Tural's Shard

#trine 20-04-25 From the talk with Daenur Rumneal

• A man came to the shop to pawn it. Was a "paper weight"
• It "poofed" into Daenur when he was playing with it.
• He has had it for 3 weeks.
• It talked to Daenur for about a week and then stopped. Didn't give him a name. Just tried to keep him calm.
  ##alex 07-05-25
  From Riga's History Roll.
  It could be a Draconic Shard:

Gem dragons can sometimes splinter into what's known as a Draconic Shard, though that typically should only happen upon death.

Typically a gem dragon turning into a Draconic Shard means that the dragon's whole essence animates a part of them.

She also knows that a Draconic Shard should grant its wielder particular powers, which Daenur hasn't necessarily displayed. The Shard could be dormant, or it could not be a proper Draconic Shard.

If it were a proper shard, it would essentially count as an Undead creature, so yes. But it also does not sound impossible that the Shard of a powerful Sapphire dragon would be able to block any such communications at will.