A land far above the lands of the mortals, 'The Alfime' inhabits the greater beings, the observers and caretakers of mortal world, 'The Calamities'. The calamities observe and maintain rationality in the mortal world. Cyclone, typhoon, earthquake, drought etc are the actions taken by the calamities to maintain order in the land of mortals. Calamities have two major factions 'The Orasios' and 'The Yakshas'. It also had some minor factions like 'The Shadows' to deal with small problems an information gathering. Every immortal generally have 'Authority' to only one type of calamity factors (LIKE- air, water, earth etc) by birth. But in rare mutations some calamites have dual authorities. These types of calamities have very high privileges. 'Etherion' the general of the punishment – Ops of the Yaksha tribe, the strongest of hundred century old calamities was one of the dual authority holders.
But just as there is presence of darkness to complement the presence of light likewise calamities have an undying enmity with the black blooded calamities, 'The Demons'. The demons are no different from the calamities in term of birth but they have conflicting duties. The demons leak knowledge, lust, greed, gluttony, pride, sloth, envy and wrath. The more the mortals have the given factors or authorities more will b the strength of the demons. Since, eternity calamities and demons are at odds. Calamities send spies in demon's territory, the other half of the floating land, 'The Hellhime'. It was a general inspection mission of calamities on demons. Etherion was the chief in command of this mission. Everything was going as planned by the group until they encountered a sneak attack from the demon's side. In split moment the calamities' group was annihilated but Etherion was clinging to his last rope. He was slowly losing his senses and was full of despair. He crawled towards the cliff to take his own life as he failed his job and fell down.
The next morning when Etherion woke up he finds a beautiful lady taking care of him. He was still shaken from the incident. Just as he recovered a portion of his strength he found out the lady was a demon and that of a high authority. He was full of hate, he tried to muster some strength to kill her but his injures didn't let him move. Just as he gave up the lady woke up. She greeted him with a good smile on her face. She introduced herself as 'Cherybelis'. She found him floating on the river so she brought him back with her. She said he was in a bad condition so she treated his wounds. He can leave once he heals enough to survive on his own. Etherion had his guard up, he asked her "why are you doing this and what are you demons plotting against us calamities"? Cherybelis calming smile was now turned into a face with full dissatisfaction. She thought that Etherion had a different way of thinking than others do but seems like she was wrong. "Let me introduce me once again I am the descendent of the pure blood ancient demon, holder of four authorities and the daughter of the chief of demon tribe, Cherybelis". "I have authorities for lust, gluttony, envy and sloth". "Indeed demons and calamities don't get along since ages but I don't think we can never be together in peace". "Don't you think this bloodshed has lasted long enough". Listening to her words Etherion thought back and he indeed was fed up of all the violence going on. Moving on with their conversation Cherybelis asked him the reason for his injury. Etherion was confused he thought she knew about the ambush done by the demons. Even Cherybelis was clueless about the ambush. As they kept on talking everything was clear and Etherion finds out that 'The Orasios' was working with the demon tribe to overthrow 'The Yaksha' tribe and have full control of Alfime so Orasios leaked the info about the inspection mission.
Cherybelis called her bloodtrix (a familiar exclusive to the demons which they have by birth and is different for every demon also higher the number of authority higher the strength of the blood trix). Since, Cherybelis had four authorities her bloodtrix was strong enough to have it's own intelligence. She ordered it to gather some information on both the factions. It took Etherion several months to heal enough to walk and in that time he and Cherybelis grew closer to each other. They became a couple with the blessing of old tree which is said to be the origin of immortals. They were blessed with a son Gedo, 'a demigod'. He was neither a demon nor a calamity. These beings were said to a taboo in the land of immortals since they are a potential threat because they had strength of both the immortals. It was time for Orasios to show its true colors. Etherion returned to the Alfime and found The Yaksha tribe ravaged. Etherion was broken, despaired and his mind was totally blanked out. "Etherion I am under attack and Gedo is still at house please save him" (Cherybelis used Telepathy which was the result of sloth authority). Though he was broken he pulled himself together and rushed towards Gedo using his wind authority. While on his way back he saw some weak demons which he annihilated in an instant. Gedo was safe back at home but Cherybelis returned covered in wounds. She was ambushed by 'the sins of the demon tribe'.
Sins Of The Demon Tribe - They each have one authority and seven in total where they strengthen their authority to its extreme.
She barely managed to escape from them with some serious injuries. Etherion was healing her with his water authority but a devastating explosion took place at their house. Cherybelis used her gluttony authority to cancel 70% of the damage but ended up losing most of her powers. "Etherion bring Gedo to me". "I am transferring my bloodtrix to you Gedo it will protect you, grow strong and healthy". "Etherion you should also perform the death ritual of the calamities on Gedo, he will need everything he could get to survive". "Now go run towards the 'hell end' mortal world can be the only place to keep our son safe, I will borrow you some time for you now run without turning back". Etherion was feeling pathetic like a rat running here and there to escape but he had no choice. He started "The calamity death ritual" on move. Calamities death ritual is a ritual which is only possible for parents to perform on their off-spring during their final breath. In this ritual they seal 70% of their own strength in their child. Etherion pushed pass his limits and managed to seal 80% of his strength in Gedo. He gave him some memories of mortal world he even sealed his current memories so that he would not get panicked when in wakes up in mortal world. Etherion's last words for Gedo were "go my son, I gave you everything I can now live your life as you want, Orasios will come for you eventually, be prepared and be strong". "Your memories of the immortals and your power will surface when you face a life threatening situation, now it's time for you to go". By saying these words Etherion dropped Gedo from hell end which is a cliff which ends in the mortal world. Gedo fell from the cliff like a shooting star and landed on a mountain. The scene of Etherion dropping him with a warm smile is imprinted in his mind. Gedo don't have any memories of the immortals. His mind is all cleaned up except for the memories given by his father. When he came back to his senses he got indulged in the beauty of the waterfall in front of him. He felt weak and tired so he ended up falling sleep on the floor.
Just as he fell asleep the bushes behind started to rustle.....
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