04-04-2018, 01:42 PM
If someone like Z had been walking around in the 12th Century wreaking havoc on the Earth with a magic staff, there'd be a record of it somewhere, at least an oral history or legend. It's the kind of thing that would make a really big impression, and 700 years isn't all that far back compared to Old Testament times.
I take the early explanation of the Grimms' treasure as more likely; they found the stick at Constantinople, discovered that it could heal sickness and injury and even raise the dead and decided it was too much power to hand over to their royal sponsors and should be buried. If they'd had any idea that someday one of their descendants would have to dig it up and use it to save the world they'd have made more of an effort to make sure that story got passed down.
I take the early explanation of the Grimms' treasure as more likely; they found the stick at Constantinople, discovered that it could heal sickness and injury and even raise the dead and decided it was too much power to hand over to their royal sponsors and should be buried. If they'd had any idea that someday one of their descendants would have to dig it up and use it to save the world they'd have made more of an effort to make sure that story got passed down.