The Lost Age
Introduction
Sailing east from Angara was a very large ship. In fact, it was the largest ship that that era had ever seen.
However, this humongous ship, capable of holding at least 50 people (which was quite plenty in those days), was only carrying 4 passengers.
A short boy in his mid-teens sat against the side of the boat, thinking to himself. He had light brown hair that went down almost to his shoulders. He was the youngest of his comrades, a child whose origin was not known, and whose talents were unmatched.
Near the front of the boat was a tall, muscular young man, sitting on a bench that had been built onto the ship, looking very relaxed. If you were to see this boy, you would think that he had been sailing all of his life by his confident manner. However, this was only his second time on a boat, and he was overwhelmed with the endless body of water that was the ocean. He sat there, talking loudly to his friend, a boy with blond hair that was very messy.
His friend did not seem to be listening, though; he just looked over the side of the boat and watched the morning waves.
"Isaac," said Garet, the red haired boy, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," replied Isaac, snapping out of his daze. "Just thinking."
Just then, the fourth and final passenger, a girl with light blue hair and purple healer's robes, stepped out of the cabin door. Now it was Garet's turn to be entranced as he stared at the beautiful girl from Imil. But his daydreams were also ended when a high-pitched voice called out, "It's about time, Mia. We've been up for hours, and you just now finished doing your hair? That's pathetic."
"Oh shut up, Ivan," the girl said playfully to the youngster of the crowd. Since Ivan and Mia had both joined up with Isaac and Garet later on in the journey, they had formed a special bond, both of them being the "new kids."
"Leave her alone," scolded Garet, who didn't pick up on Ivan's sarcasm. "All girls obsess over their hair."
Mia did not seem impressed with Garet's feeble attempt to defend her, and she responded very indignantly. "I do not obsess over my hair!"
These four Adepts, students of a unique power known as Psynergy, had been on an illustrious yet perilous quest, that started the day that Isaac and Garet went in to Sol Sanctum, along with their friend Jenna and their teacher Kraden. In the depths of the temple they found a portal leading to a large volcanic chamber, which contained what Kraden called the Elemental Stars. After gathering these precious stones and storing them in mythril bags, they met up with Saturos and Menardi, two evil Adepts whose prior attempts at invading Sol Sanctum had caused the ruin of Isaac and Garet's hometown of Vale three years earlier. Jenna's entire family was killed then, along with Isaac's father.
Saturos and Menardi captured Jenna and Kraden, and demanded the Elemental Stars in exchange for them. Then appeared Jenna's supposedly deceased brother Felix, who revealed that Saturos and Menardi had found him floating unconscious in the river the day of Vale's destruction, and that he had been with them ever since. After handing over three of the Stars to another of Saturos and Menardi's partners, Alex, the chamber began to rumble. Saturos, Menardi, and the rest escaped, taking with them Jenna, Kraden, and the three Elemental Stars. The Wise One, who appeared in the form of a giant rock, helped Isaac and Garet to flee the temple, with the remaining Elemental Star.
The two young men set out to prevent the evil Adepts from lighting all four Elemental Lighthouses, and thereby unleashing Alchemy, the age-old art with the power to do many great and many horrible things. On the way they met Ivan in the quaint town of Vault, and Mia in the northern city of Imil. Together they went to the top of the Mercury Lighthouse, but they were not in time to stop Saturos from lighting the beacon and yet again escaping with Jenna and Kraden.
Despite this disappointment, the four traveled on through the entire continent; through numerous caves, deserts, and forests. They finally arrived at the Venus Lighthouse, and battled fiercely against Saturos and Menardi. In the end, they were victorious, but they could not defeat the two evil Mars Adepts before they lit another beacon.
Felix and Sheba, a young Adept who was kidnapped from the village of Suhalla, fell off of the lighthouse and were assumed dead. Alex had escaped to Idejima with Jenna and Kraden, but the hidden peninsula was washed away to sea when the second beacon was lit.
Isaac and Garet remained hopeful that they could find Jenna, and set out to sea on the great Lemurian ship that Babi, the ruler of the metropolis of Tolbi, had lent them. In exchange for this favor, they promised to search for the Lemurians, an ancient civilization of Adepts that seemed to fascinate Babi.
It had not been easy so far, and not one of the young Adepts was misguided enough to believe that the rest would be smooth sailing. This would prove true all too soon.
Introduction
Sailing east from Angara was a very large ship. In fact, it was the largest ship that that era had ever seen.
However, this humongous ship, capable of holding at least 50 people (which was quite plenty in those days), was only carrying 4 passengers.
A short boy in his mid-teens sat against the side of the boat, thinking to himself. He had light brown hair that went down almost to his shoulders. He was the youngest of his comrades, a child whose origin was not known, and whose talents were unmatched.
Near the front of the boat was a tall, muscular young man, sitting on a bench that had been built onto the ship, looking very relaxed. If you were to see this boy, you would think that he had been sailing all of his life by his confident manner. However, this was only his second time on a boat, and he was overwhelmed with the endless body of water that was the ocean. He sat there, talking loudly to his friend, a boy with blond hair that was very messy.
His friend did not seem to be listening, though; he just looked over the side of the boat and watched the morning waves.
"Isaac," said Garet, the red haired boy, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," replied Isaac, snapping out of his daze. "Just thinking."
Just then, the fourth and final passenger, a girl with light blue hair and purple healer's robes, stepped out of the cabin door. Now it was Garet's turn to be entranced as he stared at the beautiful girl from Imil. But his daydreams were also ended when a high-pitched voice called out, "It's about time, Mia. We've been up for hours, and you just now finished doing your hair? That's pathetic."
"Oh shut up, Ivan," the girl said playfully to the youngster of the crowd. Since Ivan and Mia had both joined up with Isaac and Garet later on in the journey, they had formed a special bond, both of them being the "new kids."
"Leave her alone," scolded Garet, who didn't pick up on Ivan's sarcasm. "All girls obsess over their hair."
Mia did not seem impressed with Garet's feeble attempt to defend her, and she responded very indignantly. "I do not obsess over my hair!"
These four Adepts, students of a unique power known as Psynergy, had been on an illustrious yet perilous quest, that started the day that Isaac and Garet went in to Sol Sanctum, along with their friend Jenna and their teacher Kraden. In the depths of the temple they found a portal leading to a large volcanic chamber, which contained what Kraden called the Elemental Stars. After gathering these precious stones and storing them in mythril bags, they met up with Saturos and Menardi, two evil Adepts whose prior attempts at invading Sol Sanctum had caused the ruin of Isaac and Garet's hometown of Vale three years earlier. Jenna's entire family was killed then, along with Isaac's father.
Saturos and Menardi captured Jenna and Kraden, and demanded the Elemental Stars in exchange for them. Then appeared Jenna's supposedly deceased brother Felix, who revealed that Saturos and Menardi had found him floating unconscious in the river the day of Vale's destruction, and that he had been with them ever since. After handing over three of the Stars to another of Saturos and Menardi's partners, Alex, the chamber began to rumble. Saturos, Menardi, and the rest escaped, taking with them Jenna, Kraden, and the three Elemental Stars. The Wise One, who appeared in the form of a giant rock, helped Isaac and Garet to flee the temple, with the remaining Elemental Star.
The two young men set out to prevent the evil Adepts from lighting all four Elemental Lighthouses, and thereby unleashing Alchemy, the age-old art with the power to do many great and many horrible things. On the way they met Ivan in the quaint town of Vault, and Mia in the northern city of Imil. Together they went to the top of the Mercury Lighthouse, but they were not in time to stop Saturos from lighting the beacon and yet again escaping with Jenna and Kraden.
Despite this disappointment, the four traveled on through the entire continent; through numerous caves, deserts, and forests. They finally arrived at the Venus Lighthouse, and battled fiercely against Saturos and Menardi. In the end, they were victorious, but they could not defeat the two evil Mars Adepts before they lit another beacon.
Felix and Sheba, a young Adept who was kidnapped from the village of Suhalla, fell off of the lighthouse and were assumed dead. Alex had escaped to Idejima with Jenna and Kraden, but the hidden peninsula was washed away to sea when the second beacon was lit.
Isaac and Garet remained hopeful that they could find Jenna, and set out to sea on the great Lemurian ship that Babi, the ruler of the metropolis of Tolbi, had lent them. In exchange for this favor, they promised to search for the Lemurians, an ancient civilization of Adepts that seemed to fascinate Babi.
It had not been easy so far, and not one of the young Adepts was misguided enough to believe that the rest would be smooth sailing. This would prove true all too soon.