The Retribution of the Ice Cold Maiden

00-Prologue

<The Kingdom of Evergreen - The Cathedral of Light, Bishop's Prayer Room>

Crreeaaakkkk...!!

The Candles flickered, as the metal doors of the silent prayer room were pushed open, which let in a gust of wind alongside a white-robed balding middle-aged man, who was perspiring despite it being the middle of the night, in one of the coldest days in the winter season.

"Bishop...!! Urgent News...!!"

The bellowing of the middle-aged man could be heard echoing in the silent room as he ran inside looking for the Bishop.

The unholy screams of the Priest jolted the seated old man out of his meditation. He opened his eyes and his already wrinkled face showed even more wrinkles as he furrowed his brows and looked towards the direction of the approaching man who disturbed his sleep... er... I mean, meditation.

Bishop Brian, the old man in question, slowly got up from his prayer mat and faced the priest who was now standing before him, wheezing and trying to catch his breath, "Priest Frank... I am surprised your parents didn't abandon you as a kid seeing as your screams can even torture the devil into submission."

Even though the Bishop was a learned and patient man, anyone would get annoyed if their "meditation" was disturbed in the middle of the coldest night by the screams of a balding middle-aged man who just barges into your room.

"First of all..." Priest Frank spat out as he was still trying to catch his breath, "...My parents are still with me and the only reason why my voice is so loud is because we used to live at a farm full of sheep who screamed day and night so we had to naturally raise our voice to communicate with each other."

"Are you sure they weren't screaming because they had to see your horrifying face every morning?" The Bishop retorted, still annoyed.

"Secondly..." the Priest ignored the Bishop's question and went on, "The reason I came here is to tell you that the Astrologers have confirmed Saint Ferin's theory...!!"

"Don't you mean Astronomers? Astrologers are those hacks who claim that star movements can affect my life. I once asked one to find my missing belt and he told me, I can't find it because Saturn is currently blocking Neptune's View. Why the hell does Saturn want my belt, and how does it block Neptune from finding it for me? Darn Liars...!!"

"You are missing the point, Bishop...!!" Priest Frank was tired of serving alongside this Bishop. He was irrational, absorbed in useless things and he was pretty sure the Bishop is sleeping whenever he claimed he was meditating. If Suicide/Murder wasn't a Sin, he would have committed it long ago. "The Astronomers have confirmed Saint Ferin's theory...!! A child of the Fire Element has been born in Duke Vermillion's House yesterday...!!"

Saint Ferin was a famous Light Mage, who gave the world the ability to use Magic over a thousand years ago. Magic used to be exclusive only to those, who were blessed by the elements when they were born. Not only were these people made into Kings and Queens, but some were also even worshipped as Gods. When the Saint saw the numerous atrocities committed by the mages on the common people, he created the runes, which allowed a normal person to communicate with the elements and use them. The Runes were drawn on the body of a person with special ink, which was originally created by Saint Ferin himself. Only one element can be used by any person throughout their entire lives. As for the element implanted upon them, it is usually decided by a series of tests to find the element which suits them best.

However, a child born with the blessings of the elements was still a lot stronger compared to the runic mages. If a Runic Mage of Water can bring a Whirlpool in a Lake, an Elemental Mage of Water can bring forth a Tsunami and drown an entire City. This is why, after a bloody war to take down the so-called Gods, the Kingdoms were claimed by the strongest runic mages and became the Kings and Queens. They kept an eye out for children of the elements to recruit them and increase their overall power and might. Thus, despite's Saint Ferin's effort to bring down the injustice committed upon the common people, he ended up creating whole new levels of conflicts. Heartbroken by this, the Saint abandoned the secular world and became a hermit, never to appear again in the world. However, before he departed, he left behind a book that theorized that an Elemental Mage is born when the moon is aligned with seven stars in a very specific position.