Red Sonja and Osin quest for the Blood Dynasty. Osin asks Red Sonja to reveal more of what this is, and she relates the lore of an ancient and powerful gem, old as mankind itself. The gem, a ruby, supposedly containing the blood of the Creator itself within, reappears countless times in recorded history, reappearing and disappearing. Osin worries that Red Sonja has not told him why she seeks to possess it, and why history's stories fail to tell the fate of those who possess the gem.