Realms Rising Book 1: Walls Breaking

Chapter 2: Roads Join

Realms Rising Book 1

Walls Breaking

By NewWorldFiction

Chapter 2: Roads Join

Far away from any civilized land, hidden in a terrain of mountains and snow, close to the land beyond the gods, lays a city that no immortal has set foot in eons. A place where people who are cursed, thrown aside or betrayed flee. Where they can live in peace. But long since has this place been forgotten. A once grand city of sanctuary, marked of beautiful architecture from many ages and cultures now slowly fading away into the snowy mountain side it rests upon.

The city of the fleeing and lost souls; Idoplis.

Here only one person still resides. His ancestral home where his ancestors came to escape the gods wrath long ago before this land was even know by the Olympians. The Northern Rockies.

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Percy was shocked, to say the least, as well as filled to the brim with questions. But mostly shocked. What lay behind the man was a city of many buildings coated with a thin dusting of snow, all different built into the gradual slope of a snowy mountain. Amongst the city were many larger buildings resembling temples, castles and great Libraries. All revealing beautiful, archaic designs, domes, pillars, pyramids and arches. Some where marble, others a dark or sandy stone. Every building reflected many different cultures, in fact one of the buildings even looked very similar to the Big Ben, however the clock was replaced with a guard's tower.

"Where, what, who..." Percy faltered, his mind overloading.

The man chuckled. "Well Percy Jackson, this is my ancestral home; Idoplis, the sanctuary city of the fleeing and lost souls."

"The sanctuary city of lost, what now's!?" Percy practically cried. "Am I dead? If I'm dead, how have I gotten sanctuary? The gods hate me! As in deepest pit of Tartarus possible! Dead, tortured, nonexistent, blasted to smither-" After all, his only recent memory is being chased by everyone's favorite moon goddess.

"Whoa, whoa, calm down, all will be told in time, but we need to wait for your friend to wake up first, I certainly do not what to tell the same tale again." the man gestured to something behind Percy.

Cringing his neck to see what was behind him, he was surprised to find Thalia behind him. She was laying down under some thick blankets, snow coating them. But even with blankets on, Percy could see the blood soaked bandages.

Whipping around, Percy faced man, eye to eye. "What happened to her?" a growl escaping Percy's lips.

"Artemis is what happened. She was shocked to the core with my arrival and in the moment Thalia arrived, frightening Artemis who shot without thinking." the man sighed gazing over to Thalia, "She would have died."

Only then Percy realized how grateful he should be for the man. He did not just save him but one of his best friends.

"Thank you."

"Do no thank me, In a way I have just made the two of you wanted criminals."

"Wait? Thalia too?" Percy asked surprised.

"The gods are paranoid. It comes with old age, but mostly for immortals. I would know I've seen it happen." the man shrugged.

"Wait you've seen it happen? Who are you?" Percy inquired.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Stupid me, over time you tend to forget that people don't know you. Name's James, pleased to meet you." James shot his hand up for a handshake.