But the author based it on a real-life gem, known as the Delhi Sapphire or simply “the cursed amethyst.” Was the sapphire really cursed? Its owner, Edward Heron-Allen, apparently thought so.

This Droptail, called Amethyst, draws inspiration from the purple gemstone with an ethereal paint job and real amethyst in the gauge cluster. It also features swaths of open-pore wood and purple ...