A Crumbling Society

Part 2-26

I began with, "The story goes", and got into it, The Earth was created by the Gods as more of a canvas, or getaway. They could come here as they pleased and to utilize their gifts of life and creation. Some called it a paradise, others, just a simple planet with no purpose. This planet was just to be a work of art until one of them decided to destroy it. However, the Gods soon became infatuated after having created humans and animals. Now they wanted to protect the things they had made here, one brother wanted to rid the Earth of everything and start over. A disagreement led them to exiling him here and locking him away in the darkest place possible, never to hear from him again. Many millennia later, we had established ourselves through the evolution of civilization, something they never anticipated we would ever do. The Gods decided to let their children visit our planet so they too could see all the glories that had been done. Upon discovering the accomplishments of humans, they also wandered into the corruption of civilizations. Soon they uncovered that the dark entity imprisoned here had indeed been set free. There was chaos and genocide, these humans had been imbued with darkness which is said to have been the first existence of Black Magic. The children of the Gods wanted to preserve life and protect all other things. They went from place to place choosing those worthy enough to fight and granted them the powers of the Gods. This is to be the first existence of White Magic. A war broke out, lasting for hundreds of years, nearly killing off most of what had originally been created. In the end, the power of White Magic overcame Black Magic, they surrendered. They were then given the option to be purified of all darkness within them. Only a few agreed, but to their surprise it was impossible to cleanse the darkness, for they lost their lives in the process. As a solution, they were given the chance to learn white magic, some agreed, and others did not. Those who agreed combined their magics and became the first Gray Magic users. For the brave ones who fought to preserve the Earth, they were granted sanctuary in a world of their own. Valsyri was created, and the White users went on to live their lives in this new dimension for all things magic to continue the God's legacy. The Black users were forced to go as well so that the pure mages could keep watch over them. Any of the Gray users had to stay on Earth and educate those on the good and bad effects of magic so that another war didn't happen.

Eventually we evolved further, and a lot of outdated laws were reviewed and overturned since these are modern times. We now live in "unison" even though our council system reigns supreme over Valsyrians. Plus, we have a Queen, or at times a King to lead us as the Gods deemed unnegotiable. One member of a pure born, White Magic family shall be ruler of Valsyri to ensure the image of the Gods is protected and that all things magic are kept in balance. Our people live side by side without one claiming superiority over the other even though the Gods deemed a pure white mage shall always reign over the realm. There are questionable things about the establishment of our society but it's the way we've lived for trillions of years.

"What do you know about the Black users once they came to Valsyri?", she questioned.

I skewed my lips trying to dig, "only that the council was set up shortly after, eventually they let Gray users join."

"Keep going", she pressed

"Umm", I thought, searching deeper, "I personally can't remember hearing anything else growing up. There were times when we didn't mention it because mages didn't want another uprising. White Mages have duties to oversee the Black Mages aren't exposing our kind and that they are basically watched from time to time".

"I'm surprised you don't know the full story", this sparked curiosity, she leaned in to make the moment serious. All the attention on Embris, "in all the history of that precious Ankastle school of mages there was the first war in its time, a specific magic was used in this time".

"Are you talking about the Vampire War?"

"Yes, I am", while she implied that I continue.

"Well, I know that vampires start out as mages, they're the only thing close to human creature-wise. Anyone else deciding otherwise turns into a full animal that has no way of thinking for themselves anymore."