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What another story? Well since today is my birthday, I though I would give everyone a little treat ^^
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The Boreal storm started intensifying, even as Ion's Leyline of Lightning was keeping it mostly at bay as they continued to travel northwards, as this was the direction the storm was coming from most intensely, whatever this storm was hiding, this was the direction it was in. More hours passed as they trenched through the deep snow, the elevation getting higher as they advanced to a ridgeline overlooking a expansive valley with a cold blue hue emanating outwards from the centre, there Ion, Flint and Zephyr saw something they never would of expected to be out here beyond the Boreal wall, for you see, over the ridgeline the three adventurers saw an expansive village city, sparkling that blue hue amongst the flickering snow as the stonework buildings looked to be incased within ice, almost a pretense as the village itself looked to be frozen in a time long past, far beyond the history known to the current world, "it's amazing! I would of never thought something like this would be all the way out here" Flint said as he gazed over the sight in front of them, "but why would there be a village here? "Zephyr asked, "no one has been ever known to make it past the Boreal Wall, so how could even a village exist out here?" "Well no one has been known to make it here in the current world history" on started stating as Flint and Zephyr looked over his way, "this village... could this village be a remnant of the time of the domains?" Ion pondered as he turned his head towards his two friends. "Well, we are still in what would of been the Domain of Sparks, was there anything in the Yggdrasil's tomes or historical records within the family that would shed some light?" Zephyr asked as Ion shook his head, "no, none what so ever, I checked many times before, everything my family has kept even in the secret places of our keep, there is not musings of anything from before the veil was cast" Ion answered. "Well, I guess there is only one way to find the answers we seek" Flint said as Ion nodded in agreement, "we must take a closer look for ourselves" Ion added in with a smile as Zephyr placed a hand on his shoulder, "yes but we must be careful as this changes the dynamics of our exploration greatly."
The three adventurers headed down from the ridgeline and past the frozen gates of the unknow village, walking down what would of been a main street corridor filled with shops, eateries and the like, looking through the windows all seamed as it were back when this place would of been thriving, but without the inhabitants that would make it so, an eerie swept through the boy's psyche. "Can you sense anything around here?" Zephyr asked as Ion shook his head, "no, not even remnants of who were here at one point" Ion answered, "you would think if this place was from the time of the Domains, where awakened demons were the common place, some sort of Æther mark would still be left behind, if even you can't sense any of it then I have a really bad feeling about this place" Flint chimed in as the boys continued further into the village. "Still though, keep your guard up" Ion started saying as the storm winds picked up, "we don't know much about how the demons were in the time of the Domains, things could work differently for those born before the veil, so we still need to stay sharp" Ion continued as he turned towards his friends only to see no one there, like they completely disappeared around him. Ion took a glance over his surroundings once more as he felt new eyes watching upon him as he noticed an almost spectral foxy looking beast coming from one of the corridors in the street ahead, and another one seemingly closing in from the rear, seemingly entrapping him in the now empty street. Ion stopped as he glared a the beast in from on him, as it looked to get defensive before taking a quick glance at the one behind him, that beast now in a stance readying to strike, growling as it locked on to it's target. Ion closed his eyes for a moment to get a full sense of his surroundings, remembering back to the training of the 'Blind Shadow' as something was not right here, something was off as it always has been since venturing beyond the Boreal Wall and as it was taught to Ion all those years ago, if the eyes were to be deceiving, then take them out of the equation, then the truth will come to light. Here now he could fully sense the energy, the Æther coming from the two spectral beasts as those now felt familiar, but also Æther emitting from something else, not to far away up on the rooftops, there was someone or something else here and they were the ones casting the veil down upon them.
"An illusion" Ion muttered annoyingly as he eyes opened, taking a quick glance to the rooftop above to see a shadowy figure standing there, fully covered in a black cloak, hood, over it's head as to hide the face, "I got you now" Ion bluntly said as he turned his attention back to the spectral beasts, "but first I will have to settle this, as I probably look the same way to them as they do to me." Ion readied a more arcane stance as he eyed the spectral fox that was behind him, "Knowing Zephyr he would be more cautious and see how things play out, Flint on the other hand..." Ion thought as the spectral fox lunged towards him, baring fangs ready to bite in, "I will have to be careful of where his sword might be, as the illusion form is not accurately representing his actual formation" Ion continued thinking as lightning swirled around his hand movements, once the spectral fox was close enough, Ion swung out his mechanical arm, grabbing what looked like thin air as his hand jostled like it was holding back something as the spectral fox looked frozen mid lunge. then with the motion of his other arm, Ion let out his palm as lightning burst out at the spectral fox causing it to bounce back and tumble along the ground, Ion then made a glaring stare at the other spectral fox who still seamed keenly interested in the interaction he had with the other before giving a quick nod upwards with his eye quickly glancing at the shadowy figure up on the rooftops before locking back with the other spectral fox as it turned it's head back towards those rooftops before eyeing back at Ion and giving a nod of it's own. "So you understand, now if I can just get him to do the same" Ion thought as he turned his attention once more to the spectral fox he fought off, as it got back to it's feet, readying to attack again though this time it look more in deep thought, "good, he might be getting it, but I think I will have to push him a bit more" Ion continued thinking as he made another quick hand motion, launching lightning back at that spectral fox who seamed more surprised by Ion's attack, though as it went to engage, Ion's lightning suddenly curved backwards, launching straight back at the rooftops, directly towards where the shadowy figure was as it jumped back, the spectral fox, watched the lightning's movements closely and then eyed onto that shadowy as it made it's dodge, "good, I think you finally get it" Ion muttered as he turned around, the shadowy figure now stood in the street before them as Ion drew his sword and dagger.
He started walking slowly forwards, lightning started to surround his feet as well as the sword and dagger as he readied his stance, with one of the spectral foxes walking along side him on the street, teeth exposed in a vicious growl while the other walked along his other side, still analyzing all that was going on around them. Then the lightning crackled more fiercely as Ion readied an attack stance, his lightning daggers spawning at nine points around him, all trained on the shadowy figure in front of the three before in a blink of an eye they all shot forward as the figure jumped back once more but to it's surprise, on was already on top of them like the speed of light, he swung his dagger back hand as it ripped apart the hood the figure was wearing causing Ion's eyes to widen for a split second as the two spectral foxes backed off for just that moment, but in that moment was enough of a distraction that delayed Ion's 'killing blow' swing of his sword that would follow the dagger swipe as sword cut through a vanishing reflection as now the shadowy figure was nowhere to be seen. Ion closed his eyes once more but the Æther presence of the figure was completely gone ,no traces could be picked as Ion growled in frustration, opening his eyes, Flint and Zephyr were now standing before him, in the positions where the spectral foxes once stood. "So it was all just an illusion, I was correct, the beast foxes were just you two" Zephyr said he regrouped with Ion and Flint, "but was that also an illusion?" Flint asked as Ion continued to stare in the direction the shadowy figure once stood in, "no, they were here, I felt their Ætheral presence, but they were able to vanish just like the illusions, no trace of them now" Ion answered and he turned back towards his friends. "But who was that? Flint asked as the question made Zephyr look more keenly at Ion, "and why did they look almost identical to you? Though more pure white in fur and with red eyes." "I know it was strange, like almost looking at a reflection, a demonic one" Ion said, "but to answer your questions, I don't know but I am more keen to find out." "Could it be another Yggdrasil?" Zephyr chimed in as Ion and Flint looked his way, "you pondered if this village was from the time of the domains, were they from that time as well? A family member, an ancestor from a time long past? We know awakened demons have basically an indefinite life span, could it be one of the Yggdrasils from the time of the domains?"
"It is a well placed theory" Ion answered, "And if they are the ones responsible for the Boreal Wall, then it would make sense that it was a Yggdrasil, we are know as the foxes of the storm" Ion continued as boy's interest were getting peeked, "it would also make sense as to why ever since I laid eyes on the Boreal Wall when I was a kid, I felt this drawing to it, like I was being called from beyond the wall to venture in, this hymn echoing inside my head constantly to see what was behind the storm, behind the Boreal Wall, to maybe what my family left behind.....?" Ion continued pondering as Flint placed a hand on his shoulder. "Well you know there is only one way to figure out if all this is true or not" Flint said with a smile as Ion gave a chuckle, "your right, lets keep adventuring through, like we always do, we will figure this all out one way or another" Ion said as the three adventurers continued on north, leaving the Boreal village behind to continue back into the unknow, but as they did, a shadow figure appeared once more on the rooftops near the outskirts, keeping a close watch on the three adventurers as they went out on their way, making sure to keep their presence hidden for now as they muttered away an enchanting hymn that seamed to echo with their Æther, "come now little Ion, come far away, across the mountains and through the storms I say, far beyond the villages and far beyond the plains, there the answerers you seek are a stone throws away....."
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Hat Version
What another story? Well since today is my birthday, I though I would give everyone a little treat ^^
~
The Boreal storm started intensifying, even as Ion's Leyline of Lightning was keeping it mostly at bay as they continued to travel northwards, as this was the direction the storm was coming from most intensely, whatever this storm was hiding, this was the direction it was in. More hours passed as they trenched through the deep snow, the elevation getting higher as they advanced to a ridgeline overlooking a expansive valley with a cold blue hue emanating outwards from the centre, there Ion, Flint and Zephyr saw something they never would of expected to be out here beyond the Boreal wall, for you see, over the ridgeline the three adventurers saw an expansive village city, sparkling that blue hue amongst the flickering snow as the stonework buildings looked to be incased within ice, almost a pretense as the village itself looked to be frozen in a time long past, far beyond the history known to the current world, "it's amazing! I would of never thought something like this would be all the way out here" Flint said as he gazed over the sight in front of them, "but why would there be a village here? "Zephyr asked, "no one has been ever known to make it past the Boreal Wall, so how could even a village exist out here?" "Well no one has been known to make it here in the current world history" on started stating as Flint and Zephyr looked over his way, "this village... could this village be a remnant of the time of the domains?" Ion pondered as he turned his head towards his two friends. "Well, we are still in what would of been the Domain of Sparks, was there anything in the Yggdrasil's tomes or historical records within the family that would shed some light?" Zephyr asked as Ion shook his head, "no, none what so ever, I checked many times before, everything my family has kept even in the secret places of our keep, there is not musings of anything from before the veil was cast" Ion answered. "Well, I guess there is only one way to find the answers we seek" Flint said as Ion nodded in agreement, "we must take a closer look for ourselves" Ion added in with a smile as Zephyr placed a hand on his shoulder, "yes but we must be careful as this changes the dynamics of our exploration greatly."
The three adventurers headed down from the ridgeline and past the frozen gates of the unknow village, walking down what would of been a main street corridor filled with shops, eateries and the like, looking through the windows all seamed as it were back when this place would of been thriving, but without the inhabitants that would make it so, an eerie swept through the boy's psyche. "Can you sense anything around here?" Zephyr asked as Ion shook his head, "no, not even remnants of who were here at one point" Ion answered, "you would think if this place was from the time of the Domains, where awakened demons were the common place, some sort of Æther mark would still be left behind, if even you can't sense any of it then I have a really bad feeling about this place" Flint chimed in as the boys continued further into the village. "Still though, keep your guard up" Ion started saying as the storm winds picked up, "we don't know much about how the demons were in the time of the Domains, things could work differently for those born before the veil, so we still need to stay sharp" Ion continued as he turned towards his friends only to see no one there, like they completely disappeared around him. Ion took a glance over his surroundings once more as he felt new eyes watching upon him as he noticed an almost spectral foxy looking beast coming from one of the corridors in the street ahead, and another one seemingly closing in from the rear, seemingly entrapping him in the now empty street. Ion stopped as he glared a the beast in from on him, as it looked to get defensive before taking a quick glance at the one behind him, that beast now in a stance readying to strike, growling as it locked on to it's target. Ion closed his eyes for a moment to get a full sense of his surroundings, remembering back to the training of the 'Blind Shadow' as something was not right here, something was off as it always has been since venturing beyond the Boreal Wall and as it was taught to Ion all those years ago, if the eyes were to be deceiving, then take them out of the equation, then the truth will come to light. Here now he could fully sense the energy, the Æther coming from the two spectral beasts as those now felt familiar, but also Æther emitting from something else, not to far away up on the rooftops, there was someone or something else here and they were the ones casting the veil down upon them.
"An illusion" Ion muttered annoyingly as he eyes opened, taking a quick glance to the rooftop above to see a shadowy figure standing there, fully covered in a black cloak, hood, over it's head as to hide the face, "I got you now" Ion bluntly said as he turned his attention back to the spectral beasts, "but first I will have to settle this, as I probably look the same way to them as they do to me." Ion readied a more arcane stance as he eyed the spectral fox that was behind him, "Knowing Zephyr he would be more cautious and see how things play out, Flint on the other hand..." Ion thought as the spectral fox lunged towards him, baring fangs ready to bite in, "I will have to be careful of where his sword might be, as the illusion form is not accurately representing his actual formation" Ion continued thinking as lightning swirled around his hand movements, once the spectral fox was close enough, Ion swung out his mechanical arm, grabbing what looked like thin air as his hand jostled like it was holding back something as the spectral fox looked frozen mid lunge. then with the motion of his other arm, Ion let out his palm as lightning burst out at the spectral fox causing it to bounce back and tumble along the ground, Ion then made a glaring stare at the other spectral fox who still seamed keenly interested in the interaction he had with the other before giving a quick nod upwards with his eye quickly glancing at the shadowy figure up on the rooftops before locking back with the other spectral fox as it turned it's head back towards those rooftops before eyeing back at Ion and giving a nod of it's own. "So you understand, now if I can just get him to do the same" Ion thought as he turned his attention once more to the spectral fox he fought off, as it got back to it's feet, readying to attack again though this time it look more in deep thought, "good, he might be getting it, but I think I will have to push him a bit more" Ion continued thinking as he made another quick hand motion, launching lightning back at that spectral fox who seamed more surprised by Ion's attack, though as it went to engage, Ion's lightning suddenly curved backwards, launching straight back at the rooftops, directly towards where the shadowy figure was as it jumped back, the spectral fox, watched the lightning's movements closely and then eyed onto that shadowy as it made it's dodge, "good, I think you finally get it" Ion muttered as he turned around, the shadowy figure now stood in the street before them as Ion drew his sword and dagger.
He started walking slowly forwards, lightning started to surround his feet as well as the sword and dagger as he readied his stance, with one of the spectral foxes walking along side him on the street, teeth exposed in a vicious growl while the other walked along his other side, still analyzing all that was going on around them. Then the lightning crackled more fiercely as Ion readied an attack stance, his lightning daggers spawning at nine points around him, all trained on the shadowy figure in front of the three before in a blink of an eye they all shot forward as the figure jumped back once more but to it's surprise, on was already on top of them like the speed of light, he swung his dagger back hand as it ripped apart the hood the figure was wearing causing Ion's eyes to widen for a split second as the two spectral foxes backed off for just that moment, but in that moment was enough of a distraction that delayed Ion's 'killing blow' swing of his sword that would follow the dagger swipe as sword cut through a vanishing reflection as now the shadowy figure was nowhere to be seen. Ion closed his eyes once more but the Æther presence of the figure was completely gone ,no traces could be picked as Ion growled in frustration, opening his eyes, Flint and Zephyr were now standing before him, in the positions where the spectral foxes once stood. "So it was all just an illusion, I was correct, the beast foxes were just you two" Zephyr said he regrouped with Ion and Flint, "but was that also an illusion?" Flint asked as Ion continued to stare in the direction the shadowy figure once stood in, "no, they were here, I felt their Ætheral presence, but they were able to vanish just like the illusions, no trace of them now" Ion answered and he turned back towards his friends. "But who was that? Flint asked as the question made Zephyr look more keenly at Ion, "and why did they look almost identical to you? Though more pure white in fur and with red eyes." "I know it was strange, like almost looking at a reflection, a demonic one" Ion said, "but to answer your questions, I don't know but I am more keen to find out." "Could it be another Yggdrasil?" Zephyr chimed in as Ion and Flint looked his way, "you pondered if this village was from the time of the domains, were they from that time as well? A family member, an ancestor from a time long past? We know awakened demons have basically an indefinite life span, could it be one of the Yggdrasils from the time of the domains?"
"It is a well placed theory" Ion answered, "And if they are the ones responsible for the Boreal Wall, then it would make sense that it was a Yggdrasil, we are know as the foxes of the storm" Ion continued as boy's interest were getting peeked, "it would also make sense as to why ever since I laid eyes on the Boreal Wall when I was a kid, I felt this drawing to it, like I was being called from beyond the wall to venture in, this hymn echoing inside my head constantly to see what was behind the storm, behind the Boreal Wall, to maybe what my family left behind.....?" Ion continued pondering as Flint placed a hand on his shoulder. "Well you know there is only one way to figure out if all this is true or not" Flint said with a smile as Ion gave a chuckle, "your right, lets keep adventuring through, like we always do, we will figure this all out one way or another" Ion said as the three adventurers continued on north, leaving the Boreal village behind to continue back into the unknow, but as they did, a shadow figure appeared once more on the rooftops near the outskirts, keeping a close watch on the three adventurers as they went out on their way, making sure to keep their presence hidden for now as they muttered away an enchanting hymn that seamed to echo with their Æther, "come now little Ion, come far away, across the mountains and through the storms I say, far beyond the villages and far beyond the plains, there the answerers you seek are a stone throws away....."
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