Thursday, September 22, 2011

They call her Mother...of the World pt1

Origins of Mother of the World pt1

Unlike the man who came from the Mount of Fate, the woman know as Mother came from the Kingdom of Raine. She was has many names and no name but in truth no one knows what her true name is.  She is called Mother by all who live in the world of Etrea.  She is worship by the dark and feared by the light and her conundrum is that she is both.

In the second age of the Etrea sun before the High Lord would walk the world, the Kingdom of Raine was  the jewel of the world of the age.  Raine rule most to all of the southern hemisphere of the planet to the island nation of the central see. Their king was a simple but prideful man and his wife a blue haired beauty from the island of Emril.  After 20 years of marriage the Queen of Raine was finally with child and the entire world was to welcome the new heir.

One the day of this child's birth for the first time in recorded history there was an eclipse of both moons of Etrea. Many took this as a good omen and sign that this child was blessed due to she also bore a small mark that looked like black moon of Etrea. Unbeknown est to them it was the sign of the end. In the southern most part of the kingdom the ground shook till it split in half and dark shadows and creatures poured out from it.  Word of this unnatural occurrence didn't reach the King until the two days later after the birth of his daughter.  The King and Queen had yet to named their new baby girl when the Queen fell violently and as she passed from this world she whisper to her husband the name in which their daughter should be name. It was this day the King understood why his wife had named their child "...." as she went from two days old to the age of three in a matter of days.  Her name was cursed and not to be mention to all in Raine. She was maturing at an alarming rate and the Kingdom of Raine was now facing its twilight.

The creatures and beings that rose from the crevice in deep south and fell from the sky in the upper north all came to the kingdom. The countryside was littered bodies of the dead and roads ran red with blood. The king sent his armies to defend the country as it was laid siege to by the light and dark.

  They called for the Princess of Raine to come to them as they gained more and more ground in the ensuring conflict. To lead them and be their God, her answer would shake the kingdom to ground and change the world.

Friday, September 16, 2011

World of the Dark - Book 1 Chapter 1 - Origins

Origins of the High Lord
Background Story: Book 1: The Beginning

It is the third era of the Etera sun and the dawn of the Age of the Fall. The nation of the Dark Empire has taken the world and is ruled by the High Lord. He is an ordinary human man in some respect, but in ways that confound most of the inhabitants of Etera, he can do extraordinary things. He came from the small western white city called Efelya, but those who lived there say he came from the Mount of Fate. They say some children on the outskirts of city found him battle weary, with torn clothing, carrying a mixed-colored sword and bearing two tattoos marking on his body when they found him. The markings resembled the ones on his sword two crescent moons, one white and one dark, the color of his sword was similar half white and half black.

He had retained no knowledge of who he was or where he came from, all he said to those who nursed him back to health is that, "I am of the world, neither of light or dark. I am the balanced of the two." And so he repeated that for as long as they could remember, he quietly became a member of their community and just became an ordinary man.

Then one day something changed, and strange aura was in the sky. The once bright orange sun of the world became black and the moons changed color, one became blue and the other red; as well as each had a strange crescent appear in the middle of them with colors matching the marking on his body and his sword. He quickly ran into what he had called home and grabbed that sword and walked back out with it dragging it behind him.

He walked to the center of town and yelled at the top of his lungs. People of the Great city of Efelya, this is the first day of the age of the fall, I will protect you as you have nursed me back to health. There are things of unbound light and darkness to come prepare yourselves for the rise of beings not seen since the beginning of the world. As long as you stand with me, neither side will ever touch you. For here is where I stand in this Great city, now sacred and holy ground.

After those words, they say he walked into the mists that had formed around the city, dragging his sword with a grimace of revelation on his face. It was also the last day the citizens of Efelya would see him, but they heard how he walked the world of Etera and conquer all with a growing army of beings of light and darkness.

His knights spread his word, and his dark warriors spread his dominion. There was balance, but as all things go in the world, as powerful as he was, he could not control fate. An on the world of Etera, fate has a nasty habit of changing things for the next to rise to lead the world. Those markings he bore on his body will appear on many others, but they will be separate. But the two moons will appear together on his children to what is to become his empire, and the ironic thing is they will come to betray him. But this is only the beginning of story...the rest is yet to come!