The Shards of Nirvana

''In order to assure the control of humanity, various technologies were created by the ancient but advanced race, named Shards of Nirvana. These pieces were tapped into a neurotransmitter located deep within the human brain, ensuring total obedience. However, there were some humans born without the neurotransmitter, hypothesized by Ochigi to be hybrids of the First Civilization and humans, consequently making them immune to the Pieces' control.''



The Shards of Nirvana
There are 14 Shards of Nirvana in all.

The Shards of Nirvana have a long history that punctuates the tales of humanity. The Shards of Nirvana were used to control humans, who were created by the First Civilization to work as slaves and those that worship them. Humans react to the effects of the Shards of Nirvana through the 4th chi seal designed in there brain. However, interbreeding between humans and members of the First Civilization led to the creation of a hybrid race, which was immune to the hypnotic effects of the Shards of Nirvana, it also allow certain humans to weiled the shards when in actuality it would kill any human that came in contact with it, a failsafe for all The First Civillization so that the humans would never cause an uprising. In 75010 BCE, two of these hybrids, Adam and Eve, stole one of the Shards from their masters and escaped from captivity in Eden. Soon after, war broke out, pitting humanity against their gods.

While the rest of the First Civilization were busy battling the humans, Okami, Washi, Oto and Heba were tasked with finding a way to guard against the threat of an impending solar flare. They relocated to the Grand Temple in what is now Turin, Kasaihana city, a facility which could only be entered using an Shard of Nirvana. Opening the Temple's inner gate required another Shard of Nirvana, the Grand Temple Key. By this time, the First Civilization were already able to generate small magnetic fields through the Shards of Nirvana, which were worn as rings. Using similar technology, they hoped to create a large magnetic field to protect the Earth from the sun's flare. However, they lacked the resources to do so, and though they attempted to create fields to protect small portions of the Earth, they were ultimately unsuccessful.

The First Civilization soon discovered that when enough humans sat in thrall of the Shards of Nirvana and were forced to believe, their thoughts became reality. Okami, Washi, Oto and Heba considered the possibility that they could use human belief to change the consensus. This attempt was similarly unsuccessful. As their third option, they sent an Shard of Nirvana into the sky, and when it was placed, uttered the words "Make us safe." When their first attempt failed, they resolved to send a dozen more after. This act was also met with failure as there was no way to direct the beams of energy emitted by the Shards down to the Earth. Only ten years after the human rebellion began, the flare hit earth and whipped out all of the human race and all of the First Civllization as well. However majoirty of the First Civliization had escaped to Fumei much before this, and with the final hours that passed a wave took earth and killed even more humans, expect for the one Known as Noah and his family. The remaining members of the First Civilization were revered as gods by the humans; knowing that extinction awaited them, they began to aid the humans and guide their culture in turn.

Shard of Wisdom
