They say the future belongs to the curious,. The ones who are not afraid to to try it, explore it, poke at it and turn it inside out. But sometimes, there are things that are better off hidden, never to be found.
At humanity's peak, their desire forced them to create a massive energy hole, that could provide everlasting power to support them as most of Earth's resources had been exploited to exhaustion. But the aftermath of what they created, was beyond their expectations.
The energy hole was too massive causing a shift in the balance of the earth which resulted in dimensional cracks all across the planet. From somewhere deep in the void, separated from this universe, was the horrific reality known as the Dark Realm. The hell-like abyss was the home of the greatest enemy of all life, the Vage.
The evil of the Vage was boundless and periodically, they were able to make their way to earth through the cracks, allowing their poisoned energies to enter and stain the world with their corruption.
The earth descended to chaos due to ineffectiveness of ordinary weapons in the face of these monsters who only knew destruction. Even the greatest nuclear weapons weer rendered useless.
After only several months since the invasion, the Earth's population had declined from billions to only a couple of thousands. The death toll was too huge and the human population was on the brink of extinction. That was when she appeared.
In a bright golden light she came, floating effortless in the air. She was beautiful, perfect in form, and if that were all she'd been, she would stir the desire and envy of every man and woman in the world. But she was much more than that, for she soon announced herself as the Great Convener of the Heavenly ones, come down to save humanity from their end.
All those who were alive followed her to a new world, far different from the earth, and it was known as Elonaria. There, she left after teaching them how to control a new kind of raw power, one known as Aether, and weave it into its pure form, mana, to be absorbed into their bodies.
After a period of time, a person would awaken his power and form a low soul core. This is usually black in color due to the impurities in the body that mix with the mana absorbed. Normally a child would awaken, from as young as ten years old. As the impurities are filtered out, are filtered out, the mana inside becomes more pure and the core changes and becomes more bigger and different in color.
The order of the cores were as follows.
Soul core, Mortal core, Combat core, Saint core, Divine core, and Heavenly core.
From the soul core to the Mortal core, the color of the core splits into three, with the lowest being the darkest, the middle being the normal and the peak being the lightest. The lighter the core, the more power one has access to.
Left to themselves, the humans wandered across the world, as they cultivated their new found power. Soon, they discovered that they were not the only ones living there. Different races and species of strange beasts lived there and some races, as they later learnt from the evidence left behind, had mysteriously disappeared. There were now a total of four kingdoms.
Elanor, kingdom of the elegant and beautiful elves, a delicate elusive figure in human form with pointed ears. It's located in the magical forest of Valor which prevented non-elven creatures from navigating through it by confusing their senses, thus offering a natural protection to the elves.
Fyr, kingdom of the crystal fairies, a tiny human-like spirit, with rainbow colored wings. It's found deep in the cold regions of the Great Serpentine mountain range.
Dwarvan, the underground kingdom of the dwarves, short human-like creatures with monstrous strength, renown for their mastery in the forging profession. Their kingdom is mainly made of underground passages and huge caves found in the Hollow plains.
Oragon, home of the high orcs, huge green scaled, barbaric creatures that believe strength to be solution to everything. They live in the harsh desert climate region of Sphyxia.
Wielding their new powers, humans fought to survive. Now after fighting for more a thousand years, humanity was finally able to stand firm and claim a position as the fifth and largest kingdom in Elonaria.