Courageous

The warrior's stone — red-orange nerve, worn by those who had to go first.

Carnelian · The Law of Prowess

Family: Chalcedony coloured by iron oxide
Hardness: 6.5–7 on the Mohs scale
Colour: Orange to blood red, glowing when backlit
Signature: Napoleon carried a carnelian seal; Roman officers wore it into battle

The stone read as the word

Carnelian was the seal stone of the ancient world because hot wax will not stick to it — a stone that signs and lets go. Soldiers wore it for courage, and Egyptians set it over the heart in burial.

Its colour deepens in sunlight. Courage behaves the same way: it is not born full strength, it darkens with exposure.

What it is carried for

Carried on the day she has to go first.
Held for nerve that grows the more light it takes.