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across all the realms. As one every human, elf, faerie, dragon, and chaos creature shot up from where they slept.
No one knows how. No one knows why. But the barriers between the realms are broken. Chaos is descending once more as the realms meld together into one.
Before the Fall
Alaina curled up, the cool water around her comforting as she settled down on the lake bottom and nestled into her bed of soft plantlife. She glanced over at her little sister, curled up closeby, with a small smile. "Good night, Nalina." She called, brushing at the eight year old's hair. "Night, 'ina." The girl replied with a yawn. Alaina laid back, letting her eyes drift closed to the gentle sound of the water swaying around them.
She wasn't sure how long she'd been asleep. A few minutes? A few hours? But she shot up, something pressing down on her eardrums, as if going deep underwater. She pressed her hands to her ears with a grimace as the pressure continued to grow, then there was a large, soundless pop and suddenly the pressure was gone. The water shook and tumbled around them as if an earthquake had struck. She struggled to stay upright, automatically reaching out for Nalina, but her fingers just found strange, rough stone the likes of which she'd never seen before.
Before she could continue searching something plunged into the water above her. The huge metal thing growled and banged as it plummeted towards her, and Alaina scrambled to get out of the way. As it settled on the bottom, raising a cloud of dust, she could see that there was a person inside struggling to get out. She shot her way over, dragging the person out of the metal beast as dragging them to surface.
When her head broke the surface of the water she shoved the person up out of the water. She started to climb out herself, but she froze. The trees and plantlife were gone. Her lake-well, part of her lake-was in the middle of some strange stone pathway filled with the growling metal beasts. Around her buildings, taller than trees, sailed over her head and into the skies. As she studied them she could see tree branches forcing their way through windows and walls, as if the woods were fighting to reclaim the area.
The people around her were shouting, holding up strange little boxes with lights on them and pointing the lights at the lake, at the tree branches, at Alaina. One of them shouted and pointed overhead. Aliana could see the bright shapes of phoenixs wheeling overhead and she was glad to see at least something that was familiar. Apparently the people around her weren't so relieved though. Screaming echoed off of the buildings around them and they started to run. Aliana, swept up with the crowd, could only watch as what was left of her lake shrank away.
Today
Alaina glanced around her, tightening her grip on the bag hanging off of her shoulder. It had been three weeks since the realms merged. Chaos creatures roamed freely, and Aliana walked this strange new earth in search of Nalina and her mother. The people from before, she'd eventually realized they were humans, had scattered and she'd left them to go her own way.
She had finally realized what had happened when she spotted a creature of chaos walking amongst them. It was a thing of nightmares; a giant, lumbering creature that screamed of wrong with every move. It was constantly shifting; two legs, to four, to three, back to two. Wings growing from it's back just to shrink and vanish again. It's skin shifted and twisted like water with each move. She made sure to give it a wide berth.
She shook herself out of her memories and forced her mind back to the present. She'd been walking in this woods for days, but she was approaching a tiny little town. The buildings were small rather than the gigantic ones from before, and there was still green around, so she felt good about this place. She slipped her way down to the road and followed it inward.
It was deathly silent as she walked. No people, no animals, no sound even. She glanced around her warily as she turned another corner, but all thought of caution left her when she spotted a long building, glass doors wide open. The mouthwatering smell of food was coming from inside. Her stomach twisted painfully and she hurried towards the glass doors. Just outside the doors she paused, carefully peeking her way around them. She didn't see anyone, but that smell of food was coming from somewhere. She glanced behind her, considering moving on, but the smell was just too tempting and she slipped her way into the building.
Long ago, the entire word was covered in nothing but chaos and death. All kinds of creatures, great and small, roamed freely but there was conflict everywhere they went. Bloodshed and destruction.
This went on for time unknown, until Elowyn, a great priestess, grew tired of the death and destruction. She worked a powerful magic, tapping into sources that would destroy her, in order to split the world into three realms.
The first, the realm of the humans. They lived in safety, building up their world with science rather than magic. Elowyn was revered there, for a short time, but soon she faded from the human's short memory and her shrines were forgotten and abandoned.
The second, the realm of the Fae. Creatures of magic lived here, creatures of wing, tooth, and claw. Elowyn is a powerful figure, living on in their long memories for all eternity for the good she did.
The third. The Chaos realm. Twisted creatures of darkness that destroy everything in their path. Creatures of greed and avarice. They care for nothing. They care for no-one. They simply want. and take. They are the monsters under the beds. The reasons we harbor an instinctual fear of the dark.
Elowyn destroyed herself completely, in order to separate the realms and bring peace and safety to all, but now, something is changing. In a single night a great, soundless explosion was
This went on for time unknown, until Elowyn, a great priestess, grew tired of the death and destruction. She worked a powerful magic, tapping into sources that would destroy her, in order to split the world into three realms.
The first, the realm of the humans. They lived in safety, building up their world with science rather than magic. Elowyn was revered there, for a short time, but soon she faded from the human's short memory and her shrines were forgotten and abandoned.
The second, the realm of the Fae. Creatures of magic lived here, creatures of wing, tooth, and claw. Elowyn is a powerful figure, living on in their long memories for all eternity for the good she did.
The third. The Chaos realm. Twisted creatures of darkness that destroy everything in their path. Creatures of greed and avarice. They care for nothing. They care for no-one. They simply want. and take. They are the monsters under the beds. The reasons we harbor an instinctual fear of the dark.
Elowyn destroyed herself completely, in order to separate the realms and bring peace and safety to all, but now, something is changing. In a single night a great, soundless explosion was
felt
across all the realms. As one every human, elf, faerie, dragon, and chaos creature shot up from where they slept.
No one knows how. No one knows why. But the barriers between the realms are broken. Chaos is descending once more as the realms meld together into one.
Before the Fall
Alaina curled up, the cool water around her comforting as she settled down on the lake bottom and nestled into her bed of soft plantlife. She glanced over at her little sister, curled up closeby, with a small smile. "Good night, Nalina." She called, brushing at the eight year old's hair. "Night, 'ina." The girl replied with a yawn. Alaina laid back, letting her eyes drift closed to the gentle sound of the water swaying around them.
She wasn't sure how long she'd been asleep. A few minutes? A few hours? But she shot up, something pressing down on her eardrums, as if going deep underwater. She pressed her hands to her ears with a grimace as the pressure continued to grow, then there was a large, soundless pop and suddenly the pressure was gone. The water shook and tumbled around them as if an earthquake had struck. She struggled to stay upright, automatically reaching out for Nalina, but her fingers just found strange, rough stone the likes of which she'd never seen before.
Before she could continue searching something plunged into the water above her. The huge metal thing growled and banged as it plummeted towards her, and Alaina scrambled to get out of the way. As it settled on the bottom, raising a cloud of dust, she could see that there was a person inside struggling to get out. She shot her way over, dragging the person out of the metal beast as dragging them to surface.
When her head broke the surface of the water she shoved the person up out of the water. She started to climb out herself, but she froze. The trees and plantlife were gone. Her lake-well, part of her lake-was in the middle of some strange stone pathway filled with the growling metal beasts. Around her buildings, taller than trees, sailed over her head and into the skies. As she studied them she could see tree branches forcing their way through windows and walls, as if the woods were fighting to reclaim the area.
The people around her were shouting, holding up strange little boxes with lights on them and pointing the lights at the lake, at the tree branches, at Alaina. One of them shouted and pointed overhead. Aliana could see the bright shapes of phoenixs wheeling overhead and she was glad to see at least something that was familiar. Apparently the people around her weren't so relieved though. Screaming echoed off of the buildings around them and they started to run. Aliana, swept up with the crowd, could only watch as what was left of her lake shrank away.
Today
Alaina glanced around her, tightening her grip on the bag hanging off of her shoulder. It had been three weeks since the realms merged. Chaos creatures roamed freely, and Aliana walked this strange new earth in search of Nalina and her mother. The people from before, she'd eventually realized they were humans, had scattered and she'd left them to go her own way.
She had finally realized what had happened when she spotted a creature of chaos walking amongst them. It was a thing of nightmares; a giant, lumbering creature that screamed of wrong with every move. It was constantly shifting; two legs, to four, to three, back to two. Wings growing from it's back just to shrink and vanish again. It's skin shifted and twisted like water with each move. She made sure to give it a wide berth.
She shook herself out of her memories and forced her mind back to the present. She'd been walking in this woods for days, but she was approaching a tiny little town. The buildings were small rather than the gigantic ones from before, and there was still green around, so she felt good about this place. She slipped her way down to the road and followed it inward.
It was deathly silent as she walked. No people, no animals, no sound even. She glanced around her warily as she turned another corner, but all thought of caution left her when she spotted a long building, glass doors wide open. The mouthwatering smell of food was coming from inside. Her stomach twisted painfully and she hurried towards the glass doors. Just outside the doors she paused, carefully peeking her way around them. She didn't see anyone, but that smell of food was coming from somewhere. She glanced behind her, considering moving on, but the smell was just too tempting and she slipped her way into the building.