Miraculous Order Series: The Secret Battles of the First Box

Prolouge

In the beginning, there was a man who knew the secrets of the land and the stars. He had knowledge from his ancestors about a pendant that held special powers - powers of animals - called the Prodigious. This held the animals' strengths. His family, the masters of such a forgotten creation, had made the ancestors to the kwamis, the Renlings. The man dedicated his time to learn about them and soon attempted to make a miracle of his own. When he did, he learned of the force that the Renlings were trying to protect our world from. The force was called the Void, for it would always feel hunger and would try to consume everything and anything. The man created a miracle then, and named his jewels after that. He forged eight miraculouses, one for each of his sons of blood or of heart. These were the first eight apprentices of the Order of the Miraculous.

Together, with the Prodigious and the Eight, the master and his apprentices recited a spell to defend the world. For the cost of the wizard's life, the master himself, the Void was kept in the Spiritual Plane. The Spiritual Plane is where all memories and all the kwamis live and thrive before they can accept the deal of a miraculous. A place of no sound.

The Eight then dispersed themselves, creating temples and teaching generation after generation. These people who took the Oath of the Order were known as Guardians. We are everywhere and anywhere - in the shadows, murals and history of the Earth. This is our origin, my apprentice.

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The stranger in the dark approached the Council. Each Council member was dressed elegantly but by the standards of their own respective cultures. It was clear then that they came from different places of the World. This exhibited the expansion of the Eight. But the stranger did not care for matters of ancient history. She had - above all - a plan to present to the Council of the Order. The nine current members looked down upon the stranger even as the vast room only illuminated them. Her face remained hidden in the shadows.

"Mayura", one of the council members said, to her left. This member had a thick accent - clearly from the African temples, but the Lion Miraculous Holder was known for her strength- in both missions and her seat as well as her quick wit and judgment. Lionne had a stern face as she looked down, already biased against her. Mayura eyed the friend of her old rival, waiting for permission to speak.

"You may speak, Guardian of the Peacock," said the central-facing member. Their miraculous was that of the swan; graceful yet lethal. They - as all in that room knew - were in charge.

"Many years ago, Wang Fu was a former student of this very Order," Mayura said, entertaining a bit of history. Although as we've already established, she,  the stranger, cares very little for it or at least she tells others that she does not. "He took the most powerful miraculouses by robbing the First Box of the Order of the Miraculous. He has remained hidden for decades - rarely seen. But technology has improved for our benefit, I assure you. I have found him, and I have a plan to set a trap."

The council members couldn't see the hidden smirk Mayura had. Each member went to their side to discuss the idea, some disagreements seemed to be afoot. After a minute or two the Holder of the Swan looked down upon the darkness.

"Please tell us your plan" they said, the words sounding more like an order than a suggestion.

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