From the beginning of time, the "Defender of good and evil" has been in existence. For this reason, the world will be a better place for all mankind. There has been a struggle to the present for control, to have power over all nations and to rule over mankind. There has been constant conflict between good and evil in our world throughout history. The "Defender" has become the peacemaker, the balance between this good and evil. John Ackerman's great, great grandfather brought the "Defender" to America, from southwestern Germany, on a Packet Ship, in the late 1700's. Undisturbed, and hidden by some old pictures and clothes, in the attic of John's and Josephine's home, a worn hump-back trunk held the "Defender." The couple knew, if they ever needed it, all they had to do was take the "Defender" out. Only to be used for good, and never for evil, the instructions were written on an old piece of dried animal skin laid on top of the golden box that housed the "Defender." Hold it in a left hand and concentrate on a special need; something one of them wanted to make their life better, or deemed necessary to fulfill their needs. Over time, never having a need to use it, they forgot about the "Defender." Josephine died at the wonderful age of 105, and John lived to be the ripe old age of 107. Rediscovered in the old trunk in the attic after their deaths, it gives me great pleasure to share with you the rest of the story.