Thread:Aftenshnoshnikr/@comment-6003396-20131106080732/@comment-6003396-20131107032803

I think I found it: Havel no yubiwa (Havel's Ring). It's from wikispace's Japanese "sister" site (I don't think they are heavily associated with one another, beyond having links to each others pages). The description is near the top of the page and is:

グウィン王の古い戦友として知られる

「岩のような」ハベルに由来する指輪 <- important

彼を信奉する戦士達が好んで身に付けたと言われ <- the important bit about his soldiers

装備重量を増やす効果がある

I should say that the act of translating is inherently interpretive to some degree, and that I do not speak Japanese fluently and am somewhat out of practice. However, I still have lots of texts (and my old notes) to reference and I use more than one translation software.

The English equivalent is pretty much the same, but a direct translation of the part that references his soldiers is: It is said that soldiers who believed in him willingly wore it.

The other important part towards the top which is: ハベルに由来する指輪 translates to: The ring that originated from Havel. The part that I bolded: 由来 "yurai" means origin, source, derived from etc. Suggesting that it originally came from Havel. Perhaps copies were later made for his soldiers? Not sure, this is open to interpretation. The English version says it was "named after Havel", which the Japanese does not mention but this still might be one way to interpret the text. Anyway, the main thing is that it doesn't say that Havel did not wear it, nor does it say explicitly that he did, though. I am curious, however, how ENB came to his conclusion. From listening to him in the first couple minutes of the longer video, it sounds like he is somewhat familiar with the language but is still learning and relies on others for help.