A debt-bound ring that suppresses disease and health-drain effects while leaving their underlying debuffs active.
Carl sacrifices the first strength ring he obtained in the dungeon as the base for an Emberus enchantment. To most observers and non-worshippers it still appears to be an enchanted Strength ring.
When functioning, it removes the harmful output of most health-seeping and disease-based debuffs without cleansing the debuff itself. It numbs some other conditions, but too many active effects can mute or overheat it.
Only an Emberus worshipper may safely wear it. A non-worshipper receives every debuff suffered by anyone within fifty meters. Church expulsion while wearing it also activates the curse, and debt prevents sale.
A familiar plain strength ring whose hidden surface glows with twin Emberus flames and disease-suppression runes.
The ring lets Carl carry Super Spreader's disease engine without suffering its intended health loss.