The Phoenix Order

Zephyr

After the battle had took place, another Sixteen Years had passed and not a single shadow warrior was seen since. And after the death of The Elder, he was chosen to become the King of Cassaport, elevating his status from just being a general, to becoming the most powerful man of the kingdom. Thus, he gave up his position as General and gave that to Draven, who eventually gave up the role of the Fire Caster's Leader, and gave the helm of responsibility to his trusted soldier, Raptor and all seemed well for the time. Although, Afleck noticed all after those years, Foxtrot and Siegfried, slowly didn't show up for important discussions until, they left a few years, and now, he's on the hunt to find them.

And now, Afleck's children, Anatole and Zorina had just started their training to become fighters, Anatole was the golden child of the family who saw him as the next Afleck and his sister, Zorina was relegated to the side, because unlike her brother, she had none, she did not have the powers from either one of her parents and was seen as the black sheep of the two of them. She does possess one thing that Anatole doesn't have, precision. She didn't want to join the Phoenix order not because she is inferior, but she has different skills than her brother, thus. Afleck sent her to the former Grand bowmaster Bushido to learn the ways of archery with Bushido's Daughter, Emma whom was older than Zorina and the two grew to become allies and sisters in arms, ready to fight for each other. But not against each other.

"Alright, front formation!" Bushido barked, as he set the group into pairs of teams. "Remember, strike fast and swift. dont let them now what hit them." Emma said and Bushido hit the bell, the two of them took cover from the two students that they are paired against with and when they were drawing their bows, they moved quick, splitting up to divert the two to choose who to pick down first. Using this advantage, the two girls quickly draw their bows and popping the balloons in the top of their heads, winning in the fastest fashion possible.

The bell, drowned the cheering of the crowd when the fight was over, but Zorina was already leaving, packing her stuff to go back home, she was a child of talent, but Zorina felt the sting of another day filled with mockery and disdain from her other peers. Her skills as an archer were unmatched, yet her lack of magical prowess left her vulnerable to the scorn of people around her, especially since her father came from the power of the Phoenix and her mother was the run away princess of the underworld, able to cast flames and fire to her satisfaction.

She ran through the city streets, her eyes already looking everywhere, tracking everything's move. Zorina's thoughts swirled in turmoil—her father's favor towards her brother Anatole felt like a constant reminder of her inadequacies. Anatole, gifted with the power of fire, was celebrated as the true heir to the kingdom, while she was relegated to the sidelines.

Then, she took a wrong turn home, she accidentally went to the outskirts of Cassaport and eventually was running through the woods, obliviously running, thinking she was heading back home, but she was doing the opposite. She only noticed it when she started seeing the Night Raiders, when she knew she strayed too far now, and she was outside the safety of the castle walls.

The Night Raiders were a pair of infected wolves who's sole mission was only to bite and cause chaos in the world, previous attempts to exterminate these creatures all only led to failure and was ultimately just informed the people to stay away from these creatures and she had seen what these things can do, she saw one of her friends get ripped to shreds when she was younger when she strayed away from the castle walls.

Now she gets to experience that horror. She ran, faster than she thought she could ever and was slowly pulling away from the wolves but then suddenly she slipped into a cave, her screams unheard and when she hit the bottom, she found something there. The cave was surprisingly lit and when she went deeper, she found a yellow glowing cube, it was something she never thought it could be, but when she touched it again, a surge of electricity coursed through her body, electrocuting her, and knocking her unconscious.