Ties of Fate
Summary: For centuries, the five factions of the Arayashiki, Darklore, E.G.O, Eraser and Wiz-dom have been battling for world supremacy. Now a group of teenagers are caught in the middle of this ancient war. Friendships will be broken. Love will be tested. The battle for mankind has begun. Yaoi R&R.
Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh or the Aquarian Age card game. I do however own my OC's Sarashina, Azrael, Michael, Lafayel, Raphael, Israfel and Iruel. So please don't take them without my permission.
Warnings: Ok, people this contains yaoi and if that's not your cup of tea then you'd better hit the back button now. If not then please enjoy my fic.
"Talking"
(Thoughts)
Flashbacks
Prologue
As far as the history of mankind and hidden from the rest of humanity. There has always been a war. No one knows when or how this ancient war began. Secret battles have been fought to influence the histories of future generations. Across centuries, three secret but powerful organizations have fought for control, even as mere mortal forces have struggled with their own petty wars and attempts at grandeur. These three forces have worked to shape mankind's destiny with their powers of magery, savagery and mysticism. All while keeping away from the eyes those they control.
Each of three forces is a counterbalance to the other. Arayashiki represents the mysticism of the Eastern world. WIZ-DOM subsisted on the magic of the Western world. Finally there are the inhuman Darklore, from which of were-beasts and changelings abound. Each faction, however, sought to also duel with the others for control and power. These forces have caused many of the great battles humanity knows as part of its bloodstained history. By using both their abilities and their influence over those they controlled. Today, two millennia since it begun, these three forces are locked in a stalement.
The year 2000 AD, the opening of the 21st century. The Age of Aquarius which astrologers have long since foretold, has finally arrived. Some believe it to be an age of peace, a new world order. Others proclaim it as the coming of biblical end times. From this generation emerged a new breed of human, one with the ability to influence objects and other people with the mere power of their minds. Calling themselves E.G.O., this group of psiconius claimed to represent a new evolution in humankind, new faction that challenged existing three forces for the power to shape destiny.
Another group also emerged; Individuals who have the gift to both empower and control members of the other factions, and using them to fight their battles. This unaligned group's members gained control of agents from the pervious groups, just as those factions once did to mortal men. These were the Mindbreakers, who were loyal to no one but themselves, and served their own personal agendas.
In the midst of this new turmoil was thrown a new and quantified faction. From the heavens came an alien force of great power, their apparent goal to destroy the human species. Despite this, these alien forces have not openly attacked, alternating between the study of the four factions and the Mindbreakers, and actively participating in the battles. This mysterious force with no clear goals or purpose was dubbed Eraser by the other factions due to their terrifying power.
Arayashiki represents the Eastern mages, primarily the onmyouji, who practice magic in theory of with Tao (Yin and Yang). Most of the members this group seem to primarily represent Japanese mystics, but Chinese (and maybe even Indian) mages are included as well.
Although not as widespread as E.G.O., most Arayashiki members are quite commonly found even ignored, in modern Asian society. Most of their kind occupies Asia as a whole with particular concentrations in Japan and China.
Their skills include the ability to commune with spirits and nature, all inclined towards the Eastern forms of magic. Some are even skilled with martial arts of varying types, as well as Eastern (particularly Japanese) archaic weaponry.
Common types of Arayashiki are Miko (Japanese shrine-maidens) and other spiritually inclined occupations. Many martial artists of the esoteric bent, especially the infamous Ninja, are surprisingly common among them as bodyguards and spies. The members of the Ainu indigenous tribes of northern Japan are also members of the Arayashiki. Finally the reminders of the Arayashiki consist of spirits, especially those of various Asian mythological figures.
The Arayashiki are highly traditionalist, and clash constantly with their direct western opposite, the WIZ-DOM.
The Darklore faction consists of demihumans and monsters. Under these are werewolves and other were creatures, as well as non-humans such as faeries, mermaids and (possibly) elves. It is theorized, they maybe the oldest faction among the five, hinting at a pre-human background.
Darklore consists of ancient, forgotten races. Elves, lycanthropes (were-creatures), demons, mermaids, vampires, oni, faeries, even undead. Almost every beast or creature recounted in tales and myths can draw their origin from Darklore sightings. Basically everything but angels and dragons can be lumped under Darklore.
Typically skills vary widely, depending on race and dispositions, but there's a lot of magical power to be found there, usually magic inherent to given species.
The creatures of the Darklore faction want the world that was once theirs back, basically to retake earth from they see as human taint. Their principal enemies are the WIZ-DOM and Arayashiki, with whom they have fought for centuries.
The group E.G.O. is the newest faction to enter the conflict. They claim to be the next level of human evolution, and possess powerful psionic abilities. It's interesting to note that most E.G.O. members appear to be the youngest among those involved in this fight, most of them barely in their late teens yet possessing extensive psionic abilities, among other skills.
E.G.O. members are in plain sight and never seen. This because unlike the isolationist WIZ-DOM or the inhuman Darklore, they are quite sociable, human, and ordinary for the most part. They can be schoolchildren, celebrities, military personnel, teachers, scientists, police, criminals or even menial laborers. One would never really know if the person you're talking to know was part of E.G.O.
E.G.O members with occupations tend to be the "best in their fields". Typical skills and powers include proficiency with modern or even futuristic weapons, knowledge of cybernetics, telekinesis and other psychic powers, and genetic enhancements.
E.G.O. claim to fight for the next generation, for the future of humanity, and they see themselves as the embodiment of that future. They harass the Erasers frequently and generally take a dim view of the three "old" factions, on account of them being outdated.
Erasers are the only non-earth based faction. This is the name assigned to them by the other four factions, due to their sheer power. They erase their enemies in an instant earning them the name Eraser. Despite all this power, and their open hostility towards the other four factions, Eraser's true origins are unknown, their actions intermittent, and their motives unclear, save for the claim it plans to eradicate humanity. They have no ties with the other factions but have decided to involve themselves in their power struggles.
Physical descriptions of Eraser vary, but the most notable are the 'Angels, that appear very much like the human interpretations of angels, and their immediate subordinates, a reptiloid race that have been called the 'Dragoons'. They have the technology advanced enough that androids, cyborgs, and clones have been manufactured, presumably to act as infiltrators studying the human race and sometimes get involved in the battles.
E.G.O. has somehow managed to gain access to some of this technology, which may explain the existence of cyborgs and androids among the E.G.O as well.
Powers and skills among the Erasers vary, but they usually rely heavily on advanced science and technology, particularly weapons development. They also seem to possess the power to create "miracles", such as the ability to stop time. The androids, cyborgs, and clones do whatever the Erasers design them to do and that covers a wide range of tasks.
The Erasers are engaged mostly in fighting the E.G.O. The older factions, occupied with their own battles, take little notice of them; the Erasers pay them little heed in return. But the Erasers wish to destroy humanity, and the E.G.O, self-proclaimed guardians of humanity's future have risen up to stop them.
WIZ-DOM are members that represent western magery, which includes wiccan, druidic, and even kabbalistic magic. But often go by terms such as witches, warlocks, wizards, and all other European-influenced symbols of magery.
WIZ-DOM members hail from all the sects of western magic. Some might even be disguised as clerics of an established religion; although whether they are really part of these religions (Catholic and Protestant).
WIZ-DOM members seem to be rather isolated from most of society. Since their magic is the western variety, skilled in a wide variety of occult practices. Sorceresses, alchemists, priestesses, knights, spirits and ghosts, and artificial beings (such as elementals and golems) created via magic.
The members of WIZ-DOM consider the Arayashiki their mortal enemy. They fight their own ways and their own homelands and care little for anything else. Well, except power, that is.
The Mindbreakers are an interesting new group involved in this battle. They are a group of men and woman who have an odd ability; the power to unlock the potential powers of the Arayashiki, WIZ-DOM, Darklore, E.G.O., and even Eraser factions, as well as to somehow gain control of them.
Mindbreakers have their own goals and purposes to achieve, as well as methods to achieve. They will stop at nothing to achieve their goals whatever it maybe. This often leads Mindbreakers to battle each other. The victor of such battles gains the members of the faction which the loser Mindbreaker had under their control.
How a Mindbreaker controls one of these factions, much less how they can awaken the new powers within them, is still unknown. Advance psionic powers to emotional attachments are taken into consideration. The presence of a Mindbreaker favoring a member of the previously mentioned factions is often enough to tip the balance in a battle.
Alight I just explained what the whole Aquarian Age, the five factions, their powers and abilities. What a Mindbreaker is and how they are part of this ancient war for world supremacy.
Arayashiki- Marik and Malik
Darklore-Honda and Otogi
E.G.O-Kaiba and Jou
Eraser-Yami and Yugi
WIZ-DOM-Bakura and Ryou
Mindbreakers- Shizuka and Anzu.
Now just sit back and enjoy the first chapter. And welcome to the Aquarian Age.