Green Dragon Crescent Blade
TUMB 02/6
The weapon of the legendary ancient Chinese general Guan Yu—a man who could probably take a dragon or two. There is an enchanted jade in the base that legend says powers it. Taoist priests sailing in the treasure fleet of Admiral Zheng had the weapon with them. They were worried about encountering demons on their travels that might be beyond the ability of their magic to handle.” According to at least some recent translations of the Lost Navigation Records of Admiral Zheng He, a small group of his men were detached in 1421, with the priests in tow, to continue on when the rest of the fleet turned around because he had some sort of vision. They allegedly reached what we now call Mexico, though that’s debatable because they were never heard from again.”Some claimed the blade would destroy anyone who lacked the spiritual strength to wield it.
Shay continued to research the blade in her "Ancient Chinese Legends Reevaluated in Light of Post-Oriceran Contact." In a world of returned magic, a stray piece of information might be the difference between an artifact destroying a person and that person controlling it. She also addressed her favorite bookmarks, Archaeology Plus and Archaeology Source. Each was a massive database of academic articles on archaeology and related fields. She also opened a database of articles on historical and applied extra-dimensional engineering.