Nox

Appearance

The day started off normal enough, the sun was shining and the birds were singing, a little too loudly for five in the morning but they were still singing. Lior sighed and pulled the covers over her head, this was not how she wanted to start her weekend. Finally giving into the birds chirping and the sunlight streaming in through her drapes, she gave one last frustrated grumble before throwing off her covers and placing her feet on the rugged floor. She stretched, yawned and got up, shooting the offensive birds one last glare before she headed to the washroom to get ready for her day. Once cleaned up she put on the clothes that she had prepared the day before, a pair of dark wash jeans, a dark green tank top, a grey cardigan, and a pair of black socks. Taking one last look to make sure that her hair was in place she turned to her shoe rack.

"hmmm... what do I feel like today..." she mused, glancing over her small collection of footwear . Her eyes finally settling on her steal-toed combat boots. Putting them on, she headed downstairs for breakfast.

Humming quietly to herself while putting the now empty dishes into the dishwasher, Lior walked over to the computer room.

"good morning grandma, how are you today?" she asked a faintly glowing crystal orb. "I sure miss you grandma... I wonder where you disappeared to all those years ago", sighing slightly at the memory Lior fired up her computer, or at least, she tried to. "blasted machine" she spat "what's wrong with you now?"

In her anger Lior failed to notice that the orb was glowing a little brighter than normal, however when the glow brightened to that of a desk lamp she took notice.

"what the..." she began as a glowing vortex began to swirl behind the crystal object. Suddenly things began to be sucked into the glowing blue and black portal.

"whoa!" Lior cried as she felt herself being dragged in. Clutching her desk in a vain attempt to prevent herself from being sucked in, she finally lost her grip and flew into the vortex along with her computer and her grandmother's crystal orb.

Lior's pov

Suddenly the sensation of falling hit me, I opened my eyes and stared down in horror as the ground seemed to get ever closer to me. I looked around frantically to see if there was anything I could use to slow my fall.

"great just great... I'm falling to my doom and the only thing to save me is that blasted computer of mine..." I grumbled. Suddenly something that looked like a blimp came up from underneath me. Aiming for it I felt my body hit the fabric, slowing me down just enough so that I got little more than a few bruises when my body hit the wooden deck.

"ouch..." I mumbled as I clutched my side. "I never want to do that again..."

"You'll never do anything ever again if you don't get off my ship you imp!" a gruff male voice said.

I turned around to see an older gentleman with what looked like an old navy uniform, it was a faded blue with once gold shoulder pads, you know the kind with the tassells? He had one of those old three pointed hats he was brandishing a short sword that was aimed precariously close to my neck.

"Wait! Wait! I'm not an imp please don't hurt me!" I cried "I don't know where I am all I know is that a blue glowing vortex sucked me in and put me here, please don't hurt me!" I pleaded

The man stopped and looked at me in shock. "a vortex you say... what do you think caused it?"

"umm..." I stuttered "well... my grandmother's crystal orb started glowing right before happened, maybe that's what caused it..."

He seemed to mull this over... "perhaps, but you will still need some form of payment for a ride. I am the Captain of this air ship, and I do require some form of payment from passengers" he said with a twinkle in his eye. "even those who fall from the sky".

"well..." I glanced around his ship and spotted something I did not expect to see, my computer. I went towards it and picked it up. "will this work?"

The Captain walked over and examined it. "...this is a curious device, what does it do?"

I then proceeded to explain what a computer was and what it could do, he stared at it for a while then spoke.

"yes, this will work, welcome aboard my air ship, now I don't believe I know your name miss?"

"Lior" I said as I shook his hand. "what is this place?"

"Nox" the old man said "now, we need to figure out what you want to do, there are three paths that can help you to find your way home.

The first path is the way of the warrior, they are strong and brave, they rely on their strength and mastery of skills to do their duty. They have no magic in them but they acquire skills that rival even the most accomplished of wizards. Their leader is a warlord named Horrendous, he rules in the fortress Dün Mir with his brave fire knights. As of late they have a rather nasty tiff with the Wizards, so much so that the two groups will kill or capture each other on sight if not in neutral territory.

The second path is the way of the wizard, they do not rely on strength of body but of mind to get things done. They are the masters of the magic arts here in Nox, unrivalled in their abilities to use magic to make even the most mundane things exciting. Their leader is the Arch wizard Horvath who leads the wizards in learning and deed in their castle Galava.

The third option is the way of the Conjurer, they are a strange breed who use both strength and wisdom to get things done. They are masters of the bow and can summon creatures to do their bidding. They have no real leader and have no true base of operations. However the most powerful one of their order is called Aldwyn, he lives just out side the village of Ix. They are respected by both the warriors of Dün Mir and the wizards of Galava, this is due to that they do not rely completely on either magic or strength to complete their work." the Captain shook his head. "their ways are a mystery and the full extent of what they can do is only accounted for in myths all that is known of their power is their control over animals. Now," he paused. "which group do you choose?