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* The main character from the first ''{{Suikoden}}'' used a bo staff as his primary weapon. Jowy, the [[Childhood Friends|Childhood Friend]] of TheHero in ''SuikodenII'', uses a simple blue staff as his weapon of choice, whilst TheHero himself uses DualTonfas. Prince Freyjadour Falenas from ''SuikodenV'' used a collapsible tri-sectioned staff.

* The main character from the first ''{{Suikoden}}'' used a bo staff as his primary weapon. Prince Freyjadour Falenas from ''SuikodenV'' used a collapsible tri-sectioned staff.

One early use of the staff being used by wizards and magic users dates back to the rediscovery of Publius Vergilius Maro (better known today as Vergil or Virgil) and the Aeneid. When the Christians took to burning all the old pagan texts they could find, they read the [[strike: Aeneid]] Eclogues and discovered several references to a prophecy about a man who would be born, descended from God, and would lead his people to new prosperity. In all likelihood this was meant to be the child of Mark Antony and Octavia (sister of Octavian/Augustus). The Christians, however, assumed that it was a reference to Jesus, and preserved it. Throughout the Middle Ages, Vergil would become known as a sort of pagan prophet. Some would even write his name Virgil, because "virga" is Latin for "staff, rod, or walking stick."

* No one mentioned [[FatalFury Billy Kane]] yet??

[[caption-width:335: [[UnderStatement An]] [[BadassGrandpa old]] [[AngelUnaware man]] and his [[BlatantLies walking stick]].]]

* Husky in {{plus anima}} he occasionaly fights with it (he's good) but it is used more as a cooro punishing staff

*** From my training, the difference between a walking cane (or a snapped-off broomstick) and a hanbo is effectively nil. Hanbo are 35.4 inches in length (90 cm) in the modern tradition, about the distance from a man's ankle to hip.

** Of note: staves in WoW are quite diversified and often far from simple. Forms vary from mere gnarled wooden sticks and straight wooden staves, to crystal-tipped staves with more crystals orbiting the tip, to staves tipped with flames, and the most powerful endgame staves tend to be incredibly overcomplicated contraptions, and [[http://www.wowhead.com/item=32374# one particular staff obtained from Illidan]] is essentially a superstretched LIVING [[StarCraft Zergling]]/Felhunter hybrid made into a staff.

[[caption-width:317:An [[BadassGrandpa old]] [[AngelUnaware man]] and his [[BlatantLies walking stick]].]]

**** [[ZeroPunctuation EVERY characters' weapon is]] [[ReverseBladeSword blunt as hell.]]

* [[DarkAgeofCamelot Dark Age of Camelot]] has the Friar, a hybrid healer-tank which specializes in the use of the quarterstaff. They also wear armored monastic robes, leading them to usually be mistaken for a SquishyWizard in PVP. HilarityEnsues whenever a stealther tries to backstab one.

[[caption-width:317:An [[BadassGrandpa old]] [[AngelUnaware]] and his [[BlatantLies walking stick]].]]

[[caption-width:317:An [[BadassGrandpa old]] [[PhysicalGod man]] and his [[BlatantLies walking stick]].]]

[[caption-width:317:An [[BadassGrandpa old man]] and his [[BlatantLies walking stick]].]]

* When [[spoiler: Kuu Fei]] makes a Pactio with Negi in the MahouSenseiNegima manga, her artifact is a staff.

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