Maple Wand

The Brynmoor School of Magic fell to fire, and it didn't rally in another location. The school, it was said, had been losing money, and the wizards saw the fire as an opportunity to count their insurance money and cut any further losses. The students were left to apprentice elsewhere, if they could find the work, or practice their magic in other, ill-thought-out manners.

Upon the death of a foremost wizard, an old dean of the School of Magic, a chest was wheeled out. Inside were hundreds of sticks, wrapped in cloth. The wizard's family believed them to be incense sticks or diffusers - scented with holly berries, as per a decoration on the stick's base. The family sold them for a single gold piece each. A poster was attached to the front of the chest with the words 'Fire Sale - Incense Sticks' .