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    The Ancient's Song

    Alteria is a land of high mountains and lush plains, ranging from the Evergreen forests in the south to the Water Dragon Mountains to the north. It is the only known continent as far anyone is aware of, the seas spanning out endlessly til the edge of the known world. Only few creatures dwell on the land, from animals to various bloodlines of humans, with King Hydul sitting on the throne of the one and only kingdom. The capital of Dern sits in the middle of the island, surrounded by mountains while outlaying cities and villages dot the landscape, the Elder Magi Tower sitting on the highest peak being the only other notable construction made by man.

    The land resides in a relative age of peace thanks to the great hero of the second era. A creature that had never been seen before and only thought to be of fairy tales and myths came crashing down in the northern mountains at the end of the first era and proclaimed the land his to rule. Eruix, a dragon, terrorized the kingdom for the better parts of five years before the hero rose up from the ashes and struck it down - a creature many compared to the gods for it's sheer amount of power it commanded. The hero has since known fame and peace from befalling the beast, but too soon will she enter a world that has eluded humankind since the beginning of time, and a secret that's been hidden away. Eruix was never meant to show up, but now that he had, the coming tide cannot be stopped.


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    Races and Organizations

    Alts
    Alts make up most of the human population and have been widely regarded as the 'normal' humans by the small number of racists in Alteria. Alts generally have no special affinity, but learn a bit faster than other bloodlines. While other bloodlines might learn magic or swordplay at a quicker rate, whatever they don't specialize in, Alts can learn faster (i.e. Kilee can learn swordplay faster than Alts, but Alts can learn magic faster). All this means in the end is that they are well-rounded individuals.

    Barbarian
    Named such for their culture to stay in tribes in the northern White Dragon Mountains, these men and women are generally more aware of their surroundings and people have noted that Barbarians are noticeably harder to sneak up on. Besides their increased perception they can be trained to use the legendary Berserker state, which trades their awareness for toughness for a short time.

    Kilee
    Those of the Kilee bloodline are more often than not dark-skinned and have an unusual talent for swordplay. While they tend to be a little slow on other things, Kilee are among some of the best swordsmen in Alteria.

    Cerin
    The Cerin bloodline seem to have fairer skin and lighter hair than the other bloodlines, but boast an aptitude towards magic and can often learn faster compared to those of other bloodlines.

    Foederati
    The Foederati are an alternate military branch that takes volunteers from surrounding clans and villages to provide support to the main army of Alteria. In exchange, they are given pay and equipment similar to a scout of the main army. The Act of Foederati was drawn up and signed by King Hydul in response to a rebellion in his youth to minimize damage and authorize the use of special tactics.

    Monks of Hovenguard
    A legendary order of monks that practice inner peace, harmony between mind, body, and soul, and boast the most skilled hand-to-hand combatants in Alteria. Their combat skills can range from viable without weapons to, being able to literately break boulders with a single punch.

    Royal Army
    The royal army is where soldiers and officers exist, as well as knights and the famous knight commanders, who are given command over a battalion of individually selected knights. While soldiers, officers (excluding generals), and knights number from the dozens to the hundreds, there are only seven knight commanders.

    Magi College
    One exists in both Ariender and Dern. It's the place where those who wish to focus their skills and learning on mastering their magical control can do so safely. Much like the levels of magic, Magi use the same ranks within the organization itself (Novice to Master), with the Grandmaster being the head of both colleges.

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    Glossary of Terms
    Alteria: The continent that King Hydul rules over. To the Alterians, it is the only known continent.
    Eruix: The one and only known dragon that have come to Alteria. Extremely powerful, able to destroy towns with his frost breath, he was defeated by the hero.
    Legatus: Highest rank achievable in the Foederati.
    Ariender: Famous city, second largest to capital. Commonly known to house the Mercenaries Guild, an organization that provides official services in exchange for coin, in where mercenaries will come in and pick up a contract and get paid up to eighty percent of the payment - depending on their efficiency.
    Whitemarsh: A small, innocuous village.
    Dern: Royal Capital. Houses the throne for King Hydul and his court, commonly known for high priced and luxury items.
    Magi: Both the singular and plural term for a magic user.
    Magi Guild / Magi College: A group of, usually housed in a large building or multiple buildings with a courtyard, magi that are akin to a school. Provides a learning environment for the young and old.

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    * Lore *

    Magic
    There are two types; the Born and the Marked.
    The Born: Those rare few individuals that are born with magic and able to manipulate the energies around or within naturally. This can manifest at any age, though younger magi tend to have less control - it all depends on mental discipline.
    The Marked: There are artifacts littering the isle that posses a strange, innate power to grant users it's magical powers. How the artifacts choose who to grant this to or why is beyond understanding at this point, but those that are marked are about as rare as those who are born, the artifacts being mostly traded as rare family heirlooms.

    Types of Magic
    Elemental: The magi is able to manipulate a single element found in nature, though some are far less offensive than others. Some examples might include fire, lightning, water, smoke, steel, and wood (this is not all of them).
    Knight: Almost purely a defensive magic that allows the user to either buckle down and endure some of the most punishing attacks or use their magic to create protective barriers around others.
    Mend: Healing magic that ranges from regeneration, closing wounds, and even in extreme cases - raising the dead from death. This type of magic can also remove curses.
    Snake: Rare magic that poisons, weakens, and curses their enemies. Snake Users can slowly drain health, physical attributes, and curse enemies - which causes strange things to happen, such as being unable to wield longswords or feeling heavy.
    Scout: This magic involves improving the senses and reflexes. This can mean keener eyesight, sensitive hearing, deflecting arrows, dodging spells or any number of things. In the hands of a master, it is a true sight to behold, but novices notice less impact on their fighting styles.
    Ranger: To move and flow with the wilderness is the source of this magic. This allows individuals to move freely within the wilderness, hit more accurately, call upon animal companions, endure weather conditions easier and a number of utility powers and spells relating to outdoors.
    Artificer: Utility magic that delves into transformation magic. User is able to take a like material and transform it into a like object - like taking raw steel and forming a blade from it. This excludes living things and transforming one material to a different one, such as trying to turn stone into water. As the user becomes more powerful, they can use rarer materials and created bigger and more complicated transformations.
    Warrior: This magic helps the user strength physical traits such as strength, agility, and endurance to themselves and to those around them - though their own application is more powerful when focused on a single individual. They can also harden the skin and make it harder to strike blows - and while this is less noticeable for a novice, in the hands of a master, one can turn away unenchanted blades.

    Levels of Magic
    Novice: Normally, novice magi can only use the smallest of the effects, but this is still a huge feat compared to normal humans, whom can use no magic at all.
    Apprentice: While more focused than novices, apprentices still can't produce any great or even moderate magical effect. More like being able to shoot fire in a quick stream.
    Journeymen: These magi are more noticeably different because of their ability to produce moderate magical effects, such as consistent fire streams or hand-sized firebolts.
    Expert: Experts define themselves even more by being able to cast spells like throwing full fireballs, which explode and if left unchecked, burn entire buildings down.
    Master: The masters are few, but very powerful in nature. These few masters are able to produce effects such as entire firestorms, engulfing multiple enemies at once and destroying entire towns if so desired.

    Magical Smithing
    Every magi has potential to forge magical items, but it takes patience, discipline, and energy. Even if one were not to include artifacts, items made from some of the most powerful Magi, enchanted items are still very rare. It takes practices to be able to inscribe focus into the item permanently and almost always takes away all of the user's focus on the day it was forged.

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    * Gained Knowledge *

    • Val'undir: The elven capital, east of Alteria.

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    Character Sheet Template

    Name:
    Gender:
    Race:
    Appearance:

    Profession:
    Organization (If Any):
    Rank / Title (If Any):

    Magic: (Only one type of magic, if any)
    Powers (If Any): (Supernatural, but not magical. Berserker from Barbarians would go here, for example)
    Skills: (Mundane abilities that are anything from novice to master level)
    Knowledge:

    Unique Items: (As many as five. These are items that are more unique than it's mundane counterpart.)
    Artifacts (If Any): (Only one, please. These items are of legendary power and always seem to have legends surrounding their existence.)
    Artifact History:

    History:
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    Name:
    Kahla (pronounced the same as 'Kayla') Rose Dedalus
    Gender:
    Female
    Age:
    23
    Race:
    Cerin
    Appearance:
    Her flawless sun kissed skin is very characteristic of her race. However, her fiery red hair is much more characteristic of her affinity towards Fire Elemental Magics.


    Profession:
    Dragonslayer (Eruix)
    Organization:
    Magi College (Ariender)
    Rank / Title:
    Heroine of Alteria/Journeyman Fire Elemental Teacher


    Magic:
    Fire Elemental, Expert Level (Born, not Marked)
    Powers:
    -Searing Gaze (works like heat vision)
    -Burning Soul (Resistant to heat/flames up to temperatures of 212°)
    -Leech of Inner Flame (the ability to siphon heat from another person/creature. With more energy, can siphon the heat from the surroundings)
    Skills:
    -Fire Magics (from Novice, to Expert. Currently training Master level)
    -Average to mildly advanced hand to hand combat
    -Cooking (about average meals)
    Knowledge:
    -Most Magics due to spending so much time in the Magi College.
    -Most sword fighting styles.
    -Hunting and preparing a meal


    Unique Items:
    Shifting Sands: Shifting Sands enables the user to cross any terrain under hindered. Whether this be the deep sands of the desert or the twigs and roots of a forest. Wherever the user is determined to go, no hindrance will stop them - natural or magical.
    Artifacts:
    None, yet.
    Artifact History:
    See above.


    History:

    The night sky was temporarily illuminated by a bolt of lightning, the drops of rain pouring down in Ariender. A young male in a tattered robe ran hopelessly through the torrential downpour, clinging to a bundle of cloth in his arms. His barefeet splashed into small and large puddles alike but, he remained focused and determined to reach his destination. The terrain beneath his feet shifted from tall grasses, shorter grasses to established dirt paths, no doubt traveled along by many in passage to and from the city. He could see it in the distance, after what had seemed an eternity. Just over the hilltop, It came into his view. He never thought the mossy walls would come into view and yet, there they were. He struggled to climb the natural stone steps as his adrenaline was wearing off. With added effort, he stumbled into the stone foyer of the college, dropping to the smooth floor made of the same stone as the walls.

    A group of men in better kept robes approached him cautiously as the pile of cloth in his arms began to cry. Upon closer examination, the boy was dead, no more than fourteen years of age, and the soaked cloth had protected a rolled up scroll and an infant. Thanks to the piece of parchment, the Childs identity was revealed; Kahla Rose Dedalus, a born magi. The words were hastily scribbled and it was discovered that the boy had been a marked magi, and the older sibling of the infant that was now cradled in one of the mens arms. Two of the group that had been there when the boy arrived were now gently wrapping his body in a clean sheet and preparing to lay his body to rest. Thus was the circle of life. With every life brought into this world, another ceased to exist.

    Ten Years Later
    A messy mop of bright red hair bounces as the young girl skips up and down the halls, humming a cheerful melody. She stopped in front of a large ornate door and knocked twice, as hard as she could. A disembodied voice on the other side gave her permission to enter and she pressed her entire body weight into the door, opening it very slowly. Inside, a man sat quietly in front of a large fireplace. His skin seemed ashen and his hair silver glowed in the firelight. "Eli!" The girl called, running over and climbing onto his lap. The elderly man smiled and held her close, placing a kiss into the mop of hair she had. "Dear Kahla.. There is so much for you to learn and I believe that you have reached an age to listen to the truth.." His shaky voice went on to inform her of her arrival, how her brother had sacrificed his life getting her to safety and he described the letter, holding out the same scroll of parchment out to her for her to take. "You are an incredibly bright young lady and I thank the Maker for you having ended up here in Ariender. It has come time for you to take the next part of your lifes journey without me." His voice wavered a bit as she looked up at him with glazed green eyes. "Please go to your room and read the scroll for yourself." He wrapped his boney arms around her and set her back on to the floor. "Go on.. Off with you.." His voice held a thick evidence of pain and he could not look at her anymore. Kahla stood in silence, her gaze glued on the man who had raised her up to this point. Wiping away a single tear with the back of her hand, she sniffled loudly and left just as he had asked her to.

    Present Day
    She wanders the halls, all to familiar with the otherwise complex layout of the college. A passing female in a robe gives her a polite smile and a girlish giggle. Another admirer, no doubt. Shaking her head, she walked into the room that was now her study. In the center, a large fireplace with depressing memories lay dormant. Kahla leaned forward and lay her hand on top of the brittle wood as it ignited beneath her touch. She stalked over to the single chair a front of it and slumped into it. Sighing loudly, she allowed her muscles to relax, her subconscious making her dream of the day that changed her life. The day she had slain Eruix..
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