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  The Ages     Created on Tuesday, 13 September 2005 22:53  
  Staff of the Elements  
  Centuries ago, an boy by the name of Zhixin was born in what is now the Han empire.  Through means unknown, Zhixin ended up in the far West, where he lived his early years.  He took on (or was given) the western name Nobiz, and soon became a great mage.  As he grew older, he returned to our fair valleys to learn of his ancestry.  He embraced the culture of your ancestors and studied deeply the philosophies of our land.  Similarly, local scholars learned much from Nobiz of Western thought and philosophy.

One of the concepts Nobiz brought with him was that the world is built from four elements: Air, Water, Fire, Earth.  In fact, Nobiz had spent much of his existance studying the elements.  He believed that if all four could be brought together into a single object, that object would contain great power.  But, despite his brilliance and perseverance, he was unable to piece together the puzzle.

Many were swayed by his teachings of the four elements until a young seamstress, by the name of Mun-Hee, engaged the mage in what began as a casual debate.  She had heard the teachings of Nobiz, but found them unconvincing.  After a discussion that supposedly lasted 6 days, Mun-Hee helped Nobiz developed a new elemental theory - the one we know today to be fact.

The world is composed of five basic elements: Water, Wood, Fire, Metal, Earth.  With this new revelation, Nobiz again sought to master all elements.  He was already quite aged, and therefore pushed himself hard to find answers.  Somehow, he forged the first, and to date only, Staff of the Elements.  It was indeed a wonderous item, but it lacked the all-encompassing power Nobiz sought.  Unsatisfied, the mage worked harder to find the answers.  He left to the north and never returned.

Unlike most artifacts, it is thought that every true soul contains within it the ability to forge this wonderous item.  Should an evil soul attempt to master the staff, however, it will be corrupted by the power of the staff and wither away.