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Sigring
Stage Modern CLT
Pronunciation /ˈsig.ɾiŋ/
Part of speech Noun
Etymology from Shiglar + ring
Related words Koeler, Shiglar, daes, Moejor

Sigring — the collar. The visible mark of ownership worn at the throat, bearing the owner’s sigil.

Notes

Worn at the throat and never removed. It carries the owner’s Oathbond sigil, which is the whole of its function — it says whose she is, to anyone who looks. A Sigring with no sigil means an unclaimed slave and is a matter for a magistrate.

Materials and weight vary by household and by station. A field slave’s is plain iron; a companion of a wealthy house wears something a good deal finer, and in the Iron Coves it is worked silver and displayed. None of that makes it more or less a collar.

Distinct from the Koeler, which is tattooed at the nape and cannot be taken off. A slave without her Sigring is still marked.