The Xarkian Epic

Chapter 4: Phoenix's Past.

Friday, January 2nd, 2026

Delphini awoke undressed in a luxurious room with a mountain range visible from the overlooking glass balcony door. Delphini got dressed for the day in her uniform Xarius created specifically for her since she was one of his generals.

She found out that her uniform was also magically enhanced by Xarius own magic. She grabbed her wand and headed to Xarius private dining room in the higher parts of the massive castle-like complex which Xarius named Castle Blackfire which he built with his own magic in the Appalachian mountains to start his preparations for war. She walked down from her room and noticed how the No-Maj of the base we're working with the wizards in perfect unison and harmony which made her think for a quick second about why the statute of secrecy was still in place and How Xarius might actually be right despite his insanity.

Along her way to Xarius private dining room, he saw soldiers who looked similar to Circe except some of them appeared male, and appeared to be shorter to her, along with appearing less imposing and striking, but they all seemed to wear the same phoenix shaped although some had more of a masculine shape heavy black metal armor with wings sticking out of their backs and were carrying what appeared to be glaives with blue glowing silver blades and Maj SMGs.

She then arrived at Xarius private dining room and knocked on the large double door entrance. Xarius then opened the door to find her in front of him. "Welcome to my private dining room Delphini I hope you enjoy," said Xarius calmly as he made room for Delphini to come in.

Delphini came in and was amazed at the beauty she saw before her. She saw marble statues of the most beautiful women and most handsome men imaginable were throughout the room. Plates made from fine china, actual silverware, along with crystal of the most exquisite quality were decked out before her. Delphini had a look of shock and awe on her face.

"You are impressed it seems," Xarius said with a smile and pride in his voice. "I truly can not describe the beauty and luxury I see before me. For there are simply no words that can describe it." Delphini said with her mouth open in complete awe and amazement. "Well let's eat then, I had my associates specially prepare our meal," said Xarius with excitement before they headed over to the table and each of them sat at each end of the table. "Cato, Julius please serve our guest."

Xarius said before two smiling house-elves appeared who were both wearing full tuxedos and were holding wands. Delphini was surprised to see that Xarius house-elves were not only wearing clothes but were happy about it.

"You freed your house elf's?" Asked Delphini with a questioning look. "Yes, I did. But not in that old primitive sense. I truly freed them. I removed the curse that was put on their race by wizardkind because they saw them as a threat because of their great power. I did this in only a few hours using my manipulation of science and magic. I freed them from their curse forever."

Xarius said with pride but with a sad smile remembering all the oppression and manipulation the elves had to deal with over their history. "And we are forever grateful for our freedom us from the curse my lord, and we always will be," said both elves in unison with a smile. The elves then snapped their fingers which a large breakfast with multiple courses suddenly appeared on the table.

"Thank You for serving me and our guest you guys deserve a break," Xarius said quickly to the two house-elves who disapparated with a smile after serving breakfast. "Well let's dig in then," said Xarius quickly to Delphini's amusement. They then started to eat the delicious food before them, danishes and pastries of the best quality, omelets, and wurst with the most exquisite spices, bacon of the finest cut with the best seasoning, and potatoes that would make the greatest Irish potato farmer envious of their exquisite quality and fine seasoning.

Delphini thought it was a perfect meal and the best she has had in many years. A few minutes later Delphini and Xarius finished their meal with full bellies. "Delphini I have something I must tell you in the study in my quarters upstairs," Xarius said with a sigh. Delphini replied "Of course Xarius," Before she got up from her chair. Xarius got up before saying "Just follow me." Xarius said.

Delphini followed Xarius up the stairs to his study. Xarius led her to a room with a finely crafted wooden door. Xarius opened the door to show Delphini a great library of vast size. He then gestured to two chairs in front of a brick fireplace. Delphini then sat down in the chair across from the other. "Delphini I came here to tell you the truth I am your very, very, very distant cousin from a long thought dead part of our family." Delphini then asked him a question with a questioning stare and a raised eyebrow "How are you, my cousin?"

Xarius gave her a look of sorrow and pain before he sighed and told her who he was. "Well Delphini lets start with when I was born shall we," Xarius said to begin answering Delphini's question. You see I was born on August 13th, 1980 but that's not important," Xarius then sighed before really answering Delphini's question awkwardly. "You see Delphini I'm the last magical descendant of Isult Sayre left in the entire world."

Delphini then gave him a confused look before Xarius looked Delphini in the eyes with disappointment and irritation before he answered her questioning stare."I'm surprised you never heard of her she's almost as famous as Salazar himself along her being a direct descendant of him and Morrigan herself. She like Salazar was the founder of a magical school, but she founded Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Delphini then gasped in realization. "Delphini I'm related to her from my No-Maj mother's side as ironic as it is."

Xarius then softly chuckled. "I know how she was related to Isult. My mother, Betty Rogers was a descendant of Martha Sayre Isult's daughters who married a No-Maj man unknowingly spreading Salazar Slytherin's genes through many No-Maj bloodlines until my father Aries Blackfire met my mother. I know this because of a family bloodline artifact I bought from Ireland during my 20s which I saw my name on the very ends the line of my ancestors."

"Along with my own research into magic, genetics revealed that magical genes like parseltongue are dormant when they're spread through muggle bloodlines that is until they come into contact with active magical genetics. My mother and father found a deep sense of care and admiration for each other out of pure love. But my father's parents," Xarius jaw then tightened at the mentioning of his grandparents.

"They hated my father's relationship with Betty, and then they committed a crime I will never forgive or forget what they did to my family only a year and 3 months after I was born. My grandparents kidnapped and oblivated my mother making her forget me and my father forever.

My father then found my mother and asked where she went only for her to say she never knew him, and she didn't care about him. Aries was heartbroken for he lost my mother the love of his life forever because of my grandparents. My father was enraged, and he knew only two people who could ever do something so cruel to him and his child. He went to my grandparent's mansion and murdered them for their unforgivable crime. MACUSA didn't care about the unforgivable crime my grandparents committed.

"They only cared about what my father did in righteous revenge and ignored me and his plight. They only saw it as the murder of my grandparents instead of the justice it was, they sent him to the MACUSA prison in New York for the rest of his life."

"While I was stuck in an orphanage for 10 years with no friends. Until a professor from Ilvermorny showed up and told me who I was, and I was strangely gifted for my age in my magical abilities, when I went to Ilvermorny the sorting statues all choose me."

"But I choose horned serpent because I knew knowledge was power. During my 3rd year at school. I was walking on the grounds when I heard the strangest thing from the nearby lake. I heard a snake talking to me."

"I walked over to where I thought it was and I realized it was the horned serpent itself. It told me that I was a descendant of Isult Sayre herself. Which is how I learned that I was not only a Parseltongue but also a descendant of the founder of Ilvermorny herself."

"During my school years, I experimented with No-Maj technology and science with magic. During my fifth year, I was in New York during the summer where I went to the MACUSA prison as part of my extracurricular lessons."

When I heard someone crying and repeating the name Betty pitifully to themselves. Can you guess who it was?" Delphini replied with a sad and pitying expression on her face. "It was your father wasn't it.." she said with a depressed tone of voice.

"Yes, it was my father." Xarius said sadly recalling that day "I came up to his cell and asked him what was wrong Aries disturbed by my question tried to rush the cell entrance only he stopped when he looked at me."

"At that moment he knew I was his son. My father then looked pitifully at me and said Xarius is that you."How do you know my name? My father then started crying but with tears of happiness with a smile for he had finally met me in so many years.

"From the first day of his imprisonment he thought would never see me again. I asked him again how he knew my name. He then told me he was my father, what happened to my mother, and how he killed my grandparents for their unforgivable crime. From that day I vowed to get revenge on every single pure-blood extremist, every ministry of magic, and the Statute of Secrecy Itself for this crime and all the other crimes they committed. After I graduated from school. I started a wand shop."

"I found that I was particularly good at it I then started experimenting with the woods, cores, and flexibility of the wands which lead me to create new ways of making them more efficient, more powerful, and easier to use. While I at the same time secretly experimented with No-Maj science and tech with magic through enchantments and other such spells."

"During this time I started recruiting my first followers including No-Majs who I equipped with my first prototypes of hybrid magical and technological armor and weaponry this eventually lead to my first invention of a practical hybrid weapon the Maj-Guns."

"I designed them to shoot soft projectiles enchanted with the effects of spells along with an infinite conjuration loop where a new one will always appear when one is shot. Along with a different design meant for specially trained users to connect their minds with the weapon when it shot muggles bullets automatically and the weapons would be enchanted to connect to the users mind to guide the bullets to their target along with the user having a neural interface worn on their heads which linked them to the weapon along with increasing their reaction and decision making speed." Xarius slowly sighed of exhaustion then said,

"Now that's my story. But I'm sure that's not important to you." Delphini actually felt quite different then what Xarius expected she gave him a pitying look of understanding due to them having similar experiences. Although she couldn't help but be amazed at how she wasn't the only gaunt left. Xarius then turned to Delphini with a straight face, "Well Delphini there's one last thing I need to do to introduce you to my cause which is your appointment as commander of your squad which you'll command with my full backing." Xarius said.

He then led Delphini out of the room to an elevator down to the Barracks complex to introduce Delphini to her squad. As they approached Delphini remarked upon seeing the name and emblem of the squad on the sign near the door with the words "Squad 11 Auguries Fist Barracks" She then turned to Xarius and looked at him with a teasing look and a smile, "You named them after me how sweet." Xarius then chuckled and looked at her with a smile before. "Yes, Yes I did," Xarius remarked in a teasing tone.

They approached the door which then slid open. They entered the room with a look of shock on their faces. For they saw that all 12 female members of the squad were asleep naked in their bunks. Delphini presumed they were undressed from a night of partying and pleasure and the at the Recreational Pleasure and Excess Complex in the lower parts of the base last night.

"I'll let you wake them up," said Delphini with a mischievous smile on her face. Xarius sighed. "Okay then," Xarius replied with contempt in his voice. Before he got out his wand and pushed the end to his neck he then silently cast the vocal amplification spell. "Wake up maggots and stand to attention ladies officer on deck" Xarius yelled with the volume of an air horn.

In an instant, the entire squad awoke and was in front of them. The squad looked embarrassed to have their leader see them in their current state along with them sleeping in and being completely unprepared for the day.

"Ladies this is your new Squad Leader you are to call her the Augury from now on and do everything you can to follow her orders, and that means everything, anything she deems nesscecary you are to follow it to the letter no matter what it is. Is that understood."

Xarius said sternly with a serious face while glaring at the squad. All the members of the squad said in unison at once ignoring their lack of attire. "Yes Black Phoenix." they all replied in mechanical and loud response.

"Good now listen to her she has an assignment which I think you will like," said Xarius before leaving the room to attend to his plans. "Listen up squad your first assignment is to redesign your Maj armor in the image of the augury to test your devotion to me, Xarius, and the Greater Good," Delphini said with a loud commanding voice. Yes, Augury said the squad as one before they started the loyalty test.

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