The Golden Fiddle

1979: Nashville
While the Dueling Fiddles were the source of Charlie Daniel's Devil Went Down To Georgia, the song's impact in the memories so many caused the creation of a new artifact: The Golden Fiddle. Comprised completely out of 24 karat gold (strings and bow included), this fiddle held a rather unique ability...the power to absorb souls.

--Bri Rependata to the Drifter before their 'duel'
While Consultants Biston and Sordens were in Austria chasing an artifact, Consultants Nola and Rependata were sent to Georgia to investigate a string of comatose musicians. As they investigated, they discovered the the musicians all had challenged a drifting fiddler with a golden fiddle. They didn't need Consultant Lepido's music knowledge to know what song they were dealing with.

Facing off against drifter, Bri thought she was wagering her soul against the Drifter's, but what she couldn't have known was that the D-BES she was wearing instead put Tyler's soul on the chopping block, causing a tug-of-war on his soul that physically jarred him and caused him to recite 'Johnny's lines from the song.

At first, Bri's limitation of knowing violin held her back, causing Tyler to slip away slowly, but it was Nikki's ability to play on the families who had lost their loved ones to the drifter, and have them support Bri, was what turned the tides for the consultants, resulting in not only the drifter's sol being lost, but the recovery of the souls that had been stolen.

When the female consultants returned to the Warehouse, it was the realization of the dangers of the D-BES that caused them to start re-thinking the risks they were taking...