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==Items==
Powers common to all items include the ability to summon ''[[ka]]'' from tablets, turn games into [[Shadow Game]]s, and inflict [[Penalty Game]]s on the losers.
Three of the Millennium Items are said to represent justice, the Key, Scale and Tauk, three are said to be weak to evil, the Ring, Rod, and Eye, while the seventh, the Millennium Puzzle, represents both evil and justice.<ref name="dsod">''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''</ref>
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===Atem's reign===
===Book of the Dead===
It was written in the [[Book of the Dead]] that the Millennium Items were made by magicians serving the Pharaoh, in order to punish thieves who would defile the tombs of the Pharaohs.<ref name="d 14">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|14|ref}}</ref>
===Tomb Guardians===
[[Sugoroku Mutou (manga)|Sugoroku Mutou]] retrieved the Millennium Puzzle from the Pharaoh's tomb,<ref name="d 279" /> which was later found by his grandson, [[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]], who spent eight years trying to solve it.<ref name="d 1">{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|1|ref}}</ref>
Shadi safekept the Items in the [[Shrine of the Millennium Stone|Shrine of the Underworld]] and would subject trespassers to [[Millennium Item trials|tests]] to see if they were worthy holders of the Items. [[Maximillion J. Pegasus (manga)|Maximillion J. Pegasus]] was subject to one of Shadi's tests and became the chosen holder of the Millennium Eye.<ref name="d 132" /> Pegasus went on to use the Eye to aid his business goals, which he hoped would accumulate in creating a way to reunite with his deceased lover, [[Cyndia (manga)|Cyndia]].
[[Bakura's father]] was also subject to one of Shadi's tests. Although he was rejected by the Millennium Ring, it chose his son, [[Ryo Bakura (manga)|Ryo Bakura]] as its host, causing [[Dark Bakura (manga)|Dark Bakura]] to take residence in his body and promptly murder Shadi,<ref name="dsod">''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions]]''</ref> who continued to live as a ghost.
[[Marik Ishtar (manga)|Marik Ishtar]]'s alter ego, [[Dark Marik (manga)|Dark Marik]], murdered [[Ishtar forefather|his father]], using the Millennium Rod. <ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|232|ref}}</ref> After that Marik and [[Ishizu Ishtar (manga)|Ishizu Ishtar]] assumed ownership of the Rod and Tauk, respectively.
===School===
[[Yugi Mutou (manga)|Yugi Mutou]] solved the Millennium Puzzle, causing the spirit of Atem to reside in his body as [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]].<ref name="d 1" /> Dark Yugi on many occasions used its powers to play Shadow Games to overcome people who harmed Yugi and his friends.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|2|ref}}</ref><ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|3|ref}}</ref><ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|4|ref}}</ref>
===Monster World===
===Duelist Kingdom===
Pegasus forced Yugi used the Millennium Eye to take part aid in the his attempt to [[Pegasus' KaibaCorp takeover attempt|takeover]] [[Duelist KingdomKaibaCorp]] tournament , including using it to conduct Shadow Games and used inflict Penalty Games. This included forcing the Millennium Eye's power Puzzle holder, Yugi, to face take part in a Shadow Games of his ''[[Duel Monsters (manga)|Duel Monsters]]''tournament, [[Duelist Kingdom]].<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|62|ref}}</ref> He also caught the attention of Millennium Ring holder, Bakura, who had developed a fascination with learning the origins of the Millennium Items.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|63|ref}}</ref> Pegasus and Yugi each made use of their Millennium Items' abilities in the final Duel of the tournament,<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|128|ref}}</ref> which was played as a Shadow Game.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|129|ref}}</ref> Following his defeat, Pegasus told Dark Yugi what he know about the Millennium Items, how he got the Millennium Eye, and how the Items were said to possess an evil intelligence.<ref name="d 132" />
==History of possession==
