Thunder cracked the sky as blood poured like rivers in the the earth. A deep hatred and bloodlust could be felt all around the world. In the sky and on land Angels and Demons fought ferociously, the hatred could be seen in how they fought. They did not care if they lost an arm or a leg, if anyone lost their weapons they used their arms, claws and teeth. Shrieks filled the air as wings we're ripped from their owners and as limbs were severed in the Frey. All was lost in the madness of battle.
They had waged their war for centuries upon centuries and yet neither the Angels nor the demons were the ones who had suffered the greatest loses, no, for that was the frail and now endangered species of the human race. Before the Great War between heaven and hell the humans had spanned the 5 great continents and their numbers were in the millions. But that was not their best achievement, the greatest thing the humans had created was their capital city Andros. Within the capital were the three great spires, each of the three representing the different schools/guilds/academies of their race. The three were: the Warriors school Ares, the Mage guild Arcana and the theoretical and technological academy of Athena. The humans had developed nicely and they had about two space colonies on different planets, but that was maybe about two hundred people combined and repopulation would take ages.
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Their world had thrived before the war and they hoped to do so in the future as well, but the present was looking grim. The impromptu government that was in charge were at their wits end on what to do. But eventually the answer did not come from the brilliant minds in control of the vestiges of the human race, no it came from an ancient obsidian stone tablet. The tablet was found alongside the carcass of a dragon lord, one of the most powerful creatures that walked the realm. The greatest magicians left from the academies were set to work on the tablet for it was in an ancient language from even more ancient times. Several years passed and humanity was heading further and further into obscurity when finally the first layer of the tablet was translated. With the power this tablet had given them they managed to fight back and the future of the human race was no longer seemingly so dark.