Epang Palace Masonry

Origin
The influence China has enacted over the course of human history is a subject that innumerable academics have studied. This diverse and powerful culture is thought to have existed at least since 3000 B.C.E., but China as it would be recognized today is thought to have started in 221 B.C.E., when the emperor of the Qin dynasty, Qin Shi Huang, conquered and united the six other states to form the first unified "China." It is suspected that China's current name derives from the Qin Dynasty's own name, in fact. As the self proclaimed First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang began work on what would become known as one of the largest and most ornately beautiful buildings in the ancient world, the Epang Palace.

The rooms were built by 70,000 slaves, and were said to have been filled with treasures. The palace also functioned as the state archive, where two of every otherwise destroyed documents were stored after the famous book burnings of the Qin Dynasty. The Epang Palace, however, was never finished. Qin Shi Huang died fifteen years into his reign, and his son only briefly took up the mantle of power before the Qin was overthrown completely. Unfortunately, the Epang Palace and its archives were destroyed. This masonry is some of the last surviving evidence that the building even existed - and caused the almost complete disappearance of anything else.

The film "Beauty and the Beast" was inspired by the artifact's effects.

Effects
When this masonry is included into a building, the building becomes linked to the person who owns it. Like the Epang to Qin Shi Huang, the building is tie to the conscious desires of the user, and can be used to build a structure on a whim. Unfortunately, extended usage can and will lead to mercury poisoning. If the user is ever killed, the building dies as well, and burns to ashes.