The Aegis Staff

The Aegis Staff is a weapon created by the King of Crows, initially used to steal all the magic from Draxtyn. He lost it to Pipper the Slayer in a bet, where it was soon after smashed into three pieces. The pieces were then distributed to the leaders for the Dracanii, Phonidae, and Meadow Folk. Over time it has passed many hands, been reunited, broken, and reunited again. Eventually the staff was stolen by a champion of the King of Crows and used by the dracanii to fight against the phonidae. The staff went through many hands before being claimed by Ahnyang on Agrund Island, where it is currently.

## History

The Aegis Staff was created by the King of Crows in The Beginning when there were only five divine. The staff was used to steal magic from what is now modern day Draxtyn, both from living creatures and the magic naturally present in nature. This caused the land to become an unlivable wasteland, driving all living creatures either underground, out of Draxtyn, or into Sequoia Sanctuary, which couldn't be touched by the King of Crows. The King of Crows began creating monsters with the stolen magic to torment the remaining creatures living in Draxtyn. At one point he made a bet with an unknown scavenger out in the wasteland, betting that he could use better magic than the scavenger. It was then revealed that the scavenger was Pipper the Slayer, a white dracanis who had dedicated his life to defeating the King of Crows' monsters. Though the King of Crows lost the bet, he stole the staff back and tried to fly away. Pipper manage to take the staff from the King during a battle and break it, where the magic was then returned to Draxtyn and the King of Crows ran away.

The three pieces of the Aegis Staff were split between the leaders of the dracanii, the phonidae, and the meadow folk, as they were the only species in Draxtyn at the time. The pieces passed hands many time, being given as gifts, peace offerings, or just stolen. The staff was reformed several times, though it was often broken once again after falling into the hands of those who wanted to abuse the power. At one point the King of Crows sent one of his champions to steal the fully formed staff. It was used by the dracanii to win a battle against the phonidae before being lost.

Esponeli, a champion of Noah MacNamara, was tasked with retrieving the staff, though its location was unknown. To do so he transmogrified Fluxtio and Sand Viper so that they switched bodies and told them the only way to fix themselves was to find the staff. They eventually did find it, but Esponeli swooped in and snatched it from them, refusing to return them to normal. Before the staff could be returned to Noah MacNamara, Lady Merceli broke it into three pieces.

Fluxtio took the top part of the staff, Sand Viper took the bottom part, and Lady Merceli took the middle part. Fluxtio's half was gifted to Queen Monarch and it's location afterwards is known. Sand Viper's half was left in his home in Sequoia Sanctuary, though it was later stole by a young Purdi Fina. Sand Viper's half is now located in a phonidae-ran settlement in south-east Sequoia Sanctuary. Lady Merecli's part was left in the Meadow Kingdom and is being protected in the Tower of Knowledge.