulet and, as a result, lost many years of his memory. From then on, Vincent traveled onward with the amulet occasionally speaking with him and, at times, possessing him to do it's bidding.

Vincent cannot remove the amulet. He has tried in the past, but forces prevented it, and it ended badly.

Of the two known voices in the amulet, Astera is the more harsh and mean voice.

Episode 21: Brilliant Diamonds and Wretched Gold

The amulet tells Vincent that it's here to help him, saying that it is responsible for many of his powers, such as the psychic blades and mantle of whispers. Vincent disagrees, saying he learned that on his, but the amulet asks - "Did you? Or could you just *do it* one day?" It asks if Vincent had ever met any other bard as powerful as he is, who could save a whole city. It says that Vincent is special, and that is why it is helping him. As a show of trust, the amulet offers Vincent a question. Although he thinks its a trick, Vincent asks for the amulet's true name - Astera. Astera continues to speak about how it is giving Vincent powers, and hints that some day it may make an offer to give him more as a patron. It also says that the deal that currently powers their arrangement was not made between Vincent and Astera, but between Vincent and Tu'eria.