The End of Arcon
Written by: Stealth161987
Millions of years before the Black War, there was an Oracle named Erias. She predicted the end of the earth. People mocked her and charged her for serious crimes including the conspiracy of the destroying the Earth. She was shot, burned, and hung after she watched her children die. Little did the people know that... she was right. She predicted a Mage named Uricidas would lead an army to Mt. Farik, a non-existing mountain during the time she foretold her prediction. Uricidas would then accidentally open a gate to protect himself from the cold, harsh winter upon the mountain's peak. He would then during the night be slaughtered by...it... There is no word to describe him. He is like a troll that can shift itself in a way to tangle its foes. It can slither like a snake but has legs. He makes no sound, yet leaves giant footprints in the ground despite his huge size. The people of Earth decided to call the monstrosity, 'a Hemdor.' The Hemdor destroyed villages as if it were gum under his foot. Before Erias died, she made another prediction. She said the person who would slay the Hemdor would be from the same bloodline as Uricidas. His name would be Arcon.
In the cold depths of the cave cluttered with 5,000 people, lies Recta, the city of the lost. This is where most of the survivors of the Hemdor live. It took 60 years to cut their way though the rock just to build one house! While brave knights fought off the Hemdor away from the gates of Recta, Recta closed the door to the city using big boulders so the Hemdor could not get in. The remaining outsiders forgot about the cities whereabouts and it became "The City of the Lost." But before the gates were closed, the city Recta supplied itself with enough food and resources to last the people 1,000 years by sneaking and foraging. Luckily, they were not seen foraging. But lately, they running out of supplies and it is time to retrieve some more.
"Arcon! Arcon! Wake up!" cried Arcon's mother.
Arcon opens his eyes slowly and suddenly his heart starts to race with excitement and fear rushing about him. Today is the day of Staff Giving. It is a day where every child at age 15 receives their staff to become a master at the art of sorcery.
"Wahoo! Today I get my staff!" shouts Arcon.
"Come on down!" yells his mother.
Arcon, now with an adrenaline rush, ran down the long winding steps of stairs to get to his calling mother. Just as Arcon gets half way down the stairs, he hears a pound that sounds as great as thunder itself. And he realizes the inevitable. He sees a hole with a small stream of light shining though it and then it becomes black. He realizes it is the end of Recta...the Hemdor has found the entrance.
Arcon, still running down the stairs, tries to think of how the Hemdor found Recta. When Arcon finally stops running, he sees one of the rocks from the old boulders fall off and hit the ground killing a mother who is trying to save her child. He continues to run faster than he has ever had before to the staff room to obtain his own staff to try to stop the beast. When Arcon gets 15 feet from the door, he sees his mother trapped under a rock calling for him with a staff in hand. He goes to her, kneels down and takes the staff. With a mournful voice she manages to get out these words, "Arcon, take that staff and leave Recta. There is an illegal exit that I built for emergencies only. You must train yourself in the way of the Mage to destroy the Hemdor. I have a feeling you are the...only one who can kill him. I believe that Uricidas was right. Good- bye...my son..."
As Arcon mourns for his mother's death, he runs to the area of which he was told and only to leaves using the exit.
Written by: Stealth161987
Millions of years before the Black War, there was an Oracle named Erias. She predicted the end of the earth. People mocked her and charged her for serious crimes including the conspiracy of the destroying the Earth. She was shot, burned, and hung after she watched her children die. Little did the people know that... she was right. She predicted a Mage named Uricidas would lead an army to Mt. Farik, a non-existing mountain during the time she foretold her prediction. Uricidas would then accidentally open a gate to protect himself from the cold, harsh winter upon the mountain's peak. He would then during the night be slaughtered by...it... There is no word to describe him. He is like a troll that can shift itself in a way to tangle its foes. It can slither like a snake but has legs. He makes no sound, yet leaves giant footprints in the ground despite his huge size. The people of Earth decided to call the monstrosity, 'a Hemdor.' The Hemdor destroyed villages as if it were gum under his foot. Before Erias died, she made another prediction. She said the person who would slay the Hemdor would be from the same bloodline as Uricidas. His name would be Arcon.
In the cold depths of the cave cluttered with 5,000 people, lies Recta, the city of the lost. This is where most of the survivors of the Hemdor live. It took 60 years to cut their way though the rock just to build one house! While brave knights fought off the Hemdor away from the gates of Recta, Recta closed the door to the city using big boulders so the Hemdor could not get in. The remaining outsiders forgot about the cities whereabouts and it became "The City of the Lost." But before the gates were closed, the city Recta supplied itself with enough food and resources to last the people 1,000 years by sneaking and foraging. Luckily, they were not seen foraging. But lately, they running out of supplies and it is time to retrieve some more.
"Arcon! Arcon! Wake up!" cried Arcon's mother.
Arcon opens his eyes slowly and suddenly his heart starts to race with excitement and fear rushing about him. Today is the day of Staff Giving. It is a day where every child at age 15 receives their staff to become a master at the art of sorcery.
"Wahoo! Today I get my staff!" shouts Arcon.
"Come on down!" yells his mother.
Arcon, now with an adrenaline rush, ran down the long winding steps of stairs to get to his calling mother. Just as Arcon gets half way down the stairs, he hears a pound that sounds as great as thunder itself. And he realizes the inevitable. He sees a hole with a small stream of light shining though it and then it becomes black. He realizes it is the end of Recta...the Hemdor has found the entrance.
Arcon, still running down the stairs, tries to think of how the Hemdor found Recta. When Arcon finally stops running, he sees one of the rocks from the old boulders fall off and hit the ground killing a mother who is trying to save her child. He continues to run faster than he has ever had before to the staff room to obtain his own staff to try to stop the beast. When Arcon gets 15 feet from the door, he sees his mother trapped under a rock calling for him with a staff in hand. He goes to her, kneels down and takes the staff. With a mournful voice she manages to get out these words, "Arcon, take that staff and leave Recta. There is an illegal exit that I built for emergencies only. You must train yourself in the way of the Mage to destroy the Hemdor. I have a feeling you are the...only one who can kill him. I believe that Uricidas was right. Good- bye...my son..."
As Arcon mourns for his mother's death, he runs to the area of which he was told and only to leaves using the exit.