Once upon a time, in the land of Teya, there once was a land that consisted of peace, prosperity, everything a soul can dream for. Until one day, a comet crashed down on the land, only to change everything forever. War, chaos, violence, nothing that one's soul could dream for. Many souls fought for the comet, but one successfully took the power and made off under the living name of the Comet Caller, said to be blessed by the Comet with the ability to harness it's powers to anyone. However, what it takes to stop the Comet Caller requires a lot of compassion, love, and hope...
The town of Castlemore was a very wealthy town. This island where Castlemore was located, also nicknamed Aurora Island, was located far west from the other islands, many miles west and out of sight from where the comet crashed. Aurora Island was in fact named after the founder, Aurora, who had served as queen for at least 27 years before dying in a battle. Apparently, as it was far away from the group of islands where the tribes settled that sighted the comet and took wars over it, they didn't know or even care about the comet, but as of the rise of the Comet Caller, news had spread far-wise from pigeons everywhere as people had claimed.
Ernaut, the Wanderer as everyone had called him, had been walking around the perimeter of Castlemore. He heard the news about the new comet caller, but they kept the name anonymous, likely to prevent witch hunts. Ernaut, got interested in the idea, and he had been a good samaritan in Castlemore, from you know; good deeds, helping others, you name it. He was the guy that was wearing a white shirt, black pants and black shoes. He even had black hair that stood down to his necks. He was walking down the town square of Castlemore when he heard the news of the comet caller.
"Oh, this is it. The comet caller seems to have evolved." said the man that was wearing a brown tux uniform.
"What is it? Can we go and investigate?" Ernaut said, looking kind of interested in trying to work this situation out. He knew, as for a Wanderer he was called, he would be called an success if he was able to make the bigger cut.
"No, I wouldn't. It's confidential right now, and it's far. One day." the man said. "If it's far, some of you may like; how would we even know this right now? That is a good question, pigeons took me via bird chirps. They have in fact a good point."
"Oh, okay, but I am kind of interested in this new idea. We're probably a lot farther from where the comet crashed. You know, that purple crystal comet that crashed down weeks ago? Yeah, that happened, but what I am willing to do is to go forth and investigate that comet!" Ernaut said.
"Oh no, I don't think that's going to happen, because the comet crash site is too far from us. Keep in mind, we're on the western regions while that comet crash site is on the eastern regions, way farther can we imagine." The man replied. That was the question Ernaut wanted, but what he actually wanted entirely was how to get there. No one knew as no one knew or even cared about the far eastern regions. In fact, speaking of that comet, no one even cared at all! All of the Castlemore people would care about is themselves, obeying under the Mayor's law. Speaking of the jobs they do at Castlemore, the Aurora Island focused more on business; the mining they do underground, construction, smithy, etc. Castlemore's finest soldiers usually are known as the "Knights of the Roundtable", and they usually arm themselves with swords and shields made out of iron and gold. They have to undergo various tasks to prove themselves to a powerful and brave knight ready for battle.
The island of Aurora was much farther to the west, from where the comet sight from weeks ago could never be seen or known. In fact, they didn't even know or care about the Dream Shore at all which the comet also destroyed! The Nexus was a group of islands to the west, which consisted of a regional group of people known as the Canaan Empire. Everyone at the Nexus often times took part in jobs; bakery, mining, scientific research, all that important factors.
"Ernaut, what are you doing here? Come back home, we have something for you to talk about." the man that called out his name. He was the father of Ernaut, who rose and took care of him for years. He was interested in foretelling what could Ernaut's future be. Ernaut was a son of two parents; a father named Noah who seeks balance a priority in Castlemore, and the mother Jeanne is willing to seek to work with Ernaut in the future one day but not outside of the Nexus.
"Okay Noah, I'll be right there." Ernaut followed Noah back home to his house which was towards the castle village straight from the market square.
"So, you are the Wanderer. There has been some news about the Comet Caller from the eastern regions, but we are too far to even take care of it, not even the Knights of the Round or our royal guards would be interested in that. Would you be interested in traveling far in the future? It seems to be one of your dreams right now." Noah asked while inside the foyer of Ernaut's house. Ernaut's house had two floors and three bedrooms, one for Ernaut, one for Jeanne, and one for Noah. Simple as that, other rooms consisted of a living room which had a table. The house was made of bricks.
"Sure, it would be interesting for me to undertake a huge mission, sometimes even for my own life. Keep in mind, I'm still trying to seek what I am ultimately am to myself." Ernaut said.
"Talking about the Comet Caller, eh?" the mother of Ernaut called out. She was Jeanne, who had been self-esteemed for years, and is often very strict of what is heard outside of the Nexus. Jeanne had been strict of the outsiders of Nexus because she wouldn't think anyone in the Nexus would take peace to outside strangers.
"Ernaut, I'll be dealing with an argument right now. You go upstairs to my room because I'll be talking for a bit. You can watch though, but I won't be talking to you in the meantime while I deal with this." Noah said, directing Ernaut to his room upstairs. Ernaut later walked up upstairs to his room. The stairs lead to his bedroom, which also was the only room to go to upstairs.
Ernaut's bedroom had one bed, and a wood drawer to keep his clothes in. The blanket that was on top of his bed was made with the symbol of the town of Castlemore, as it was sewn and created by the tailors of Castlemore to show their pride.
Ernaut heard his father Noah argue over his mother Jeanne over the ideas of his new adventure. Even though they call him the Wanderer, his parents had disallowed him from traveling far because they don't want him to travel too far, Ernaut, laying on his wool bed in his own bedroom at the upper floor, begins to think;
"They call me the Wanderer because I am best known to travel far in Aurora, and sometimes out of the Nexus. I love exploration, that is my hobby, but sometimes I have to face how to care for others, even though that they are unlikely. I recall that one time that there was a thief in the town that stole a valuable bag of gold. He got away, of course. How would you feel, if you were unable to make a change that could make the world a better place?" Ernaut thought to himself, thinking of what it would be like to hurt others with no respect, and only care about yourself. Yes, hurting others with no respect and caring about ourselves. That's what Ernaut explained, but most of the time, the people of the Nexus let them down, because one of their traditions is to care about themselves, and not the outside world itself. Not that it mattered very much because the people of the Nexus didn't know any actual regions or other nations outside of the Nexus that they could actually go to.
Ernaut walked out of his room out of his curiosity to see what could Jeanne and Noah be arguing about. Apparently from his eyes and ears, they were arguing if the Comet Caller should even be cared about even from this far. Sure, the Comet Caller may be a tyrannical threat, but even from this far, it shouldn't pretty much matter due to the Nexusians' cultures.
"Okay, we've decided right now. We're not going to care about the Comet Caller anymore. It's pretty much a saying. Like I said, we are too far away to even acknowledge it. Maybe if there's an physical threat or news, of course. Ernaut, you can at least stay in the Nexus and undertake jobs for us if you want. You're old enough to undertake a job." Noah said.
"Alright then, I don't care about the Comet Caller anymore, and why should we? I would estimate it like this; 10 it's a crisis, and 0 it's a hoax. I can estimate a 0, it's a hoax that we don't care about." Ernaut learnt that it's best to not care about the Comet Caller; if they don't know any real details or any actual threats, then don't care about it.
Ernaut ultimately knew his role as the Wanderer. Even though he is known as the Wanderer, he is more like the Wanderer of Castlemore right now. He left the house to go take a walk, but overheard a woman next door that is seemingly overburdened by weight, but no one was around to even help her. Ernaut waved kindly at the woman to gain her attention.
"Hey you! Can you help me carry all these bags in? You look like a good person to handle." the woman said.
"Sure, I can help you carry all of these shopping items in your house. These all look very heavy." Ernaut replied, willing to help out the woman. He with his strength helped out the woman with the bags, especially the larger ones. The woman apparently was a wealthy woman that bought a portraiture painting, and a bunch of art as well.
"Call me Janice. I believe that I have something to tell you about. I saw you talking to that guy about the Comet Caller." the woman said. She looked like she was also interested in the Comet Caller as well, as she had purchased an scroll and some art as shown in her bags.
"Okay, I'll find out some important facts about the Comet Caller to prove it's not a hoax. But, do you have any mind about that? Speaking of how you're interested in that, it sounds like you really do." Ernaut replied.
"This painting that I bought from the shop, was a rare one. This was the only painting they had in stock that shows at least a connection to the Comet Caller. How would you ask? That was the point, we are going to get to that. This painting, represents a woman that lead a tribe to victory. Also, from this scroll that I bought from the archivist lobby, this one was very, I mean very expensive, but tells something important. This scroll says that once upon a time, balance and harmony in the eastern Teya was very peaceful, until a comet crashed down. Yes, a comet that consisted of purple crystals. People across the region started fighting each other and wars raged for days, but a woman tried to stand up for it, and that woman's name was Aruku. She and her Hawk Tribe found an artifact called the Tear of Heaven, which brought forth imagery, wisdom, and spirituality. It was even said to bless the user with great wisdom and power. Unfortunately, the Tear lead to many darker problems which changed everything; Shades hunting them down, evil monsters, you name it. After through many brutal battles and dark faiths, she finally lead her Hawk Tribe to the comet, which is said to be the root of all evil. However, a spirit inside "claimed" that she'll be granted great power if she sacrificed enough blood to the comet, thus she did, and her new tyranny and power made her nicknamed the Comet Caller. See, that's what I mean."
"Oh, I get it, the Comet Caller is in fact real, but on the eastern land of Teya, while we are at western. I don't think that even matters right now." Ernaut said. "Anyways, how would you tell that the scroll had what you wanted to read about?"
"I found this scroll at the archivist lobby when I read it once. Other scrolls they had usually told about older tales and legends within the Nexus or other lands within the world of Teya. You may ask, why is our world called Teya? That was the point, we wanted a world that represents happiness to our hearts and families. That's what are ancestors want. Anyways, speaking of the scrolls I looked and read each scroll slightly carefully, each indicated with a panel, but the one that caught my eye was this scroll; when I first saw the term "comet crash site". See, that's what I mean. I looked at the scrolls carefully if they got any interest, and there you go."
"Oh, and back to the actual subject. What else could the Comet Caller or even the Tear of Heaven do? It seems nothing can even get to the Nexus right now since we are presumably too far away."
"Umm, I would say no about the too far away part. Anyways, where was I? I was getting to the most major part, alright then. Do you recall those monsters known as Shades, the phantom spirits that form humans to avoid been corrupted by light? That's the point, but it's said that if they find a new target of the Tear of Heaven, the Shades would be reborn and evolve as new beings, and that bearer of the Tear would be marked as the new target to kill."
"You're getting the point, I can go now." Ernaut said.
"Wait, there's more. If you ever hear anything or even know anything more about the Tear of Heaven, or even Aruku, you can always ask me."
Ernaut left the door from Janice's house. He learnt quite a bit of knowledge from the ancient archives, but night was going to fall soon. He didn't want his parents knowing that he stayed up too late out of bounds or anything like that, so he decided to return home.
"Ernaut, how's life going for you? Seems like you been out for quite some time right now." Noah said upon Ernaut's entrance to the main foyer.
"Fine, just fine. It's just my life is willing to make a change in the future. If there a choice in the future, I will have to adapt that choice in the future. Simple as that." Ernaut replied.
The clock that was on Ernaut's desk at his bedroom read 9:37. Estimately, the sun starts to sets around 7:15 pm, and rises again around 6:55 am. The clock was a red clock that was wind up via clockwork. Of course, all of the working and businesses Ernaut had been working all day, Ernaut was already tired. The alarm on the clock was set for 7:30 am.
"What a day. Guess I'll find out what I can do tomorrow." Ernaut yawned. He was worn out from the walking around and gossiping he had been doing. He helped out a woman with carrying heavy loads, and learnt important history about the Comet Caller, but does it really matter to the Nexus or even everyone else? Not that it matters to the Nexus now, but to Ernaut, he is willing to seek a secret interest over it.