Introduction:
In a time before despair, there was a great peace. Where elves and a greater kin ruled the lands with a gentle hand; helping anyone who was in need. Dragons flew the skies and claimed the mountains with their phoenix brethren. Unicorns graced the forests and beautiful valleys of the elves. Great swimming serpents ruled the seas and great lakes and rivers. This was a time of enchantment and wonder and these beasts graced the lands. These were the Lands of Apalala.
Three thousand years into this realm, was when the humans came into being. They came from their homelands, far, far across the seas. A sea serpent warned the elves who lived in Port of Nyssa, by the vast ocean of their coming. The Port of Nyssa was a grand place, for that was where Lord Zaharia, king of the elves had his palace. The elves welcome the wary humans with much enthusiasm. All the great beasts looked after the fragile creatures. Every once in a while a human was blessed when a great creature took to their liking, and the human and beast would spend the rest of the lives traveling, with it the humans gain long lives and was forever bound to the creature that chooses them.
To the elves this was nothing new, for generations their kin would travel and befriend these giants. But the elves and beasts made a mistake taking in the humans. Because with them they brought an evil. A few years later, many other ships followed, they carried the reason the humans lefts their homelands. The evil king, Irizimox had found them, along with the new magical land. His forces quickly over took the lands, and with the elves living so long in peace, they were quickly slaughtered if they resisted. He found all the humans and elves that had with them the beasts; he killed them and took the giants for his own use.
Dragons were shot out of the sky; the king used their shinny scales and claws to make shield and weapons. The phoenixes had their beautiful feathers ripped out to make pillows and other materials. The unicorns were chased down and had their horns cut and hug around the humans necks as a trophy. The sea serpents with fished out and eaten, their head mounted on display. With all the magical creatures disappearing, new ones rose, more evil ones. Giant black birds became the king spies, evil shadows walked in the forests, wielding magic. Dark elves were formed and became the king army. Evil was every where.
The remaining beasts went into hiding taking what elves innocent humans they could. They went past the valleys and to the Apalala Mountains that bored their lands. They traveled far as they could. They lived in peace until the King’s greedy hand for land and power found them. But before Irizimox reached them the beasts made a desperate choice, they would take one being, whether it be human or elf, and go out of the realms, far into the lands of the unknown.
They immediately had every one of the five hundred survivors form into a large circle. As the remaining beasts walked around and chose their companion. They all chose little children, pure and innocent at heart, and they planned to keep them that way. It was a mostly even mix of the humans and elves; they planed on keeping them alive along with their kin. All the beasts had chosen but one, a lone dragon, she was young and had shiny dark gray scales. She was the last daughter of the dragon king, Lord Ryu who was now long dead.
“Lady Tatsu” said one of the elves “You must choose someone now!” Everyone had their eyes on the youngling as she stood up slowly and padded over to the circle. Tatsu gazed at all the faces with her light gray eyes and walked past the group to where Lord Zaharia stood with his human wife. The human girl came up to Tatsu’s shoulders. Tatsu lowered her head to the woman’s large belly.
"Her, I chose her." Every one heard in their heads. Everyone looked confused, but just as Tatsu said that the woman went into labor. A few hours later the baby Halfling was born. "We must go now" they heard Tatsu whisper. The woman and the Elvin king were sad to give up their only daughter, especially since she was a new born. "I will take her as my own offspring, please trust me, I want no one but her." The woman sighed and reluctantly gave the baby to her father who held her for a brief moment. Then they wrapped the baby gently. Tatsu approached cautiously and sat back on her hind legs and took the baby in her arms so the wind wouldn’t hit the baby when she flew. When she felt the baby was safe she took flight and left the rest to their fate, whether it is death or imprisonment in the king’s reign, she knew not. She wished it was under other circumstances, but she did what she did; now she had to keep the infant alive.
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Updated: Wednesday, 6 July 2005 6:08 PM EDT
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