Deep in the middle of an ancient forest ruled by no man was two great trees. The first a withering tree with bark as dark as the abyss, which it's branches held but a single deep blue leaf which wavered in the wind. The other a tree with a bark of brilliant white which matched that of the heavens, like it's counterpart it also held a single leaf, but this leaf was dark emerald in colour.
No one dared to enter the forest as they believed it to be cursed by the gods vita and mortem, and only those who have been chosen by the gods may enter. As what lay within could change the balance of this world and the next.
This world consists of five separate realms, each closely linked together to form the great pillars of the world, the world I speak of is known as, Terrarum! The five consist of the overworld, this realm is the plaything of the gods, it is devoured by destruction, plagued by poverty and it is a battleground of supremacy. It is also the home of ferocious monsters. The likes of which give even the most battle hardened warriors nightmares.
The upperworld, this realm belongs to gods. This is were the gods battle for the throne of kings, granting them the power to rebuild the world as they see fit, but it has sat dormant for over 2000 years, creating mans longest reign since their creation 457,000 years ago.
The underworld, this realm belongs to demons. it is a wasteland engulfed in fire and drowned in the screams of the suffering, the realm is only hospitable to demons and the undead. They care little of the other realms, refusing to interfere with their wars.
otherworld, more commonly known as the spirit world. This is where the dead and other spiritual creatures roam freely in a world quite like our own. Most mortals who come here are possessed by spirit, seeking to use them as mediums from which to wreak havoc on the overworld.
Finally the connected world, the beings from this world are immortal with the ability to resurrect in a nearby town every 3 days after death. They are motivated by money, power and fame they are mercenaries. They are known as slayers.
The world was in grave danger and without champions to lead it the world would most likely end. Thankfully the gods and devils had already chosen their heros.
Near the outskirts of the forest lay a shrine to Mortem and Tenebris the gods of death and darkness. This shrine was built within a town belonging to a cult of blood mages and necromancers, who spent there life eradicating those who walked in the path of the light. Within this village a child was born, a champion of light (someone born with light affinity). Around the age of one the child's powers flourished at an astounding rate. This did not go unnoticed by the cult's elders and a village wide search was issued for the child. When the child's mother heard the news she packed and ran from the village towards the forest, she kept running until she could run no more. After a while she collapsed in front of a white tree and lay the child in between some roots kissed it on the fore head and lay by the child's side smiled and took her last breath before a tear ran down her cheek and she died.
Meanwhile on the otherside of the forest and many miles away. A holy family who worshiped the goddess of the moon and were the most prominent religious figures in the city, the heads of the family gave birth to their third child a beautiful daughter who unknown to the family was a champion of darkness (someone born with darkness affinity). Soon when they realised the child was born of dark and not light she was seen as an abomination and was capable of toppling all the family had worked for and destroying their image. So it was decided to send the child away, a servant who no one cared for was given the task. She rode day and night until finding a forest, thinking this would be a fitting place to leave the child she entered with the baby. Though the servant girl never returned, she had collapsed by a black tree and with the child in arms, she died.
As the night grew closer the children grew restless and began to cry they hadn't eaten since they arrived at the forest, and then the crying subsided as the final leaf from either tree gently floated down and landed on the children. As if it soothed them, the children stopped crying all together and fell asleep once more, and all who looked toward the forest that night, would have seen the almost blinding lights emanating from the forest. The girl woke up very early the next morning, yet did not cry, instead she laughed for what she had found when she awoken was a small fox, it had, a charcoal coloured coat and sapphire blue eyes. It also had deep blue highlights near his paws, at the end of his tail and up around it's muzzle. It was curled up on ground next to the child.
Not long after, the boy followed suit waking up and instead of crying like what would of been expected of him at his age, he started to laugh. He was in the same situation as the girl, though at his side was a small pure white wolf it's left paw and neck wrapped with vines that grew out of his body, his tail was a small bush adorned with many leaves and his eyes were a shade of the most beautiful emerald.
The two children were from there on under the protection of the animals, who hunted for them, fed them and taught them how to survive in the wild. The children became self sufficient around the age of 10 able to hunt as well as most seasoned hunters. During this time the children had grown extremely close to their companions but even after 9 years without leaving the forest the children never met one another, they always new that someone was nearby but never anything more. A short while after they became 10 something peculiar happened, a small message appeared in front of them it showed information about themselves, the boy was the first to receive the message.
Status WindowName:DamienLevel:1Fame:0Infamy:0Health:150Title:"none"Mana:75Stamina:100Race:HumanIntellect:12Strength:5Will:15Endurance:10Luck:5Agility:5Magic Resistance:0Speed:5Physical Resistance:0
AffinitiesLight:10%Dark:-15%Earth:10%Water:0%Fire:0%Air:0%
He stared looking baffled by the screen which lay before him.
"That is a status screen"(???)
Damien looked around not knowing who spoke to him. He walked back partially afraid and reached out to his close companion, but when he made contact a light emanated from his hand *ding* *ding*
TraitsCommunication
You have an understanding of this world's language system allowing you to communicate verballySoul Bond
You share a bond stronger than any other with Ali, due to this when you are together you feel slightly stronger (5% buff to stats)
SkillsEntangle: Active
Call upon vines to ensnare or attack an opponent (vines last until destroyed)
Level 1: One vine Next Level: Two Stronger vines
Cost: 10 ManaHealing Hand: Active
Summon upon a healing light to heal minor wounds
Level 1: 10% of max health Next Level: 15% of max health
Cost: 20 manaReflective Cloak: Active
Bend light waves around your body or an object making it less visible for a short period of time
Level 1: 20 seconds Next Level: 1 minute
Cost: 30 manaEverlasting Dawn: passive
During sunlight hours (sunrise to sunset) light abilities are stronger and more effectiveNatures Lullaby: passive
Beasts are calmer and less likely to attack (only affects animals with a will lower than your own)
"Damien it is me who spoke to you before"(???)
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He looked at his friend who he had known since he was a baby.
"Did you just speak to me?"(Damien)
he had a puzzled face from both his ability to now speak and the idea that his companion was also speaking.
Due to the fact he grew up with a wolf he never learned to talk, they only ever communicated using body language and howls.
The wolf nodded in agreement and the child leant against a large tree struggling to comprehend what he had just learned. He was also thought about the strange screen and yet again it appeared in front of him.
Damien at the age of ten was around 5ft tall with medium length golden blonde hair and eyes matching those of Ali. The boy was smart from a young age developing traps to catch animals instead of using the methods Ari had tried to teach him. Due to this he wasn't very strong physically but made up for it with his mental capacity allowing him to find more effective ways to hunt. Every so often he would pass the white tree and see the skeleton lying there, when he finally discovered that it was previously his mother and when Ali told him what happened to her. He buried her properly and made a wooden grave marker with simply the word "mother" engraved upon it.
Meanwhile the girl received her message, the same style as the boys but containing much different information.
Status WindowName:AnastasiaLevel:1Fame:0Infamy:0Health:75Title:"none"Mana:50Stamina:50Race:HumanIntellect:10Strength:5Will:10Endurance:5Luck:5Agility:10Magic Resistance:0Speed:8Physical Resistance:0
AffinitiesLight:-15%Dark:10%Earth:0%Water:10%Fire:0%Air:0%
SkillsShadow Form: Active
Manipulate the shadows to cloak your body or an object making it less visible for as long as the user has mana
Level 1: 7 Mana per second Next Level: 6 Mana per secondWaters Grasp: Active
Summon upon a small quantity of water that can be moved freely and can leech health off of an opponent
Level 1: 1% of health per second Next Level: 3% of health per second
Cost: 20 manaAurora Eyes: passive
Your eyes are ever changing allowing you to see through illusions and darknessWaters Embrace: passive
When you are next to water your water abilities are stronger (when in water the effect is doubled plus you regain 3.5% health per second)Vixen's Gaze: passive
When in eye contact with someone they are more likely to do what you say/ask (more effective to a member of the opposite sex)
The girl was Anastasia she was the same age as Damien, but was a bit smaller at 4'10. She had long lilac hair which was swept over to one side and piercing sapphire eyes matching those of Hoshimi her companion. The girl was also smart, less so that Damien but she was faster than him so she hunted using a mixture of traps and her own abilities. She also found out who the skeleton that lay near the black tree was, but she scowled and despised the pathetic excuse for a woman who wasted her life for no reason.
She went through the same confusion as Damien when she found out that she and Hoshimi could communicate but was overjoyed all the same.
That night both children were setting their final traps before calling it a night when the strangest thing happened, they met.
Damien's pov
I had only two more rabbit traps to set when I could hear whistling in the distance, I moved in closer to see what it was. That was when I saw her, I was mesmerised by the girl who lay before me and I'm sure she was the person who I could feel nearby.
"Hello"(Damien)
As soon as I spoke she ran off at great pace and I knew that I would be unable to keep up with her
"ROOOAAAARRRRRRrrr"(???)
I turned round to be met by a large black bear which had stood up upon it's hind legs towering over me at around 7ft tall. Realising I would never be able to outrun the beast I slowly backed off making my way towards the tree behind me when... I tripped over a protruding root, then the beast started to advance on my position rearing to attack when out of panic I shouted.
[ENTANGLE](Damien)
A large vine rose from the ground and wrapped around the bears neck keeping it far enough away that it couldn't attack me. It broke free and was readying to attack when.
[WATERS GRASP](Anastasia)
I couldn't see the origin but a bolt of water came out of nowhere latching onto the bears paw, which had drawn back to attack me.
Once again I shouted.
[ENTANGLE](Damien)
This time the vine went forward at a great speed through the heart of the beast.
Level Up x 5
50 new attribute points available
Anastasia's pov
I was collecting my dinner from traps and resetting them while whistling a tune when all of a sudden.
"Hello"(Damien)
I ran as fast as I could not knowing who he was, at the glimpse I caught of him. He seemed to be my age, I realised that he never followed and I stopped running and that's when I heard a roar in the distance.
"ROOOAAAARRRRRRrrr"(???)
I ran back the way I came towards the noise and when i had arrived i seen something spectacular. The boy was like me and was controlling a vine trying to suffocate the bear, but the vine broke and the bear was going to attack again. This time it was my turn.
[WATERS GRASP](Anastasia)
I shot a bolt of water at the bears paw which he was going to attack with and used the water to restrain it and cause damage.
[ENTANGLE](Damien)
The boy pierced the bears heart with another vine.
Level Up x 5
50 new attribute points available
I ran towards the boy who sustained minor injuries looking for something to clean and dress the wounds, then something unexpected happened.
[HEALING HAND](Damien)
A white light began to glow from the palm of his hand and the small cuts and scratches slowly disappeared not leaving any marks at all.
This boy is truly mysterious(Anastasia)
He looked up toward me and smiled.
"So you are real"(Damien)
"GrrrRrrR"(Ali)
I recoiled as a mid sized wolf with thorny vines wrapped around its tail, leg and neck walked out from the bushes snarling at me.
"Damien who is this girl and why are you lying on the floor?"(???)
"Ehhh.."(Anastasia)
I was stumped for words. I looked at the wolf in disbelief and backed off slowly before turning to run through the woods occasionally looking back at the boy before he disappeared from sight. I have to ask Hoshimi about this very strange creature and the boy, since he knows about all that live within this forest, it was around an hour later before I had reached my camp and I was rather tired.
"Hoshimi *pant* Hos *pant* himi where are *pant* you?"(Anastasia)
"Ana are you all right?"(???)
I looked up to see my faithful friend sitting in a tree.
"Yes, but there is something that I would like to know"(Anastasia)
"Anything my dear"(Hoshimi)
"Do you know of a talking wolf which lives in this forest?"(Anastasia)