Toriyama

Toriyama was an ancient wartime scholar who made scientific advancements. When Toriyama was assigned to Toshi Ranbo's library in the city's early days, he feared that the city might be sacked and the library put to the flame, for wars already raged around that region. As such, he developed new, more enduring inks and painstakingly researched chemicals that could slow the burning of a scroll (without ruining the contents). Centuries later, a fire broke out in Toshi Ranbo's archive, scholars were surprised to discover that many of the earliest tomes, scrolls, or other literary artifacts were undamaged. Toriyama's methods were rediscovered and propagated, and were taught to scribes and archivists since then. Fields of Victory, p. 94
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