Chain Of Power

It was a gold chain, a few dozen links, a few diamonds embedded in some links, others with empty settings where, presumably, diamonds once sat. Pry the remaining jewels out, melt down the gold, it'd be worth a few months rent, you'd say.

But it was worth more, wars had been fought over it, since whoever held it ruled the land, it was priceless.

Should it have been so, though? How much is that control worth, is power really such an important thing?

And, more importantly, the gold and the jewels were fake, so its value is even more questionable.