“You should’ve stayed in your room,” said the dark figure.
“Like hell I’d let you do whatever it is you’re planning!” said a lean tall man with silver hair braided in several locks. His face was haggard as if he was running for countless hours.
The two were floating far above the skies of Arun. None of them have wings but they were capable of flight.
“Aww, is the mighty god so weak?” said the figure, “Perhaps I should give a tribute to you. A tribute of death.”
Suddenly a dark spike launched from the figure and the tall man just barely evaded the spike by rolling to the side. As he got up he looked even more tired.
“You have lost this battle. All the gods are fighting against you, even their believers are killing yours.”
“I swear on my name that no matter what, I will get rid of you!” shouted the man as he lunged forward.
“Too bad,” said the figure as many scythe-like shadows appeared out of nowhere, “you can’t do anything to me.”
The tall man slowly fell as piece by piece separated from him.
“Ambitious, aren’t we?” said the figure as it noticed that the pieces were slowly trying to form together.
With a wave of its hand, the pieces turned into even smaller pieces until there was nothing left but dust. Seeing as the dust was still capable of forming. The figure gathered all the dust and scattered it over the nearest continent.
With this action, many cries came from the continent as all the living beings there were killed or transformed. This became known as the “Cries of Ambition” but the record was lost as none were left to remember.
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In the world of Arun, created by the five gods: Ongarin; Magus; Blangvina; Julia; and Finda; lies the continent of Lunaria. The central continent of the world, it is rich with many islands, forests, fields, mountains, and deserts. It is the most beautiful and most wonderful land.
It is separated into five countries, the Rigel Kingdom, Lunaria Federation, Luna’tesh Kingdom, Mustashum Empire and the Gunterra Kingdom. The Rigel Kingdom of humans encompasses the northern area, the largest of all five countries, boasts the strongest army of knights. The Lunaria Federation of humans is to the west of the Rigel Kingdom and is unmatched in its navy. The Luna’tesh Kingdom is the kingdom of the High Elves located to the south west and is unmatched in its prowess in magic. The Mustashum Empire of humans located to the southeast and is unmatched in its tenacious people. The Gunterra Kingdom of the Mountain Dwarves, the smallest of the five countries, lies in the center of the continent and they are unmatched in their ingenuity with metals and their capability of trading. These are the countries that lie within Lunaria and it is within the Rigel Kingdom that a child is recently born.
The date is June 15, 4996. In the great castle of the Rigel Kingdom, Crown Citadel, which was built atop a hill to better oversee the protection of its five million residents of the capital of Citadel, the third prince is born.
He was named Zed that means in the human tongue “Wise”. It was decided by his mother, Elizabeth, in the hopes that her son would be a wise person to help the nation in times of trouble. The Lunaria continent has seen many wars and this was the first time that a long peace has reigned. Elizabeth had hoped that war would never come but there was always a tension whenever her husband, Aaron, the King of Rigel Kingdom talked with his advisors and ministers about relations with other countries.
Zed was born healthy and his family had high hopes for their youngest son. Complications arose as he grew, though healthy he was weaker than his siblings. His body was skinny compared to the average child but he was more intelligent than any child.
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He began to speak at age 2 and he started learning the language near his 3rd birthday. He began walking at 3 but he was always followed by his servant Sebas. Sebas was an old man who took care of Aaron when he was a child. He was the king’s most trusted servant and so he was entrusted with the care of his youngest son.
It was now August 29 and Zed was learning how to be a prince as he is to be presented to the whole continent when he turns 5.
“Now,” said a woman in her twenties. She was Alicia, Zed’s teacher. She had red wide rimmed glasses with red hair tied up in a bun. She wore a purple dress that made her fat figure that much more prominent but for her she believes that it is hidden.
“You must walk like this,” she said as she walked, her back straight and with utmost care as if there were shards of glass that would harm her should she take a misstep.
Zed watched as she demonstrated how a prince should walk in front of others. When it was his turn to show what he had seen, he tried his best but the movement were too stiff for him to completely imitate and he fell down with a small scream.
He fell down onto the floor with pain rushing from his stomach and knees. Alicia helped him up and said, “Keep on trying it. This is all we will be learning for today so try your best.”
She was all smiles as she encouraged Zed to do all that he can. Zed fell down many times until he was finally starting to get used to it. Etiquette class ended and Alicia began teaching history.
She taught him about the founding of the Rigel Kingdom. The area was once controlled by the Aurelian Empire, Drakin Kingdom, Warse Kingdom and the Raven Empire. The four countries were at constant war at each other until the Drakin, Warse and the Raven countries allied with each other to get rid of the Aurelian Empire.
This and many other lessons were given to Zed every day but at night, Zed would always sneak into the Court Mage’s library and read as much as he could before he would be discovered. He began doing this when he was healed from having his knee scraped as he was walking one day. He understood what was written as reading and writing were where he had excelled in.
He learned that magic was separated into affinities of Primordial, Spectrum, Supreme, Ancient and Legendary. The affinities were then separated into types. These types were the only magic that a person could use at any time.
Primordial affinity was separated into Fire, Earth, Water and Wind. Spectrum was separated into Light, Dark, Nature and Arcane. Supreme was separated into Summoning, Healing, Holy and Chaos. Ancient was separated into Inner, Spirit, Form and Void. Legendary was separated into Time, Space and Ethereal.
The books also mentioned that magic was a wonderful thing but that it came at a cost. There were many adverse effects and each one was different per person. It ranged from an advanced mental age to a drastic change in physical form. Because of these effects, many believe that magic is dangerous but magic is not something that can be controlled. Each one is born with magic, it may be too weak to even notice or it could be too strong that it affects the area around him.
Everyday for 2 years, he has done the same routine over and over until it was finally his 5th year. The day that he is presented to the continent as the 3rd Prince of the Rigel Kingdom begins the day he learned his affinity.