The guard

In the beggining when magic was new we explored eveeything.

All the speicies did. We were just the fastest.

That was our downfall.

We dug far to deep in to magic. Granted we dug for ten thousand years and had jusy begun to get in to the mantal of magic.

We dug to fast.

When antala fell we thought it was an attack or a natural disastor that took her.

Then tris fell.

And we knew.

My team was sent to destroy the machien that was made.

Team 21. The number of death. When we are sent the objective will be done.

When we arrived in tris was on fire. You see magic is just unexplained sience. Macinees and tech.

And before us was to be our salvation the key to the stars and imortality.

Magic given form.

Thing is.

When you try to control her she rebels.

And she has.

"Captin as i am now we cant beat her."

"What do you need solider?"

"I dont know. I might be able to do it with a runic bomb but it theroretical at this point." I was never able to think under pressure back tgen. Not really. Thats probably why i made the mistake i did.

"Then make one and lets do this." Jerico yelled ocer the comm "this thing, you said its magic unleasead right? Well this bitch just tore through the capital building and is heading west. Im going to see if i can slow it down with some arcane mist."

"What do you need to make this bomb?" Cap asked, he always stayed lecel headed in a crissis.

"I have mist of is i just need a sacred dimond of tris."

"You mean the dimonds it just destroyed in the capital building?" Rock asked

"Not a big one just one the size of a dinner plate."

"Rock, grass, and protection find the dimond. The size of a hoop ball or bigger." Captin was always quick. "Grim and light move west help jerico delay that thing ill run recon. Switcg to team relays and stay open to me incase i find soketging."

"Mech i need you to start building it where do you need to go to make it?"

"Im good cap i can stay here i just need a little more room so ill destroy the wall and make this twice the size." With that cap ran recon and escorted non combatants out of the area and out of the way.

I started my work. Using my macgines i started to sgift stone and change the structure of the atoms around me in to the runic circle. Starting with the shell i built it around me. At the time i wasnt thinking i just built it with a hole to drop the dimond in. A titanium mythril alloy with fabric holsters. A speare with a barrel pointing out of it.

I worked on the inner mechanics. Pulling resourses tgrough the hole ripping them apart and re assembiling them. Making curicuts and runic patterns through out. I got to the point where i was almost full.

"Hey guys have you found my dimond yet?"

"Jericco is running it back he should be there soon"

"Im here i cant figure out how to get this damn thing in there"

Reaching my hand through the hole he put the thing in my hand.

"Bigger than what i needed but it good thank you."

Taking it in i loaded my cannon.

"Cap, team, nice knowing you"

"Mech what they hell are you talking about?"

I aimed at the beast and launched.

The structure was off by a little.

The thing is.

A runic bomb needs a sacrifice equal to the thing that needs to die.

At the time i tgought the dimond was enough. It wasnt.

'You think magic herself is equal to what you want? You think this silly deal youve made will work?'

I was wrong. So wrong.

It took all the elves.

'Your deal is for imortality beyond measure beyond magic and beyond reality. This deal. Well i can take it. Lets see in return you will never sire nor meet another elf. This generation all previous ones and all yet to come. They give their life for you and i take their magic with me.'

And the deal was struck.

I was inmortal. Likley beyond all mesure. I was supposed to live for ten thousand years to begin with. But thats average.

If i got all their life spans. Ill never die. Not even the heat death will do it.

For the first thousand years i walked. Everywhere. saw everything. And i kept walking.

I dont know how long.

I started to keep track when i found the cave dwellers. When they used rocks to hit rocks i watched. I remembered that we elves went to trees first. Maybe they will be diffrrnt. I stayed near by and started to practice weapons. My meele cant be improved sadly i need an opponet.

And so i thought.

I sought and thought for a weapon that i could make and use.

I started with a staff. I used it for over a thousand springs.

I fought the creaturrs that came to hunt the cave dwelers. They started to change a little. They dug deeper in to the caves but they havent changed much.

Looking it seems this is a whole new groupe and none look the same.

The wild life grew and changed but slow most were small changes. Makes you think how long did it take us elves to get to the point we did.

For the next thousand i trained with a bow. The beasts were getting bigger.

I trained long and hard. I began to hunt.

I found the creatures farther away were getting bigger and so i traveled and started to make maps and catalouge all the creatures. I made data cubes filled with information. Really everything i knew.

I started to log my days. Marking when i found what and where i found it on the maps. I was never good with names so i just numbered everything in order of what i found. My cubes started to get bigger.

I had lots.

I started to think i should store them.

So i started to make my library. The library of alantris in honor of the fallen cities. The creachers change but stay the same.

My library is the same that i have today actually.

Anyway. I made my maps and explored. The logs i had made said i had traveled for five thousand years mapping the land and creatures.

I rounded back to the cave dwellers. They hadnt changed much. They had tools now using wood and stone. They had made houses of stone.

This time i trapped one and mad another cube. Instead of numbering it i named it cave dweller as i had always called them.

I stuck around and studyed them from afar.

In my down time i made more weapons and spent time mastering them and testing them against the wild life around.

Logs stated i spent another 5 thousand years with the dwellers in the shadows. It was slow and they started their own languege and a religion popped up. I learned from afar and recorded it.

(Needs more)

Mc

Is an elf mecanic and marial art specialist.

Story

Elf fell and all but one died the one became imortal and staled forward progress everytime a spicies went to fast and destroyed them if they didnt stop.

Ten thousand years

Dwarf got to the point elves did and fell leaving one the elf finds him in the afyermath.

They then walk together.

A thousand years follow. Then the fairies did the same. Leaving two this time and some reseaech. Both female.