Staff of Torrents

This staff is a latajang, a monk's combat staff. It is composed of a dark wooden shaft with two crescent-shaped blades, forged from mithril, attached to either end.
==History==
A long, long time ago, when the mogu were still a burning memory in the hearts of the pandaren people, there once lived a couple. Although unwedded, they lived as if they were and from their love there came a boy they called Jei Jin. Shortly after the boy's birth, however, his father drowned in a flash flood while saving Jei Jin's mother from the deluge. Without much property, the son of a local clan-chief began to court Jei Jin's mother and she accepted soon after, even with the condition that she must give up her illegitimate son. Still a child, Jei Jin was less upset with losing his mother than he was at the disrespect she showed her former love, acting as if the heroic man never existed. Jei Jin was sent to the nearest monastery and became a dedicated student, training almost exclusively with a crescent-bladed weapon chosen for him by his master. This staff later became known as the Staff of Torrents.
Jei Jin later learned that a neighbouring shao-din was responsible for the flood that killed his father - the chief's soldiers had sabotaged a nearby dam. With patience, the youngster honed his martial skills and bided his time. At twenty-two years of age, the young monk purchased a mask at a street faire and began hunting the retainers of his father's murderer. He wore the mask to protect his monastery from any connection with his actions and its use earned Jei Jin the nickname "river monster" because he always ambushed his victims from waterways. In fact, the river monster dragged more than a few unfortunates underwater, still kicking and screaming. When word reached Tui Shei, the chief of Jei Jin's prefecture, that a river monster was inflicting casualties to a rival clan, he didn't believe the tales. He knew a pandaren was responsible. Tui Shei offered a reward to the one who could prove that the river monster was a mortal and Jei Jin felt the money could help his monastery.
Jei Jin turned himself in. The aging clan-chief told the monk that ever since he started his personal war, the neighbouring shao-din would counter by staging raids on his territory, slaugtering peasants. Jei Jin was devastated. His selfish desire for revenge was responsible for the loss of innocent lives and he immediately offered to sacrifice his own to end the hostilities. When word spread that a monk of the local monastery had turned himself in, Jei Jin's mother knew it was her son. She went to Jei Jin and urged him to reconsider, but the young pandaren's bitterness towards his mother wouldn't allow him to listen. As she made to leave, she revealed a secret long held - Tui Shei had been the one responsible for the perpetuation of hostilities between the rival clans. It was he who secretly ordered villages burned to rouse the peasantry against the adjacent region. In fact, he had been ultimately responsible for the destruction of the dam that had resulted in the death of Jei Jin's father. Jei Jin suddenly realised that all his life had been guided towards this very moment. He thanked his mother, embraced her, then quickly went to consult the wisest among his monastic peers. The story Jei Jin had been told was confirmed through their spiritual insight.
The next day, Jei Jin began the ritual of self-sacrifice by laying his weapons on the ground, knowing Tui Shei would come to watch. The yong monk only pretended to prepare for death, though. When Tui Shei arrived and took his seat, Jei Jin rose and challenged the old pandaren, revealing all he had been told. The clan's warriors rushed to defend their chief, but Jei Jin was merciful to them, only disabling each with nonlethal blows. As his last guardian went down, Tui Shei fell to his knees and begged for mercy. Jei Jin gave that kindness on the price that Tui Shei would reveal his crimes to all present, which the aging noble immediately did. Tui Shei was then forced to save what little honour he had left by performing the ritual on himself.
Jei Jin's stepfather became the new clan-chief. He ruled justly and peace settled on the land. Jei Jin formed the Monastery of the Twin Tides which valued truth and accountability above all else and its members became valued peacekeepers. When Jei Jin finally died of old age, he left the Staff of Torrents as legacy to the most promising student of each generation.
Category:Magic item
==Powers==
In the hands of the spiritually unenlightened, the Staff of Torrents is a rather unremarkable, if exotic, weapon. It displays only a single power: whenever the owner makes contact with water, their body and belongings remain completely dry. Fires are doused normally.
When used by a monk, the Staff of Torrents is the perfect match for the water style of martial arts. The style emphasises fluid, shifting stances which combine offence with defence, using the enemy's strength against it.
The staff grants the user many powers over water:
*The user may create a cloud of fog at will.
*The user may create pure, drinkable water inside a container. The staff must touch the container and the water appears inside.
*The user may speak with aquatic animals.
*The user may turn themselves into a koi carp while immersed in water.
*The user may, once per week, summon a swarm of fish into a body of water large enough to hold the swarm.
*The user may, once per day, cause water to rise up from below the ground and create a spring. The spring lasts for several hours.
*Users of kind and noble spirits may create a stream of healing water by touching the target and uttering the command word. If the target stands within at least ankle-deep water, the stream also washes away poisons, diseases and other ailments.
*Cruel and cold-hearted users may, once per day, drain water from a target, leaving them a dessicated corpse. The target must be touched for the power to work.
Category:Magic item