Nisoij’s Treasure
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Contents
Overview
Undeniably, many dig sites, old ruins and historical locations contain an abundance of information about the past. Additionally, with recent technology and knowledge, it has become rather easy to identify what time period certain items are from. Whether these time frames are completely accurate is up for debate, but with the extensive finds and history gathered, broad time frames are easy to pinpoint. The length of wizarding history makes research much more complicated as magic has existed for longer than anyone knows. Thus, when Nisoij’s Treasure was found in 1911, archaeologists were left perplexed. The treasure was discovered in Bhutan by an unlucky-yet-lucky tourist who found himself separated from his group during a cave tour. He found himself in a darkened room, which was filled with green shines and a treasure chest in the middle. Unable to open it, the tourist later reported it to authorities and word spread quickly within the wizarding community. Its magic is yet to be deciphered.
Discovery
An unnamed German tourist had returned from a cave tour three hours after the rest of the group due to accidentally separating and getting himself lost. Locals considered him lucky to have found the way out, as the caves of Bhutan can be quite brutal and exceptionally long. The tourist set himself aside to rest and threw his backpack against the wall, which caused some rubble to break away and reveal a small opening. It turned out to be an open chamber within the cave system, which was most certainly man-made, yet the treasure chest in the middle seemed out of this world.
When the chamber was reported to the authorities, many Unmagical archaeologists rushed down in hopes of being the first to note down any official information or confirm its origins. However, many were met with a dead end. Bhutan’s king at the time, Ugyen Wangchuck, travelled to the cave himself and took note of the mystical place. Hidden wizarding folk in the palace took it upon themselves to investigate the place at night and contact the wizarding community of Asia. From there, the information spread even further.
Modern Day
Roughly two years ago, there was more information on Nisoij’s Treasure. For a long time, it was simply called ‘Bhutan’s Treasure Room’. A green shine bounces around the cave, which was originally assumed to be reflections of light. However, an old tale from the Philippines mentioned a green light as follows: “Spirits reside within rooms true to the earth. Each holds ancient magic that only four people can wield. Red goes by the name of Sifum, yellow by Jikis, green by Nisoij and blue by Kimayak. Find all four and their rulers to hold power over the Light.”
While this tale was often told as a children’s story, it seemed to hold some form of truth. Curse breakers, travellers, archaeologists and royalty from other countries all came to visit the chamber or sent representatives in hopes of making yet another breakthrough. The treasure chest found in the middle of the chamber has not budged, despite the efforts of both magicals and Unmagicals alike.
Nisoij’s Treasure has since been blocked off from the public eye, primarily to avoid the Unmagical world learning more about the treasure and endangering the wizarding world. It is guarded by royal knights, and only those with the king’s permission are allowed to pass through.
Hogsworth
Students at Hogsworth learn about Nisoij’s Treasure in their seventh year. The reason students are taught about it in the later years is to avoid reckless behaviour and the urge to explore the place, endangering themselves. At least, the school assumes those in their seventh year have some more common sense not to travel to these locations despite knowing all the information they can about them.
It is primarily used as an example that the wizarding world is not as knowledgeable about the past as many often believe. A great deal of information and items are yet to be discovered to reveal more and potentially bring magic to another level. It is often said that ancient magic was more advanced than modern-day magic—or at least more powerful.
Trivia
- You can attend a Magical Archaeology class hosted by the Academics team to learn about Nisoij’s Treasure, as well as various other magical historic artefacts.
