Author's Notes:. Due to the fall of my last fiction, I'm hoping to get back on my feet when it comes to writing. Hopefully this will bounce me back.
As for a disclaimer, I do not have much to say except the fact that I had help with the plot and I own not all of the characters. Special thanks to my friends for most of them.
This will probably be one of the only updates from me over the holidays. So, Happy Holidays, and Cheers.
And with that said and done… we will begin.
The City of the Ebony Sky
Prologue
Migard. A land, a kingdom, ruled by a king with a good heart. Cities so beautiful and well-kept, death remains the lowest factor in one's life. Corruption does not exist in the government, not as it usually did many years ago. The government was cruel, then, when the second king, King Tristan the Second, ruled over the land. Mercy was not shown, and thus, guilds became a more prominent force of protection amongst the world. Wars of Emperium were shattered, but not lost, and became less and less frequent as the world of Migard had to rebuild itself.
This one kingdom and its many parts took up three quarters of the world that everyone knew so well, that everyone had come accustomed too, so well attached… so in love with. But it seemed, not one person who wasn't a bright mind, not one, seemed to care about that last quarter. That last little bit that seemed to be tearing, searing pain through people's intelligence so much, that it finally seemed to force its way through.
That last quarter that Migard did not populate remained unknown, has and always would've thought so, anyway. Believed to be a wasteland, a lost chunk of island with no hopes of anyone surviving upon it... Though, it seemed, not all thoughts were thought through completely and to the fullest extent.
Dark clouds always shrouded that last quarter. Professors of the highest order still cannot learn why there is constant clouds, nor why even the strongest Paladin and perhaps a small gang of soldiers never return when set out there. Many were lost trying to discover what was there, what was hidden and what needed to be found. In fact, too many were lost, and it seemed that that would always be the case, no matter how many of the smartest, the most courageous and the strongest were put together to figure out what remained in that land. The brightest, strongest and courageous cannot seek out if it has anything to do with the rare War of Emperium, nor with the frequent civil wars, ruled by those wanting a monopoly of sorts. Nothing seemed to link to this… this land of the shadows. Not one thing, not one at all.
However, that must've stopped. Possibly, perhaps. A daughter of the highest Professor in Yuno, located at the Castle of the Sages, knew of this place. For… for the one she traveled with for three years, the one she calls her one and only traveling companion, has been there. Been there many times, in fact. No one, however, believed her, not one person. However, her disbelieving sister and her outrageous friend wanted to prove the point. They wanted to get it across, that this land did not exist, that this land the young girl was so curious about was filled with dangerous creatures, that no one could take on, alone or with a group, it seemed.
It seemed horrible, really, that the older sister of this young lady wanted to do such a thing. To trod, trample and to simply waltz over this girl's dream, this dream of figuring out the secret to the endless clouds hanging over what was believed to be a city, if not a whole continent and kingdom in itself. Slowly, this young girl learned different magic, far from her extent in the Sage's class. Far from what she knew to any sort of means. She became a Comodo Drake, a group of specialized young Wizards, Sages and much more, who knew nothing but the dark sights that came from the Aidefa the Unknown himself.
The Comodo Drakes were only one of the many secret groups about Migard. Few knew about them, and those who learned the wrong way… were slaughtered. Another major group that clashed with the Comodo Drakes were the Dark Angels. Some smart enough realized that they needed not these skills, they did not need these intelligence levels… They needed to swallow their pride and take initiative. They needed to band together and solve what this shrouded land was all about.
One Sniper. One Stalker. Their story began not long ago. One sister. One boy. A half-Wolf, and a brother.
Their quest for the City of the Ebony Sky started then, and thus… a new page folded in their book.