Esponoria
Luccane: [Ess] Mage
Dark Lord of the
Labyrinth [???] Dark Wizard
Prince Chesseldoria
[Prince Charles] Prince/Apprentice Mage
King Monksaki [Monk]
King/Mage
Father Barillion [Barrel]
High Priest
Brother Mark [None] Ally
of Barrels
Princess Rena [Princess]
Princess/Apprentice mage
(And)
Mitochondria [Mito] Lord
High Mage
Part 1: The remains
Prologue
Although
the first of the wars between the church and the mages was bad, the arising war
between them will be worse!
It all
started with a simple rule…NO SORCERY. This rule was affiliated with an
anti-mage group led by the notorious Father Barillion. Because the well-known
and feared brother Mark was in the group, the church had the power of the
Nobles. The mages had their powerful healing and Attack spells and a few spies.
Our story begins with 4 wandering mages, who were infiltrating a
church. They are in a secret cave leading to the town of Bershulne. These 4
mages are: Maximillian Londoria, Esponoria Luccane, [Trainers,] Prince
Chesseldoria, and Princess Rena.
Chapter 1: The Assault
" I'm exhausted… How long is this cave?" panted Prince Charles.
" Can you ever shut up, you don't know how secret this cave really
is… There may be guards." Mack said, "We must complete our mission and get home
as soon as possible" Then he added with a bit of laughter. "Without being carried by coffin bearers."
"Will
you both please be quiet? I sense an enemy's presence." Ess mumbled some
gibberish and out of nowhere, wolves came into their presence. Ess than said,
"Hello there… listen, could you go up and see if there's anybody up there, and,
if there is… you can eat some of them."
The wolves trotted off, and after a while there were screams and
yells, and, after another while, the wolves returned… with blood on their
teeth, I might add.
"Well, looks like you had your fill, but were there more?"
The wolves nodded their heads and, once again, Ess mumbled some
gibberish and, after a brilliant flash of light, they were gone. Hearing that
there were more enemies, they unsheathed their swords and pressed forward.
Although there was much noise in all the hustle and bustle,
Rena heard a sound and whispered, "I hear something up ahead. Do
you guys hear it?"
"Yeah, I
do. We should stay very quiet." Ess said.
Of course, headstrong Mack didn't listen; instead he took his sword
out and walked toward the noise, in the northern side of the HUGE cavern that
they were in. He walked normally, as though there was nothing to be quiet
about. The others in the group beckoned him toward them… He ignored them
completely, walking, at almost a jog. He lit a fire in his hand and made sure
it wasn't too bright. He was pro at this. He was a street rat. He snuck up on
people and stole any food, money, or items they were carrying with them. He had
had the mysterious power to light a flame in the palm of his hand. Although,
over the years, he found he was a mage. So he went to Mage School, and, also
over the years, he trained his mana and developed new, more complex spells. He
also became mighty in the section of black mana. This was the power to bring
back the dead and use them at your convenience.
Anyway,
he was nearing the sound when… "Who the hell is there? We're armed, so get your
big fat butt outta' here." The voice was gruff, and this man was obviously a
guard for the church
Mack
chuckled under his breath. He then formed mana in his head and fired the most
direct spell he could think of. Suddenly, a long stream of fire came out of
Mack's index finger and hit the man who spoke in the gut. The man exploded in
flames. He fell to the ground. After about 12 seconds the man was on the ground
making a sort of crackling noise.
"One a'
them son of a ________ mages is … Argh" the wretched fool stammered.
"Go eat
crap!" Mack retorted. The guard said Argh because he took a blade in the gut.
The fool had blood pouring out of him like watermelon has juice when you stick
a sword through it. He quickly died.
That
night [they thought] they rested, conversing contently.
"Thanks
Rena, and Mack, or we would be ashes!" Ess added.
"That
was some good shootin' bro. And you too sis, you rule!" Charles agreed.
"Oh,
really… thanks, I never really get many rewards, but I don't really need one,
do I? I think Max should get all the credit." The Princess added solemnly.
"Obviously,
you're just modest. You've won more awards and rewards than any of my other
students. You either are more modest than a cow, or you don't like crowds." Ess
said intelligently. Then she added," You are my best student, and I've given
you many awards, but all of which you declined. Why is that? There won't be a
crowd here. So, please, except this reward, it's not a big deal."
The gift
was a golden box that had a spell book in it, containing spells passed down
from the ages of the Royal Monksaki family. Before the trip, it had been given
to Ess. The king Monksaki told her to give it to his daughter, Princess Rena,
when she deserved a reward. Ess thought this was definitely the time. She just
loved this little girl, because of her modesty, which kept her from doing all
those 17-year-old girls do. She was very attractive, yet sulky. Afraid of what
men might do to her, she never went to big parties. When her father asked her
to get married with Prince Moshiken she declined the fellow. 'He's a rotten ass,'
she yelled at her father, 'but I will merry him. This is on your
request, and I despise this… fiend, but I shall marry him.' Of course, the dumb
fool did not know how to ride a horse, and fell into a river while crossing a
bridge. The Princess simply said, 'Good, now I don't have to wear this
revealing dress.'
She
stared at the large golden box in front of her. It wasn't exactly large, more
of a small treasure chest, about 1' x 1', making it about the size of a square
Encyclopedia. What made it big was how high it went. The case was 1' high. Now,
for a case, this was rather high. She reached out to it. The gold letters on
the box stated:
This is
the spell book written by the Monksaki family. If this was not given to you by
the Monksaki family or from a friend, then you are speaking to, or just spoke
to, a thief. The text within can only open by a Monksaki family member.
Otherwise, the intruder will be cursed and killed. Please memorize this text.
If you do, then you will truly become a Monksaki family member. If you do not,
then you will be a lesser of the royal family, and a pathetic wizard. Pass this
on to a younger sibling or child when you have finished with it. You may also
put in your own spell that was not included; which is doubtful. Please print
NEATLY. Thank you, and good luck.
"I never
knew that anything could be so beautiful." The Princess said, running her
fingers across the fine print.
Everyone
accept Ess agreed, " I think that Rena is." She stated.
Everyone
laughed, including the Princess, who thought that she was a homely bumpkin.
"Make
sure you read everything in this book, that way you'll become honorable, and
the people will love you." Ess said.
"Is that
really what I want, while being a leader, I would also be choked up in a social
life?"
"Well,
that's up to you. The people don't HAVE to know you read the book and became a
powerful Sorceress. But, still, read the damn book, or you will be an outcast."
Ess told her.
"Ess, I
have a question for YOU. Can you EVER SHUT THE HELL UP! JEEZ!" Mack said, in a
teed attitude, "Let the little lady do whatever she wants!"
"You two
better stop quarreling, or we're gonna' fail those tests and your gonna get a
ba-a-ad name."
They, of
course, were apprentices and like all apprentices, they had to practice the
activity, alongside a master. Charles' master was Mack. You'll learn his task,
which is quite difficult. Obviously, Rena had Esponoria as a master.
The
tasks that the Prince had to complete are as follows: (Black mana training:)
Raise dead cicadas and make them attack a nearby animal. (Red mana training:)
Light the cicadas on fire.
Rena's
training consisted of training green and blue mana. For green mana, she had to
use a spell to turn bats into wild orcs. When that is finished, she must blast
them away to a distant place using a blue mana spell transport. This mana takes
a while to form and is difficult to use correctly.
Here are
the results: it took Charles several tries before he could successfully raise
the cicadas. He went fancy and tried to use firewall to destroy every single
cicada, and, as a result, his mind got punished from holding the mana in his
head for way to long. He got a scorch and surprisingly did not pass out. When
he finally let the mana out of his head out came a wave of fire that killed
every single cicada instantaneously, but knocked Charles flat on his face.
"Holy
crap! That was one strong spell. Charles, you.r father would be proud!"
exclaimed Mack.
"Yea,
but my back isn't. That hurt. What was that, anyway?" asked Charles.
"That
was a spell called 'Flame Discharge.' I couldn't do that 'till I had
practically graduated. Don't do that too much. With a childlike mind like
yours, you could've gotten yourself killed. Don't do that again, okay? Wait
'till you're older," said Mack.
Rena's
tasks did not go as well. It took approximately 5 or so tries to get the bats
to turn into orcs. She had a lot a lot of problems with the transportation
spell, and was unable to do it. So, instead she simply turned them back into
the stupid bats they were before.
"I'll
never be able to use that spell." Rena complained.
"Don't
lose hope. Look at Charles; he's having a great time over there. Listen, if you
want to be less serious like those guys are, just say so. I do not want you to
be disheartened just because you're not perfect. Nowadays, only 17% of the
apprentices actually pass the final exam. They're really pushin' the hell out
of you guys, but you gotta stick with it. Maybe you and Charles will be the
ones that go all the way." Ess explained.
******************
When
they woke up the following morning, they set up right away. According to Ess'
calculations, they left camp at about 6:30 DT (Dominarian Time.) Charles had
trouble awakening from his slumber. As he was slowly arising to his feet, he
complained and said it was still night. Maximillian responded by asking how he
would know, after all, they were in a cave. Later that day as they pressed
forward, they heard q sudden scrambled, sound up ahead, as though something had
moved.
"Spells
ready. Swords and daggers ready. Attack!" said a voice beyond a large wall up
ahead. The voice was fairly gruff. But, the strange part is, it could not be
the church attacking them. After all, they said 'Spells Ready' leading Mack to
this conclusion.
"Okay,
we better get our stuff ready." Rena said.
Just
then, the large wall crumbled to bits and out from the wreckage came a tall,
slender, something and at least a dozen goblins.
"Surrender.
Or you will be dessstroyed!" said a snake-like voice, obviously coming from the
Snake-like thing.
"Who are
you? I know you are not the church, so cough it up, fiend. If you're not the
church, then we are not harming you!" Mack said, feeling the blood of battle
rise within him.
"Oh, but
you are. You oh so are. I guess you do not know who I am. I am the apprentice
of the greatest wizard of all time. I am Xantchan. You will bow before me.
Obviously my master is the great Lord of
the Labyrinth." Everyone gulped conspicuously. The goblins were terrified of
Xantchan. It seemed obvious that Xantchan was not very good with them.
"We will
never surrender. We were sent on a mission and we will not fail!!" Mack yelled
and jumped forward with his sword in hand. In his mad rave, he killed 4
goblins. But when he was about to slash Xantchan down, his sword bounced off
the man and almost hit Mack in the face.
"We
gotta help him! Let's go!" immediately they jumped into action!
Ess performed
a healing spell on Mack and he joined. The cave reeked of dead goblins, which
you can imagine did not smell good. All that was left was the mage. Mack and
Ess pushed forward, while Charlie and Rena stayed back. There mission was to
use Charles as a person that would raise the goblins back to life, only they
would be more powerful, and have Rena tame them and send them against the mage,
as assistants to Mack and Ess. As Charles and Rena did their thing, Mack and
Ess were having a great time.
"I'll
get you, and it will hurt." Screamed Xantchan
"Yeah,
right!" Mack retorted. "You couldn't hit me with one of your spells if I were
the broadside of an elephant." Xantchan raises his hand. "You wanna get
offensive? Well, then I will see if you are half the warrior that you claim to
be, sucker!"
So far
Mack's plan was working. Let me explain the plan… Persuade the enemy into
argument, whilst Charles and Rena continue to charge and direct their mana.
This way they could cast their spells without being attacked. Plus, they would
have the element of surprise.
"You are
goners. You see, young man, in my own way, I'm indestructible! So, as this
battle concludes, I win again!" Xantchan pointed out.
"Oh… a
tough guy… I… can… be a tough guy… too!" Charles gasped, with the hot
mana scorching his head. "A… token of my… app… recia… tion. HERE!"
Charles
unleashed the spell, blasting Xantchan backwards, down onto his back. Just
then, the goblins rose from the ground.
"Quick…
sis! Tame them! Quickly." Charles encouraged.
"No
problemo… Siin Sine Kiik!" The goblins looked up, smiled kindly at the two
young ones. They then picked up their swords, smiling, looked at Xantchan,
screamed, ran, and well, slashed. Within half of an hour, Xantchan was tied up
and had a bandanna in his mouth.
"Speak,
swine!" Mack retorted.
"Mfff….
Mfffmffmmmmmffffffm…" Xantchan screamed, and suddenly, the bandanna burned to
ashes, as did the rope. "Fools, You will never defeat my battalion of troops.
Never… You may have one the battle, but you have already lost the war…" Then…
he disappeared.
********
After
their short nap, the great Fidel warriors rose. General Barillion went to the
pedestal. The speech… one which would be chanted for hundreds of years to come…
was a boring yet enticing one. The Fidellians sat cross-legged, on sacred
pillows. Naked to the waist, they sat, enjoying fresh, hot tea brought to them
by young priestess'.
"We
gather here today, for the death of Grand Bishop Andiron. This will be his
final resting place…" a tear shed from Barrilion's eye "and we have suffered
much, lately. But, never fear, we will win this war. I, High Priest Barillion,
war leader and accomplished priest, have granted thyself the permission to
bestow upon thy journey to become the strongest, most powerful creature in thy
lad. Thou hast granted thyself to become… Arch Bishop Barrilion!" At this,
people jumped up, screamed, yelled, hooted, you name it they did it, all in
renouncement of this decision.
As Xantchan's
battalion proceeded down the cave, there was an onslaught of drunken bats. Not
too harmful, really.
"I've
noticed something, master. Those children could defeat us. There is one way. We
have power, we have swords, slaves, and spells, but we are missing one thing…
Brains…" A young gremlin pointed out to Xantchan after the onslaught of insane
bats.
"This
provessss that you truly are way too unloyal to ssserve me… why do you not
ssserve those pesssky children, Grebble. There, they have lotsss of…
brainssss!" Xantchan up roared, as he did he un-sheathed up his sword.
"TRULY,
it just proves that you are a master with no respect. I will go see those
warriors, and join their unit!" Grebble screamed back.
"Really,
then, go! I thought you had slightly more than half of a brain. But, you may go
to the losing side, double-crosser." Xantchan calmly stated.
"Losing
side, my ass. Who the hell do you think you are? You control only part of
rising empire. Money, do you have any, no? Any supplies, rations? No? You are
battling two already raised and powerful empires. The losing side is right
here… loser. And, even if I will die, I'll die serving people who will respect
my death! Good bye, losing side!" Grebble, then walked away.
"What
was that… it sounded like footsteps? Bloody 'ell, secret cave my ass." A guard
sounded.
What
will happen next… Frankly, I don't know, but, if you could somehow inspire so I
can maintain the strength needed to push this writer's block out of my way, I'll
know. Please Review!
