The Forgotten Legacy

Chapter 5

5

"He is finally awake..." I heard Priscilla say as I awoke, "...let us talk in the room over there."

I sat up and saw that Winston was nowhere to be found, then I turned towards where Priscilla was pointing. It looked like a door to a small room to the side of the main chamber here under the lake. Priscilla and I went over to the room and I noticed that it looked like someone's office space. A desk in the back with a small lounge area in the front of the room. She instructed me to sit down in front of the desk and sat down on the other side herself.

"So where to begin..." She said more so to herself than to me then stated, "You were asleep for about two hours while within your mindscape. While you were doing that I had a chance to commune with the Spirit Mother. She told me about your heritage and where you were born. According to her, your mother's name was Elsia and she was the elf known as the Shadow Walker. Your father was none other than Kenneth Bishari himself as unbelievable as it is. The Spirit Mother said that your parents met each other over five hundred years ago. Elsia was one of the Timulti clan of mages, a clan with control over time itself. She was also one of the original founders of this very village. As for how it is that you are five-hundred odd years into the future of your parents I can only guess as even the Spirit Mother could not see. My best guess would be that your mother sent you when you were born to a time period in the future for whatever reason. I also have to tell you about the place of your birth. You were born within the boundaries of the only other spirit lake within the world. Known as The Crystalline Lake, it sits on the south-western cliffs of Bisharia, leading into the Mineral Falls. This lake is the source of all water in Bisharia, as well as the source of the rivers running through the Tardst Mountains between the Fjords of Bisharia and the Rainforests of Heodraz. This means that you have the mana of the spirits of the lake there running through you. This is how the Spirit Mother was able to acquire this information. She was able to talk to the tiny spirits within the mana you have. I have been talking quite a while, do you have any questions regarding the information thus far?"

"So you telling me that my mother was this elf known as the Shadow Walker, but all I remember from the first six years of my life living with her is the fact that she was a loving mother who spared no effort to make me happy. I ended being sold into slavery after waking up in the middle of the country called Varendrell. My mother got caught by some people one night and sent me away. I vividly remember the bright white hair that had glowed with magic, the strained face, she gave her life to save me from whatever it was that attacked us that night. But regardless, I never even had my father mentioned to me when I was a kid. I only found out people had fathers after I ended up a slave. To find out Kenneth is not only the heir to the Bisharian Kingdom, but my own father is just kind of hard to believe I guess. Either way that clears up my heritage. What else did the Spirit Mother say?" I replied to her question.

"She also told me about your affinities for magic. First let's explain how magic is categorized. There are six different affinities for magic that we know of. They are Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Light, and Dark. If one possesses the affinity for one of these types they will be able to preform all magics from that category. As for you Roy, I was told you possess an affinity for all six types of them, albeit with varying strengths and weaknesses. You are most able to use the Fire Affinity, and then in order from there from strongest to weakest is, Dark, Air, Earth, Light, and finally the one you will have the hardest time controlling in Water. We should also bring up the fact that everyone has at least one attribute they can use. For humans and other magically-stunted beings, it usually ends up being something like Earth or Water. For beings with more magic capability, it usually ends up with at least two, if not more, and the types can vary greatly from race to race. For example, my attributes are Water, Air, and Light. Winstons are Fire, Earth, and Dark. You happen to somehow possess all six of the attributes, this means you should be able to use any spell you see or read about no matter the attribute of said magic spell. Another thing to note is that our attributes end up calling certain spirits to us as spirits all feed on the magic of their hosts or masters. As someone levels up their magic as we say, the spirits of said person levels up as well, basically they go through growth spurts every time their masters magic hits a new stage of evolution. Sheila should be able to tell you more about that when you visit her later on today. Speaking of spirits, would you mind telling me which spirit you happened to end up contracting with?" Priscilla asked with gleaming eyes.