The Last Mage
Chapter I
Prologue
No one really knows who the very first wizards were. The legends of Egyptian priestesses, Native American Shamans, Gurus and Sorcerers never fail to prop up during late night conversations by the fire for Wizards and Muggles alike. These are tales that still capture our imaginations without a doubt. Yet no one really knows whom they were based on or whether they are myths or truths.
Or perhaps, they are too young to remember.
The eldest myths known among sorcerers and wizards of our age is the myth of mages. Their stories are kept in the mouldiest, darkest and most abandoned corners of wizard archives. Their story of discovery, wonders and war.
Long ago, when the Earth was still quite young and civilisations were just about ready to emerge, the very first mages were born. These mages were the first magic people known to mankind and they were powerful. Simply because they could bend the ether – the mere essence of magic – to their will. They could do wonderful things beyond our imagination.
Over time, many different branches of mages appeared. The people in the icy north were known as the ice-make mages who conjured objects from mere ice. The people of the deserts used the force of the wind to shift sand to their will. Those who dwelled in the thick rainforests used their green magic to build their homes among the trees.
Soon the mages formed into guilds in which they practised and developed their magic, using their magic to heal and aid those who were in need of it. However, not all mages turned out to do good. In the end, dark guilds began to form. They used the Ether for the works of evil and they waged war on their neighbouring guilds in hopes of gaining power. It was a terrible and gruesome war. Mages, monsters and magical beasts butchered each other. The first great bloodshed of history.
Dragons, one of the most magnificent creatures who also fought in the war on both sides saw the destruction the war has brought on humanity and some of them took pity on them. These dragons thought them Dragon Slaying Magic. Magic which could empower a human mage with the powers of a dragon – one of the fiercest and most powerful magical creatures.
With the aid of the Dragon Slayers, the tides of the war turned immensely but even still the terrible war lasted 12 long years. During that time many mages lost their lives. Most of the survivors abstained from magic use and only a few carried on its practice. But this time, seeing the destructive power of Ether, they crafted the most symbolic relic of wizardry to channel its energy: a wand. Using the heartstring of a dragon and the branch of an Apple tree they were able to channel the Ether so that a war like so could never happen again.
And so that was the end of the powerful mages and the dawn of wizards. Within a few centuries they died out and after a few millennia, they were completely forgotten.
And the dragons? Well, they are not as keen to speak with humans anymore. But don't be fooled, they do remember. And swore amongst themselves not to reveal their secrets to them anymore. But quite often, a bubbly laughter of an orphan boy can make an old Fire Dragon forget his promise. Like the bubbly laughter of a boy named Natsu Dragneel.
A/N: More to come!
Please note that in this instance, mages were a lot more powerful as they were able to do wandless magic. Something that wizards find very difficult to do.
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