I come from high above, dark and with a magnet quality. I am said to have changed the world dramatically.

I am a place for teaching and dignity, I am where you learn to fight for all of humanity. Ancient arts of mystical combat have been passed down on me for generations yet I remain as sturdy as stone.

I am the highest point of a wave's short life, A symbol of status in times of strife. I am found on a helmet, a hill, or a bird, A sign of a lineage, though I'm never heard.

I taught by asking, not answering. My student wrote me; my city condemned me. Hemlock sealed my last dialogue. Who am I?

I am an act in the honor of another. Respect, perhaps, for a culture or a brother. To an admirable phenomena, I am a commemoration. I show a great gratitude in my creation.