"I DON'T KNOW WHAT RHYTHMS THESE ARE, MAYBE MY IGNORANCE WILL BE THE GUIDING TORCH THAT WILL TAKE ME FAR."
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"Just do as I say", the young vampire's words played themselves in Vel Nor's head, "the seven elite families are nothing but scum compared to the demons about to come."
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"You can sleep in peace my king", Fang's voice just couldn't stop menacing Vel Nor, "since you are by my side, nothing, I mean nothing, can harm you without me coming to your aid."
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Climbing into his bed after closing the door leading to his chamber, Vel Nor stared at the red moon's rays coming into his chamber through the open balcony's door and the window. The brat, Vel Nor smiled, was really confident about his calculations and estimations. But the thing which bothered Vel Nor the most, was what he had heard about Balkyre Fang from Megraz - the prophesy - was that true ? Could it the be that Fang's existence was a totally distorted one ? And, how could a being exist without being in existence ? Alternating time and the timeline of things. That would only make such a being akin to - if not actually - a god.
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Within the shadows of the Vercan realm, through the gothic streets and faintly glowing lamps, those figures, eighth in number, marched their way through these same abandoned streets devoid of a single soul. With two walking at the centre and three placed at the front and behind the group, they took their turns cautiously, making sure that they weren't being followed.
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"Are you sure of this my queen ?" The female voice said. "Aren't we executing the most important part of the plan too early ?"
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"Right now Balkyre Theonis", said queen Fera, "with your brother rising as a threat, nothing being done can be called premature. We have to take the offensive before things run completely amok"
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"But ...", Theonis gestured, "won't it throw the elite families into a power struggle too early."
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"Look at you", the queen smiled, "the seven elite families have been caught up in this savage power struggle for over a hundred millenniums, why will it be surprising now ? It was the royal family who had been able to bring back balance and order to the Vercan realm and it wasn't through diplomacy, but war."
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"The nine thousand year war", Theonis revealed.
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"You can recall clearly Theonis", Fera commended, "as a Balkyre myself, we both know, that the royal family being threatened by the possibility of an uprising from the elite families, are willing to do whatever it takes to quench that thirst. But with the rising popularity of the seven families among the commoners and the passing of the Bill of Five Annexations, the royal family has realized that it won't be as easy as they thought to bring an end to this. Either they use coercion to stop the imminent revolution, or ..."
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"They completely eliminate the seven elite families", Theonis completed.
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"So we must prevent that from happening", Fera said adjusting her cloak, "by eliminating the second grand piece before things get out of hands."
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"What about the first piece ?" Theonis asked.
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"You mean your younger brother ?" Fera snarled.
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"Once the king is no more", Fera answered, "I shall see who he'll turn to for refuge."
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"He has gained so much importance on the board that he has been able to take the position of the first piece.
"I know that", Fera continued, "but I can't fathom how Fang could have a relationship with this thousand year scheme. He's only twenty-five years old, and I don't think of him as an immortal. Only the sages who have lived through the nine thousand year war will be able to decipher the movements of the elite families. Fang might just be guessing and his guesses, sonner or later, are bound to fail."
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"The price for their arrogance", He smiled as he watched the city below him stretch far into the mountains from the top of that clocktower, "I can't say. But in my eyes, they are nothing. Not even befitting the role of supporting characters. The game of history has begun long before the nine thousand year war, if you don't know. How I ..."
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Lifting his right palm to the red moon, watching its scarlet radiance illuminate his bronze gauntlet.
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"... burnt the heavens to ash, when there wasn't even a need for it ... simply because, I just loved the scent of ash."
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Rising from his squatted posture, his bronze colored robes flowing down his shoulder and metal mask concealing his face underneath that hood.
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"The game of gods, an ephemeral passing, a world swooning at my feet, swept by a sea of power and radiance of flames. Just how vast can history be."
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"Time is but an illusion", he continued, "the greats aren't always the ones remembered, the masses have forgotten one thing. They are those who are popular because they achieved the impossible in the realms of the ordinary and there are ..."
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Soaring to the air, his whip lashing like a live serpent, his blazing eyes searing through the mask.
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"... the true immortals, who achieve the impossible within mundane and nebulous realms. But it's a pity, that the immortals are the ones who end up being forgotten, while those who rule on popularity are remembered. A paradox indeed, to the average mind, knowledge is a strain, numbers are nothing but a ruse used by the mathematician to avoid his inability to conform, and it is true, he can't and will never conform to an average minded world. Ha ha ha", he laughed.
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Bolting like a beam of flames to the skies, his voice echoed, trailed by that flash of lightning and accompanied by the clash of thunder.
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"The game of chaos has just begun."
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Within this ethereal realm of revolving worlds, past infinite galaxies and blackholes, which were spread across thie celestial plain. A realm devoid of the normal life that was in harmony with the trivial. Worlds at war now at harmony, this fusion of a million years.
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The origin of creation ? A question or just a reason of thought ? The philosophy of madness, the reason behind a distorted mind, one can't tell the difference, what is true power ? The power to sway emotions or the the power to sway worlds ? Turn knowledge into monstrosity, turn numbers to swords, disfigure the mind and distort reality. Ha ! Blackholes, nothing is left, was everything sapped into their rebirth ? Funny, the question is still a mirage, was he even born ?
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Past these infinite galaxies, at the core of this astral realm of revolving worlds and opalescent waves and marmoreal seas. Vision swept to the peak of its height, placing all beneath its reach, making it able to make out what this realm actually was and looked like. And at the core of these centripetal revolutions was ...
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Vision was no longer able to contain it's curiosity, sailing downwards like a bolt of lightning, it brought into its view that mighty and rotating sphere.
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Its gigantic dimensions placed within eight revolving rings, each zone infested by lightning and flames. A world at the peak of chaos, compared to the core of this sphere, the outside was nothing but a joke. Within this separate realm - because the sphere could be called one - those seas marmoreal in their intensity, waves rising and winds on fire, set ablaze by the intense call coming from the core of this world. And like the outside, they kept rushing far into the centre. The pull was savage, like a beast demanding and feeding on prey, with vision not being able to resist anymore, it was dragged into the depths of this marmoreal sea.
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Ancient pillars radiating, blazing characters revolving, runes forging themselves from the waves and pulses rising at the depths of this sea, this was a world that was as alien as it could be. All were at harmony, but, what was the core of this state of peace ?
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Vision was pulled even deeper by this call, by this feeling of curiosity to dare into the unknown and it dared. Sailing deeper into the depths of this sea, past the glowing pillars and radiating runes, past the infinite and visible pulses, slithering its way through the fabrics of lashing and serpentine lightning, it made its way deeper and deeper, wanting to finally come to a conclusion of what was at the core of this realm, and there it was, another rotating sphere.
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It's blazing surface was surrounded by eight radiating rings which revolved according to a certain pattern unique to their existence, and from its core was that golden vertical beam, which tore farther into the depths of this ocean from the bottom of the sphere and to the skies from the top of the sphere as well. But vision couldn't be satisfied, it couldn't be pacified by just seeing that sphere, it wanted to know and it dared to know, what it was the was lurking within this sphere.
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Vision seared through the sphere's fragile layers, calmly it went past the electrified and jolting zaps and flashes only to unveil those eight placentae running from the cardinal points of the sphere, into the abdomen of a sleeping infant.
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Crouched in the position of an unborn baby, it was at peace with its calm world, awaiting the day it would be born to take on its quests ...
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Its fragile fingers suddenly shook, a small twitch, then its left palm opened and closed, it opened and closed itself for the second time. Its right leg straightened followed by its left, then its head shook to the left and to the right, suddenly its mouth opened as it breathed, breathing in the fluid of its embryo. The infant was slowly coming to life and with the sudden searing apart of its eyelids which revealed those golden blazing eyes, the infant was now fully awakened.
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