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"Warehouse 13 agents are tasked to retrieve missing Warehouse 13 artifacts and investigate reports of new ones. New agents come to understand the importance of what they are doing, as they become more used to artifact retrieval..."

"The artifacts are typically items that are in some way connected to some historical or mythological figure. Each one has been imbued with something of their creator or user - something their creators allude to in their writing, or enhances some aspect of their personalities..."

"Some are well known: Lewis Carroll's looking glass, which is a portal to somewhere, and Poe's pen and a volume of his writing, which make whatever the user writes a reality. Some are not: Lizzie Borden had a mirrored compact that compelled its user to kill her loved ones with an axe, Marilyn Monroe had a brush that turned its user's hair platinum blonde (which Myka once used on herself). The artifacts react with electricity and can be neutralized only by a mysterious purple gel produced by Warehouse 13 which the agents use to neutralize them once they have been retrieved..."

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"Warehouse 13 itself is a massive facility located in a secret barren area of South Dakota, which senior agent-in-charge Dr. Arthur "Artie" Nielsen likes to call "America's Attic" (despite the Smithsonian laying claim to the same nickname). It houses all the currently-known "artifacts" collected over the centuries...."

"Established in 1914, Warehouse 13 was designed by Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and M. C. Escher. As the name suggests, there have been twelve incarnations prior to the one in South Dakota. The oldest, the first warehouse, was run by Alexander the Great. Other warehouses over the centuries include Warehouse 2, which was at the Library of Alexandria, and Warehouse 12, which was in Great Britain. Throughout history, the Warehouse has moved to whichever country/city-state was the most powerful at that time (Greece, Rome, Khmer, Russia, Great Britain, etc.) since artifacts are usually found in the world centers of commerce and culture..."

"Since 330 BC, warehouse agents, from Warehouse 1 to the present Warehouse 13, have painstakingly collected all known artifacts and put them in the warehouse for safekeeping, thereby protecting humanity from their effects. Because of the danger posed by these artifacts, the warehouse regents have always picked very capable and resourceful agents..."