The White Darkness
By Helbaworshipper
False Treaty Arc: Prologue
Once upon a time, the land was constantly in a fight between light and darkness. People feared for their families as the fight would cause crops to wither overnight and fires to go out constantly. The seasons varied from long to short in uneven intervals.
The light wished to gain the upper hand and thus offered power to the one who was most powerful. The young man named Lotsuan came from a wealthy family. As the youngest son, he held a genuine desire to help the people. Given tablets with words only he could read, he named the words "Lotis" and encouraged the people to use them at will.
Not all were able to use the words at full power. Among those who were either unable to use the words or very weak was a young man named Darva. He truly wished to be able to be as famous and renowned as Lotsuan. He could never truly use any of the Lotis at full power.
Using the coming weakness, the darkness saw what was inside young Darva. It was the power of darkness that truly resided inside of him. He approached the young man and offered tablets of words only he could read. Even Lotsuan would be unable to read the words.
The young man called these words "Maram" and took those who could not use Lotis under his wing. He encouraged the people to fight with those trying to maintain peace. The people destroyed what they could and did the best they could to steal what could not be theirs normally.
Reaching Lotsuan, now much weaker than he had once been, he knew that he had to help the people. He led a large-scale attack on the Maram users. Many died simply giving him a passage to get to the source of the darkness spreading.
He did succeed at bringing back balance. At a price that one did not wish to see. As Darva lay dying, Lotsuan was mortally wounded. With his last breath, he used what remained of his power to destroy the darkness that remained in hopes that the light would never lose again.