Genjutsu Crystal Chronicles
Prologue 3: Rectigor Rises
Only years later did Michi learn what had happened to her brother and why he had betrayed them. It had turned out that Mogo had been given some writings from an ancient warrior who had wanted to use the crystal to fight for his people. That warrior had fought against their great grand father and in the end had failed to steal the stone from the temple. This warrior had gone into hiding but had put his thoughts and story down on a scroll. When Mogo was 11, he had gone on a trip with his uncle. During that trip, a strange shaman had given those writings to Mogo as a gift and Mogo had studied those writings ever since, supposedly to learn about what the kingdoms enemies were thinking. He wanted to be a good king some day and follow in their father's shoes. But ultimately, Mogo had begun to believe in the lies the ancient warrior had put in words instead of what his own people believed. Thus he had fallen and betrayed them.
And though Michi had believed her brother killed that day, her mother eventually confided in her that Mogo was not dead, but had been transported to another dimension using the power of the crystal. It was a dimension that had long ago been created by some unknown force as a prison, where criminals could be transported to and could never supposedly escape. It was known by many names, the null void, the negative zone, dimension x and many more. There Mogo had been exiled.
But, Michi's mother warned her, Mogo was more powerful than anyone had realized and was immensely resourceful. That is why no one had realized he had turn against them even though it had happened ears before. And she feared that one day he might escape from his prison.
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Priestess Michi was now 25, and she was still in training to be the head priestess one day, she was second only to her mother, the current head priestess. She had grown much since her brother's betrayal, but it still haunted her.