Murder is a crime here? *tries to suppress a growl at the idea of rapists*
No...
During our Birthright ceremony, the Darkness gifts us with our Birthright Jewel. Mine is the Red, the fourth darkest Jewel. When we are mature enough and ready, we then make the Offering to the Darkness where we descend to our full, dark strength. This can be up to three Jewel ranks from your Birthright. I'm only the third male in the history of the Blood to wear the Black. By most standards, the Black is the darkest Jewel, but in actuality it's the second darkest Jewel. Only one has ever worn the darkest Jewel in our history.
We can receive them as cut or uncut. Cut jewels were worn by someone before and have now returned to the Darkness. Uncut come directly from Lorn, his gift to those that deserve that power and honor the ways of the Blood.