Amiss in Hlint

Hlint burns, trapped it seems in a prision wrinkled in something devoid of any magic. Kat senses seem to hone into a curious object. What is this and does it hold the key to releasing the town?

//note - I render pictures of my own characters and mainly NPCs not to make them the limelight of an event but because I do not want to take liberties with other people's characters. NPCs don't generally care if there hair is parted wrong or the clothes are not just right :)