Yeti Bones

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Historical Artefact Yeti Bones
Involved Location(s) N/A
Lore Credit(s) jisunize, Iris304

Overview

Not much is known about the elusive Yeti, especially its early ancestors. This magical creature is an expert when it comes to evading wizards who are looking for it. However, while exploring caves within the Himalayas in southern Tibet in 2013, magical archaeologist Huang Caishen happened upon a cave containing bones that had been preserved by the cold. After bringing them back to his lab, he reported his findings as the remains of a Yeti that is predicted to date back to the early years of the Pleistocene Epoch.


History

Though not a palaeontologist by trade, Huang Caishen is best known for his discovery of ancient Yeti remains found in the Himalayan mountain range in 2013. Caishen, who was in his late 30s at the time of the discovery, had been trekking through the mountain range in search of evidence of migration patterns by groups of early hominins who used to live in the region. The planned trip was meant to last six months, starting in March and ending in August. However, only two months in, Caishen found a cave that seemed to have been carved into the face of Cho Oyu—a mountain standing on the China Tibet-Nepal Province No. 1 border.

Within the cave, Caishen discovered broken shards of clay, a dried wicker basket, and remains. The first few bones he examined obviously belonged to humanoid creatures—lab data reported these bones to belong to a male Homo erectus. However, Caishen also noticed a second skeleton within the cave. This one was far too big to be anything human-related. Marking the location of the cave on his map, Caishen gathered as many bones as he could. Despite having over half of his trip left, he thought it would be smarter to make his way back to his lab to have the bones tested.

His plans to return early would end up being exactly what he needed to do. Testing the remains of the humanoid skeleton took no more than a few weeks as there were previous bone fragments that could be utilised in the process. The larger set of bones took over a year before they were positively identified as belonging to a Yeti. Caishen wasted no time in reporting his findings to the Global Association of Sorcerers. Caishen and his findings were soon plastered on the front page of every newspaper and magazine in the magical world.


Modern Day

Currently, a majority of the bones are displayed in various ministries and magical museums across the world. However, a few fragments and a femur have been kept in Huang Caishen’s lab for testing ever since his discovery. The main focus of these experiments centres around the use of Yeti bones as a viable wand core. No more than three wands with a Yeti bone core exist in the world, all located in Caishen’s lab. Data from these experiments are not publicly reported, but in 2018, a whistleblower who had recently been fired from the lab released a statement that the magic produced from these wands is volatile and should not be sought after by any wizard or witch who is not in a completely serene state of mind. The core is reported to be extremely reactive to the wielder’s true intentions and will mirror it in the magic it produces.


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