Naturally, I talked to the executioner about it, and after passing a speech check, he says that yes, he had the ring, and asked me if I wanted it – at which point my character automatically blurted out “No, I don’t need it.” Taken aback, I went back to the quest giver miles away, and he promptly told me to go talk to the executioner about the ring (which now had a dialogue option amounting to “Yes, I want the ring”).
Upon digging it out, you realise the executioner might have gotten it and the game orders you to return to the quest giver. A few hours into the game, you are given a mission to get a ring from a corpse.
