Ahh, the Realm of Pandora, a realm of sword and power. From its deepest trench to its highest peak, various races and mystical creatures roam its ever-growing lands and oceans. For heavens know how long, it has continuously added new continents and inhabitants, unceasingly diversifying itself.
Pandora is divided into three main Domains: Central, Inner, and Outer. The largest and most populous Domain is the Central, while the smallest and least populous is the Outer Domain. Comparatively, the Central Domain houses the strongest of Pandora while the Outer Domain houses the weakest.
Pandora is an incredibly old and massive place, to say the least. For eons, it has watched countless people and states rise and fall. And with these experiences comes the current state of the Realm.
In Pandora, there are four Primary Races with every other race considered a sub-race, typically sharing an aspect with one of the Primary Races. These Primary Races are:
The first is the Draqins, a very interesting race that holds the ability to transform into massive dragons. In their dragon forms, they exhibited power significantly higher than they can in their humanoid forms. And the only reason they even bother with their humanoid forms is for the ease of movement. Typically they look human until they unleashed their dragonic power. Once unleashed their power, scales would begin to appear, covering them like a suit of armor – Semi Dragon form. To top it off, no other Primary Race can compete with them in terms of physical strength. They pride themselves as a race of warriors who value strength above all, whether it be political, wealth, background, or brute force.
The more power you have, the more respected you are.
In comparison, the Ascentyls or Ascendant Humans, hold the highest intellect. With their intellect, they quickly learn all forms of knowledge, mastering their abilities and constitutions faster than those of the other Primary Races. Thus, enabling them to stand toe to toe with the other primary races by taking full advantage of their abilities to the limit and then some. Another unique trait of theirs is their mastery over runes. With it, they are able to develop ways to quantitively improve their strength and qualitatively improve their standard of living. Though they have no physical advantages unless one counted their reproduction rate. They are a prime example of knowledge equates to power.
Next, you have the Sepharims, the winged Primary Race of Pandora. Compared to the others, they hold the greatest strength in energy capacity, use, and output. No Primary Race can compete with them in terms of pure power due to the fact that they are naturally born with a higher power capacity and have a much easier time passing through each individual Path phase. On top of that, they each are also born with an avatar, which is a mirror image of themselves and acts as a physical manifestation of their power. The avatar is made of pure energy and provides a great aid in combat. Fighting one Seraphim is like fighting two at once, except that one of them throws a harder punch than their partner while taking even more.
Then there are the Aquarites, the sea folk of the Realm of Pandora, who hold the greatest strength in matter manipulation. They hold the ability to bend any form of matter to their will. This especially aids them in constructing cities and fortresses capable of fending off any attack within hours. Even if they lost a city or fortress, another would quickly be built, proving to be a massive headache for any invading forces. To make matters even more headache-inducing, most of their cities and fortresses were built on large bodies of water, and they are the primary race that excels in naval warfare. On top of that, they also share a deep bond with creatures of seas, allowing them to call on their aid in any emergency. The Aquarites were a race one definitely wants as an ally and not as an enemy.
Nevertheless, these four races exclusively live in the Central Domain. Whereas you will find the other races, exclusively in the Inner and Outer Domains.
It should be known that these races are considered sub-races because, as one moves up the ranks of power, they move through the Domains. And with each advancement in Doman comes an automatic evolution to one's race, until they hit the Central where they become one of the four.
Fret not; there are natural laws in place to prevent people from the Higher Domains traveling to lower Domains to cause 'trouble.'
And an example of one of these natural laws prevalent in each Domain is the inability for anyone to instantly massacre a massive group of people.
Of course, killing large groups of people isn't prohibited. Just the instant aspect is important.
As for how this works, any skill that can do something of that level requires Realm Energy. Deeming something as 'too much,' Pandora can interfere by depriving a person of Realm Energy, stopping the attack. As to why Pandora cares...all in due time.
Nevertheless, a lesson to hold on to as one traverses through Pandora is that there is more to what meets the eyes. Always think twice. And remember, there is always more at work than one could ever imagine.
Countless secrets lay buried and hidden in Pandora. But it should be known that some of these secrets are best left hidden. But who knows, these secrets may all be uncovered one by one, or they will eternally lay hidden, never to see the light of day. One can't be ever sure, but one thing is sure.
Change is coming, and it is coming fast.
In a world where the laws of nature run rampant. A world where the strong devour the weak and life is but a fickle thing.
One can't help but wonder what the coming changes hold for Pandora?
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Well, there is no need to worry about something soon to be learned.
Regardless...
Welcome to the Realm of Pandora!