The Grand Myth

The Old ways

Long ago, before the Gods had descended to the lower world, chaos reigned

Monsters roamed the earth freely and unopposed. They were pumped out of the dungeon by the thousand daily

The mortal races resisted as much as they could, but they were losing slowly but surely. To correct this, the mortals had to experiment and innovate, they had to create new ways of combatting the endless legions of Monsters from the dungeon and defend their future

New techniques, weapons and skills came to light as a result and as such, the mortals fought and pushed back

The Elves developed magic, Dwarves their science, the Beast people enhanced their bodies, Pallums their minds and so on. Humans however, the weakest of the mortals, had none of this. They were lambs to the slaughter

For a time, they relied on the other races for protection. The humans served as servants and serfs, as that was all they were good for

That was until the Humans discovered their power. Adaptation

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth

They adapted Magic, science and their own bodies to themselves and owned the techniques. Weapons like the Rapier, Crossbow, Katana etc were developed and slowly but surely, Humans joined the fray

But while the other races became conceited and arrogant in their inherent prowess, Humans never stopped growing. For when they are young, they are old

War raged for generations, children learned to wield blades before they learned to speak properly, the only peace people knew was that of the grave. It was a constant feast for the crows

The dungeon released monstrosities that were atrocities to creation and caused carnage in their wake. The earth was rich with iron

Champions rose up and fell in the space of months. The mortals needed to be saved

The Gods saw their children's plight and descended

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The ancient ways, are the techniques, methods and skills used by the mortals pre-descent. Their power was once vaunted and respected. Those that knew of them and could use them were seen as heroes, saviours, people with immense abilities that were able to combat the dungeons fiercest monsters

Special concoctions that caused inhumane mutations, dark magic, sword styles are just a few of such techniques

The ancient ways are all but forgotten now. It can be counted on one hand those that remember, ancient rituals and rites of passage passed down in families for generations, techniques older than the Gods presence on the earth

One of these ancient techniques is known only to the Cranel family. At this time, only two of the lineage remain. A mere toddler and an old man

The Cranel name has long been forgotten by the world along with their contributions to the ancient wars and old world. Now they were simple common folk, living on a snowy mountain surviving off of the land

Young Bell was a mere three years old. He has white hair much like snow and crimson eyes. He is a rather small child, weak and frail perhaps, but that's just based on physical appearance. Bell is more than capable of surviving

The boys grandfather has equally ethereal ashen hair that's tied in a ponytail that reaches down to his back, his eyes however are forest green. His face lacks wrinkles, his skin is tight to his facial bones, locking him in a perpetual stern visage. While the man may appear to be in his late forties, he is in fact well over one-hundred-fifty years old. A result of the ancient technique of the Cranel family. Galen Cranel, had lived on the mountain his entire life