Arts

The **Arts** are four magical objects of great power forged by Merlin himself. They consisted of the Sword of Abomination, an immensely powerful sword that was considered unbeatable; the Orb of Power, a tangible orb that also allowed its user huge power; the Cuffs of Energy, cuff-shaped artifacts that allowed a man to control energy, and the Device of Teleportation, which, as its name suggests, could bring the user anywhere at a whim. According to legend, he who possesses these four artifacts would become the Ring of Magic. Master Intelligence and another mutant, Thomas Meyer took this to mean that the uniter of the Arts would be invincible. No one but Master Intelligence has been known to have been in command of all four at the same time, though he was never in possession of them all at once (he disposed of the cuffs soon before attaining the Sword). Suzie had possessed all four, but not all at once, similar to Master Intelligence, but she was never the true owner of the Sword.

## History

### Creation

The Arts were originally forged by the innovative and powerful Merlin, who was one of the greatest wizards who were ever known. He passed them down to another wizard shortly before his death.

### Warping upon Planet 12

At an unknown point in 1946, Lily Clark found the Device of Teleportation, one of the four Arts, and was able to obtain it from Suzie, visiting her in the future. She did this by finding the device hidden where Suzie’s fortress would be built. She used it to teleport to Planet 12, where she encountered an Makkan guard named Bemb. The guard finally warmed up to her, and found himself willing to tell her how tyrannical the Emperor of their planet was. Realizing the Emperor had to be stopped, Lily was able to convince him to take her to the Palace, where she forced Rodena to shoot the ruler. The aliens were ecstatic at the end of their oppression, and held Lily in high regard. Thousands of aliens that had been alerted to the Palace immediately bowed to her from outside, honoring her as the hero of Planet 12. Lily was then appointed as their holdout ruler by Charlien. After taking the throne, Lily chose to keep the Device of Teleportation in tow.

The Device of Teleportation remained within a hidden compartment of Lily Clark’s throne for several years. Finally, Lily realized the Art needed to be returned to Earth. After calling Makkalian, one of her guards, she opened a compartment in her throne, seizing the device. Lily then gave it to him and ordered him to teleport to Earth. Despite Makkalian’s protests, he Teleported to Earth when Lily threatened to execute him. Upon landing, his body exploded and the Device of Teleportation landed nearby, where it was salvaged by one of the two apprentices of the late Merlin who had discovered immortality.

### Weapon of Mr. Devilish NoHead

In 1955, Mr. Devilish NoHead went to find someone who posed a great threat to him, and pressured Suzie into joining him and the battalion of NoHeads that were with him, meaning she would have to time warp. They were on their way to the house when they encountered a trench that neutralized powers. Mr. Devilish NoHead immediately used an Extendable Bridge he carried with him for this very situation. The bridge latched to both sides and the hunting party was able to cross. As they began to cross it, however, they found a magician blocking his path. Devilish knew of this magician, and how he was the only threat to the NoHeads.

While pretending to congratulate him for his triumph, the wizard schemed against him. He offered Mr. Devilish NoHead a gift for outsmarting him. Devilish knew what he wanted was power, and as such he asked for a small contraption that would give him more power than anyone. Defeated, the magician handed over his Verasect. He asked Suzie what she wanted, and Suzie said she wished for something that could get her place-to-place on a whim. The magician then remembered what Merlin had told him to give when the mutants surfaced, and gave the group all three of the Arts, warning them to use them with care. Devilish seized the chance to kill the latter with it before finishing his trip. Mr. Devilish NoHead immediately used the Verasect to kill Taran. This made Suzie very uncomfortable.

### Stored away

Somehow, Sheriff Bladepoint came into possession of the Orb of Power, and he eventually had the Art stored in the Court of Domination in Transylvania Quarters, where the only people who could retrieve it were either himself, Bonnie Romijn, or a high-ranking governor.

### Mykew Hadeline's possession

At some point many years ago before 2008, the Cuffs of Energy eventually ended up in the possession of Lerner Chase. Upon realizing that it was the most powerful weapon in existence, Chase began experimenting to try and duplicate its powers. When the evil Mykew Hadeline learned that she possessed the famed Cuffs of Energy, she stole them from the blacksmith sometime between 2005 and 2018. Eventually, she gave them to Reba Silo for safekeeping. However, Silo grew very attached to the Art and ultimately decided she would never part with them.

Before long, Hadeline reclaimed the Cuffs of Energy from Reba Silo, who initially refused to return them, and she broke the girl's arm, telling her that her reward was keeping her life. She then pursued the McCallins. However, when Annie defeated her a second time, the Cuffs of Energy opened a portal leading her into the underworld, so the relics and the woman wielding their power promptly fell within. When the Black Queen rescued her, she buried them with a replica of Hadeline's alleged corpse.

### Attack on Earth

After Cherical McSnake became the servant of Charity Hirz, he did several things for her after they went into hiding, leading her to finally approach him and tell him that she was going to become a superhero, after reluctantly using whatever kids would attend Camp Fun and Games to help her achieve this. She also made Cherical her sidekick. After an encounter with Mykew Hadeline, Charity’s powers began to drain, causing a huge setback in her goals. In 2012, she devised a plan to fulfill her dream — by building a summer camp to lure children into their grip. During construction, Charity decided that exercise would obviously help her regain her strength, but the afterburn of her surgery rendered this impossible. In 2012, Charity and Cherical opened their camp, which they named C2 Camp, to the public. While Charity remained secluded in her office, relaxing in her bra and finishing the plan, Cherical taught the kids.

Upon hearing of the Cuffs of Energy, she sought its mastery in order to achieve these noble goals. She devoted the latter half of the summer into a relentless search for the Cuffs of Energy. She traced the cuffs' recent history, interrogating Lerner Chase, Reba Silo, and George Thames in the course of her search, and thanks to Reba, Charity tracked the cuffs' ownership to Hadeline. Charity broke into Hadeline's grave and robbed it of the cuffs which had been buried with its former mistress, thus taking possession of the Cuffs of Energy.

Shortly afterwards, Charity used the Cuffs of Energy against Savannah van Dukas, while Savannah briefly wielded one of them. In the meantime, the third was used by Cherical McSnake, who conjured a firestorm with a thermobaric bomb and lost control and threw the cuff in the fire. After failing to defeat Savannah, Charity took back the cuff and searched for Cherical, only to fall into a vat of flames along with the second cuff. Cherical McSnake kept the remaining lightning cuff with him.

### Unity

Eventually, Suzie became a successful weapons designer. The Device of Teleportation was returned to her by Cherical McSnake. However, she was mind-controlled into bringing it to Tutu Land while Osmund the Zax overlooked the Unity. After Suzie’s death, Jeremiah Soule buried the Device of Teleportation in the dirt.[*citation needed*]

### The exploits of Jonathan

Eventually, Jonathan acquired the Sword of Abomination. Once he reached Vang Outpost, Jonathan went to Jaden Vang to exchange his scraps for foodstuff, and the trader offered to buy the Sword; while tempted, Jonathan declined the offer. Vang then sent thugs to steal the Sword of Abomination, but Jonathan successfully fought them off. In January 2031, the ghost of Mr. Stupid NoHead attacked Jonathan, meaning to take his life as his own. Taking up the Sword, he used it to behead the ghost in a single stroke of the blade, rendering Mr. Stupid NoHead little more than a memory. On the night of 20 August, 2031, Jonathan took his walking stick with him, to check Bast Castle for trespassers from the village (interlopers who turned out to be Hell Burnbottom and Whammo Fireball).

### Mission to Bast Castle

In the month following the end of the Third NoHead War, Master Intelligence recovered the Device of Teleportation after he found it in the dirt. He subsequently used it to teleport into Bast Castle, hoping to see if anyone was captured and being held there. He rescued the two that he found, George Thames and Robbie Evans, subsequently saving them from starvation.

### Translation with the Third Eye of Genesis

"*The problem is, I've forgotten the place of its hiding refuge.*"
―Sebiscuits Cardarphen regarding the Orb of Power in 2052[src]
The Gladiator greatly desired to use the Orb of Power, believing it would give him the power to do as he pleased and destroy Master Intelligence, but with Sheriff Bladepoint being deceased, the only people who could retrieve the Orb from the Court of Domination in Transylvania Quarters were S.M.S.B. members and government officials. Seeing a golden opportunity, Sebiscuits Cardarphen went to the airport to hitch a flight to Oklahoma, where he retrieved the Orb of Power and buried it in a confidential location. He replaced it with a very convincing replica, the Third Eye of Genesis, transmuting it into a copy of the orb. Unfortunately, Cardarphen forsook its very secret hiding refuge underground, and it eventually fell into the wrong hands.

### Quests for the Arts

Overtime, the legend of the Arts was dismissed by most as a mere fairy tale, and the few who desired to reunite all four misunderstood the title "Ring of Magic" was a form of immortality. The quest for these fabled items were considered a lure for fools, and many had died in their quest for them.

The Arts played a particularly important role in the lives of Master Intelligence and Thomas Meyer.

In his youth, Master Intelligence, along with soon-to-become Dark mutant Centauri, entertained dreams of finding and appropriating the Arts for himself. This quest for power also manifested itself in his vision of a future where no real threats would ever disturb the universe again. Rumors had been circulating that the renowned blacksmith George Thames II had the sword and was trying to duplicate its properties. A family argument later caused Master Intelligence to revise and reconsider his beliefs after the death of his student, Force Baby.

After Force Baby died, Master Intelligence no longer desired the Sword of Abomination. However, he would recover the Device of Teleportation from George Thames II after the latter died, though it was not actually his property as he had not won it over. Somehow, he also came across the last of the two remaining Cuffs of Energy.

At some point many years ago before 2070, the Sword of Abomination ended up in the possession of the blacksmith George Thames II. Upon realizing that it was the most powerful sword in existence, Thames II began experimenting to try and duplicate its powers. Thames unintentionally started a rumor about him possessing the wand and his efforts to replicate its properties. The result came one night in 2070 when Thames heard someone breaking into his workshop. He promptly ran inside and saw an intruder had taken the Sword: a blonde haired young man who then promptly shot a stun beam at George Thames to acquire mastery of the Sword before leaping out the window. Thames never found out who stole the Sword.

### Insurrection

"*There is only one Art left to be obtained.*"
―Stacey Huddleston (The Dark Flame)[src]Master Intelligence later came into possession of the cuffs, though he disposed of them soon before attaining the Sword of Abomination. Having been hidden underground for decades, the Orb of Power eventually fell into the possession of the Dark Flame, who had been seeking the Arts for a long time. It is unknown how the Device of Teleportation came to the blacksmith George Thames II, but they eventually did. He used them speed-glitch to the Palace of Despair quickly enough to rescue Master Intelligence and his pupils from Mella Montgomery, catching her attention by using the Cuffs to throw a piano at her. He then used them to Deteleport away from the palace and to Rocken Role's house in North Korea. Sadly, he did not survive, and Master Intelligence retook the Cuffs of Energy off his corpse prior to his burial.

In 2095, the Dark Flame used the Sword of Abomination to unintentionally throw Baby Strength into stasis and deliberately dispatch Telekinibabe and injure several other members of the S.M.S.B. Around this time, the government sent two ambassadors, Marchant and Littleton to turn the Cuffs of Energy over to Stacey Huddleston for safekeeping. However, they had been played, as the Dark Flame himself had drunk a serum to impersonate her in order to claim the third of the four **Arts**, leaving him one step away from becoming the Ring of Magic.

### Sebiscuits Cardarphen's ownership

In 2130, at the height of his power, the Dark Flame felt compelled to confront Master Intelligence, and murdered him in what became known as a legendary duel. He was then slain by Sebiscuits Cardarphen. As its new and rightful master, Cardarphen claimed the Sword for himself, sharing it with the new leader of the S.M.S.B., Lindsay Kellerman. Unlike many of its previous owners, Cardarphen used its power for good.

The sword became a normal sword, its power broken.

## The Arts

* Sword of Abomination, an immensely powerful sword that was considered unbeatable
* Orb of Power, an orb that also allowed its user huge power
* Cuffs of Energy, cuff-shaped artifacts that allowed a Fobble the equivalent of Dark powers
* Device of Teleportation, which, as its name suggests, could bring the user anywhere at a whim.

### Sword of Abomination

File:Sword of Abomination.png
* **Description**: A red wire at the side and a red disk at the bottom adorned the saber.
* **Powers**: The Sword of Abomination possesses a powerful magic that manifests as flaming energy whenever its edge strikes something, allowing it to cut and burn its way through even heavy iron chains. In the hands of the Dark Flame, he easily dispatched Baby Strength, and while his death is not seen, it has been proven capable of overwhelming such opponents while emitting flashing lights for reasons unknown. It has even shown to be able to destroy evil spirits. The Sword can also float and fight of its own accord, much like a gyroscopic effect.
* **Previous Owners**
	+ Merlin (Manufacturer)

### Orb of Power

* **Description**: The Orb of Power was kept in the Court of Domination of Transylvania Quarters. Like the other Arts, the Orb of Power allows only those to whom the orb refers the authority to remove it from its current location. It has the power to induce madness, which is apparently temporary judging by the steady recovery of the public official Fredrick Powell during his time in NYC Hospital. The effects of this spell are enough to relieve the victim of even the strongest mutantry, including mind control; again, seen in the case of Powell.
* **Physical appearance**: The Orb of Power is small and can be held in one’s hand easily. It is perfectly spherical in shape, and contains a swirling, blueish-grey mist within. The orb is warm to the touch, even though the atmosphere of the Court of Domination is described as being cold. This may suggest that the Orb itself absorbs heat. Upon being smashed or broken apart, a ghostly apparition of the creator (Merlin) will appear and fade.
* **Previous Owners**
	+ Merlin (Manufacturer)

### Cuffs of Energy

* **Previous Owners**
	+ Merlin (Manufacturer)
	+ Lerner Chase
	+ Reba Silo Walltalker
	+ Mykew Hadeline
	+ Annie McCallin (briefly)
	+ Charity Hirz (stolen)
	+ Master Intelligence
	+ George Thames II
	+ Thomas Meyer
* **Description**: The Cuffs of Energy allowed a man to control energy. They can fire lightning, as well as light blasts. Charity Hirz has been seen using them to project a shield as well. However, using them turned the scleroses of Mykew Hadeline's eyes yellow before warping her through inter-dimensional depths into the underworld.

### Device of Teleportation

* **Previous Owners**
	+ Merlin (Manufacturer)
	+ Merlin's first apprentice
	+ Mr. Devilish NoHead
	+ Lily Clark
	+ Suzie
	+ Master Intelligence
* **Description**: The Device of Teleportation is capable of controlling space itself, providing the user instant access to any location throughout the universe if used correctly. It is primarily used to open portals to other locations and can even allow interdimensional travel. Warping with this artifact not only is loud, but also sometimes manifests with a gust of wind and thunderous force around the spot the user was.

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