《The Realms Of Ethal》


 reborn and Reformed

    (Authors note consider the description as the prolgue)


    After my demise to some stupid religious people. I awoke in something akin to how purgatory or limbo is often described never ending darkness. Yet thousands of different colored lights floated about.looking at myself I noticed I was one of them.


    ''I see so not quite purgatory more limbo which means I will be getting judged soon.''


    Despite this the it was quite a while before anything happened. In fact more souls just seemed to be coming rather then leaving.


    Eventually it was so full that we were being pushed and pulled then I realized something.


    ''Fck this isn''t limbo or purgatory we are about to be eaten!''


    By what you may ask. Well WTF else a reaper.


    Being a mage he new how to stop this but if he did not dominate his will on every single one he would be gone permanently his soul wiped from existence. When soul enters a reapers digestive system they are purified before reincarnation. Absorbing the fugly evil parts(reason why reapers look and smell like shit. With the exception of blood reapers there above soul reapers in that they contract a soul and a host while killing evil and having said evil serve them(sort of like a prison sentence)


    So I began merging with other souls keeping me at the very center to protect myself. It actually wasn''t that difficult apparently most of them had been wiped of impurities the moment they entered turns out people of magic down to there very souls are more resilient good to know.


    After what seemed like an eternity and me having to share half the souls with someone who obviously had similar heritage( only reason I shared was because the soul was blue symbolizing tranquility purity and peice. Basically someone was already pure before entering..... My soul is purple by the way which represents magical nature at its peek. Blue symbolizes magical or life at near peak. Life being similar to qi or chi but slightly more magical.


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    So we where finally free the moment we existed the souls dispersed while some joined our own(me and blue. )


    Upon exit there was 6 portals  it seemed we instinctively knew which one to chose but being intelligent I knew to resist the instinct. The one "it" chose for you was often times the worst to go to and the exact opposite of where you belonged so I chose the second one to the far right.


    Unlike a normal birth however I seemed to have just formed. I was huminoid but with many pulsing glowing tribal tattoos. My hair was long and a dark purple. My skin was a pasty white that heavily contradicted the purple glow resulting in a beastly appearance. I felt my face ''smooth'' I thought bringing my hand across my face and for head it seemed I had human looks my ears pointed but not really elvish more of a slight impish point. After a fluttering sound I notice I had beautiful wings one purple one white. I also noticed a tail it was kind of thick like a lizards but it had feathers on it rather then scales and still rapped around my easy pretty well.


    I was on the top of one mountain on a particularly large mountain range 3 moons held high in red purple and blue respectively the air was very clean.


    With one step forward using wind magic to help me a bit a dove down the mountain and extended my wings taking flight.


    It was simply amazing.

 Darkest day.

    I had flown down to some sort of forest area. There I sat down on a large boulder and began to meditate.


    The energy that flowed throught the surroundings began to shift in current. Contrary to common belief simply absorbing it will kill you.


    I began to focas on the elements distorting and focusing on the different colors many not a part of the normal human color spectrum.


    After finding the color which resonated with my very soul I focused on that. After a while I began to focas on the source tracing the river of dark purple to its source. Finding the source that resonates with your soul is important once you do you place a ''print'' or ''signature'' on it. The more complex the better after all often times your signature can be removed by someone who also wishes to use the source. There can only be up to 5000 life forms using one source. It can very slightly depending on the size of the source.


    After tracing it he found the source was actually massive diamond deep in the earth it had to be the bigger than earths moon.


    Also it seemed that no one had a purple soul on the planet or more accurately very few did.


    He began a very complex formation. Using 15 circles then two triangles for every new circle. He then became a spider web formation. Finally he started writing the language of magic in between each circle.


    Their was no official language any will do but the older the more powerful. He began writing latan backwards.( in all honesty the oldest was Egyptian glyphs but security on those was really low despite being powerful good for instant casts but bad for formations)


    After finishing and a few slight touch ups. I stood up opening my eyes only to realize I was surrounded by some odd creatures that looked huminoid like myself where white with glowing tribal tattoos and a tail but most only had one wing maybe a small pair or none at all. None had a purple glowing like mine but there were various types. And... They were nealing.


    A young one with two wings that were without a doubt capable of flight stepped forward. His tattoos where a pale gold indicating a strong willed and prideful nature with inborn wisdom. (Assuming the glow really does reflect the soul)


    I looked at the young girl.


    She nelt before me " I am noble Ashra I am young noble as you can see but I was also thought to be the last. Plz your Blood seems to hold dominance will you mate with some of the females who hold the wings of old it may bring our race back to strength."


    I was confused for a moment why not offer herself if that is her logic perhaps she has someone already its quite the possibility.


    "Very well but I must confirm compatiblity first," I wasn''t going to pass up getting laid what idiot would. I walked to nearby females touched them on the for head if their glow flared it ment there soul was stronger and the offspring would most likely take after her if mine flared the offspring would take after me.


    You may ask how I know all these things. Keep in mind I have already lived two lives this being my third as well as teachers who specialized in soul magic.


    Mine flared every time except once. Neither flared this means that the offspring will be something completely different often times surpassing both parents. I grinned.


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    "You and only you." I said.


    The girl had black shimmering marks often meaning a corrupted soul. Did not mean bad just ment a hard past life or life''s.


    The girl had neither wings nor tail she did have some nifty lookin horns thou something no one else had including myself.


    Many gasped and whispered about the demon of the clan.


    I whispered into her ear,"so how''s it feel to finally get a bit of payback."


    "She whispered back, " delicious."


    "Good I have chosen some of you were worthy candidates but this one will bear a child the gods would fear." He grinned almost evily


    What could he say he always wanted a student that could surpass him but the only person who could even use magic back on earth other then him was a life user or martial artist he may have been able to teach this student a bit but he was no master at most he was an adept.


    Course he could have done the evil mages of the past did but it was evil so.(raping bunch of different virgens in hopes to increase mage population)


    They led him back to a small village of stone some houses built better then others.


    It seemed primitave the best weapon he saw was a sword the Nobel lady wore. The worst was a big ass stick.....


    "How many of our race are left," I asked.


    "3 villages for a total of 900 adults. You and i being the only nobles and 400 children 2 of which are potential nobles wings don''t grow until year 7 so we don''t know yet."The noble girl said.


    She then went on to ask" you have a name,"


    "Yes isn''t it proper to say your own first," I replied.


    "Hmph fine my name is Dradge, Dradge FireJewel," she said,"now yours"


    "Kinda a boyish name but my name is Frost, Frost Forest." I mimicked her with a grin.


    "Your mocking me," Dradge stated.


    "Now what oh what could have given you that idea I was simply trying my outmost in being polite after all I certainly don''t know my races customs I grew up in the wild after all." I said my voice riddled with sarcasm.


    "Raised in the wild huh," she looked up as if remenising."An ancient tradition of learning our power something our race really can''t afford anymore. "


    It made sense with the population so few a few thousand then understandably you could begin such a survival of the fitist mentality. But with only 900 it was already a struggle just to make sure you were not accedently dating your cousin. I would probably be taking a few other mates to spread a slightly bigger gene pool but the girl with horns was mine and she was holding onto my arm.


    You may think this is fairly quick paced. But well it was actually quite normal. Only earth has the leisure to take things slow.


    Using magic I summoned a villa of sorts by taking the different molacules in the ground and forming them up much like the others did as it was pretty common to do with magic. But mine was without a doubt more refined.


    And so begins the path of ''you guessed it'' repopulation.


    In a few years I will leave this place and continue my journey but for now having a successfully student is a priority to myself. What can I say I am a teacher.