Romulus and Remus' Shepard Staff

Romulus and Remus' Shepard Staff
Origin	Romulus and Remus
Type	Staff
Effects	Holding the staff creates a duplicate of the holder that, follows its original
Activation	Using the staff prolonged can cause copy and original to turn feral and bicker with each other
Collected by	Polinosus
Section	AxMu-888
Aisle	Perseus-1395
Shelf	87373-34254-32455
Date of Collection	Circa. 233 A.D
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Origin

Romulus and Remus are the twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth. Their mother was Rhea Silvia, daughter to Numitor, king of Alba Longa. Before their conception, Numitor's brother Amulius had seized power, killed Numitor's male heirs and forced Rhea Silvia to become a Vestal Virgin, sworn to chastity. Rhea Silvia conceived the twins by the god Mars, or by the demi-god Hercules; once the twins were born, Amulius had them abandoned to die in the river Tiber. They were saved by a series of miraculous interventions: the river carried them to safety, a she-wolf found and suckled them, and a woodpecker fed them. A shepherd and his wife found and fostered them to manhood, as simple shepherds. The twins, still ignorant of their true origins, were natural leaders. Each acquired many followers. When they discovered the truth of their birth, they killed Amulius and restored Numitor to his throne. Rather than wait to inherit Alba Longa they chose to found a new city. After some debate on its location, the pair quarreled, which led to Remus' death.

Effects

This artifact was strung into the story, Alice in Wonderland, to cover up an incident regarding this artifact.

Holding the staff creates a duplicate of the the holder that, follows its original, using the staff prolonged can cause copy and original to turn feral and bicker with each other, to the point of the copy killing the original.