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Long ago in a time when man and spirits walked the same path, a jade stone fell from the heavens. It landed in a desolate wasteland and the impact formed a wide crater around it. Many came to look upon the strange green stone but seeing nothing of note, they simply left it where it had fallen. However, over time a change came to the wastelands. Trees and plants grew from the once barren soil, rain fell where it never had before and filled the crater with water. Where before there was only death, now there was life. Soon, a vast and beautiful forest had sprouted around the stone. As man and spirits alike gazed in wonder at what the stone had done, they realised what it truly was. What had fallen was in fact a droplet from the river of heaven frozen into jade.
Whilst no-one knew what had caused it to fall, there was no denying its divine power. As tales of the heavenly stone spread, other humans came seeking it for their own dark purposes. For although it gave life, it could take it away just as easily. Many battles ensued between those who wanted to take it and those seeking to protect it. In one last desperate attempt to protect the piece of heaven, the greatest of noble human sages and powerful spirits joined together. Using their ancient magic, they grew a great colossal tree around it, encasing the stone inside. The bark of the tree was enchanted so that only something deemed so impossible that it could not exist could penetrate it.
Countless people tried to cut down the tree, but it held strong for nothing could breach the stone’s impenetrable cage. Before long, all those who sought the stone abandoned it and the drop of heavenly water faded from memory into legend. Only the spirits who lived within the great forest remembered it and swore to protect it. As the centuries passed, man and spirits began to live separate lives, one within their cities of stone and the other hiding within the deepest parts of nature. Nevertheless a small piece of heaven remains, waiting for the impossible to claim it.