Artifacts

Artifacts are objects made by humans or other beings that can be used by them. Most artifacts are weapons and such from ancient times waiting to be unearthed or passed down the family, but there are those used today as utilities. These items have the potential to be used for good or ill.

Many artifacts from the War of the Wolves and earlier eras lie waiting to be discovered...or stolen. Artifacts can come in the form of armors and weapons, or utility artifacts useful for everyday living. Even in the modern age, while utility artifacts are commonplace, weapon and armor artifacts are still being made, albeit rarely.

There are treasure hunting magazines spread throughout the nation. Some students buy them and are rumored to go for treasure hunting to pay their school fees.

## Types

### Weapons

Artifact weapons are made for offensive moves. In the hands of a skilled seasonal guardian, they can do extensive damage. No wonder it's forbidden to bring them to the central school building. However, they can be stored into the armory and called to the hands of their owners. Some students training to be seasonal guardians are given a weapon and some defensive artifact the first time they enroll in the Four Seasons Academy, and are told the rules on handling them by the teachers.

Weapons can be exchanged between close friends or gifted to each other (or a lover). Or they can be passed down generations. Some can be stolen and sold in the black market due to their activities, while weapons forged by the wolves of the Wastes Beyond are jealously guarded by them and every single time the weapons are retrieved or stolen by Seasonal guardians, they are turned to the city museum or the military security.

Other artifacts of the Wastes are buried in their grounds, or dug up and kept by the hostile wolves for an apocalyptic event they call the Last Hunt. Wolven artificers can also forge artifacts of their own, usually weapons, but forged from unwholesome materials. There are urban legends in FSA and other schools about students who have touched these artifacts of the wolves and had various unpleasant things happen to them, be it possession by the ghost of the owner of the artifact, death, illness, going mad, or having corrupted to the service of evil.

### Armor

Artifact armors are rarer than weapons, and some have been unearthed and displayed at the city museum. The most common armor are the mass-produced ones worn by the military. Some seasonal guardians prefer wearing armor in their Otherforms, others prefer no armor at all (especially if their Otherforms have natural armor, like a shell or spikes). Just like with weapons, Wolven armor are guarded by their owners with a fiery possessiveness, or are kept for the Last Hunt. Either way, some mercenaries steal them to sell them on the black market. The wolves of the Boundary of Rot too make armors, but they're recycled from the ones discarded by the Wolf Kingdom and whatever metal ores they can find around here.

### Utility

Well, also called equipment, they come in different varieties of shape and function, sometimes as accessories for clothing. They are even divided into sub-categories such as Tomes, Clothing, etc...