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- A pearl of great value, found by a simple fisherman.
- A master calligrapher, who knows all the ancient forms of the character for 'sword'.
- The Five Elemental Lords, taking human form in order to settle an idle wager.
- A mountain fortress, cunningly defended, but vulnerable to treachery from within.
- A troupe of traveling actors and acrobats, hiding fugitives in their midst.