Kaz recovered his breath as he braced himself up on one knee. Kaz could see his long black hair hanging down past his face, he could feel his body shape was different. He then noticed his reflection form below him as water appeared.
"Get a good look at your new image. This is what you will look like for the time being." Elara said as her hand finished moving, indicating she conjured the water.
Kaz looked down, and noticed his face had changed. His nose had become slightly longer, his cheekbones higher. His skin was paler than before, but his hair was darker and now a jet black color, while his eyes took on a more amber color. His ears peeked out of his hair with an obvious color to them. Kaz then looked up to see that Adam's hair had taken on an ash color, but he couldn't really make out any more of his features.
Kaz looked towards Elara, "Before you send us down, can I get some information about the world? I may look like an elf, But I don't know anything about them."
Elara and Xohasis smiled at his question before Xohasis responded, " I'm going to leave them in your care, I trust in his ability, and I can feel that I will see them again soon."
Elara nodded at Xohasis before turning towards Kaz, "Your questions are the correct one's to ask here, information is very important. I will see you two again, but I must leave, for if I am discovered now, I won't be able to assist you in the future. Farewell." Then without giving Kaz a chance to speak, Xohasis vanished, leaving behind a small slightly gold wisp that slowly dissipated. Elara focused back towards Kaz.
"I will give you a quick history of my world, this may have been skewed by the passing of generations within the people's history here, but what I am about to tell you is the whole truth."
Kaz focused in as his brain went to the familiar trance that Xohasis placed him on as he could see Elara floating in a giant field of gas in space, this gas was rich with various elements and nexus energy.
"After awakening my powers of creation and becoming a deity, I found the most attuned place within the universe, containing all the components I needed to create life. I called this original energy Aether, since I infused it with the elements of what I deemed necessary for nature."
Elara's figure started to command the floating gasses to condense and slowly form a planet. Once the planet was formed different energies swirled around the planet. There was hard surfaces of rock and dirt and the nexus energy within them appeared structured and sturdy. There was water surrounding the lands that was infused with nexus energy, more flexible and dynamic, allowing the energy to flow smoothly, as if it was dancing. Next there were hotter areas as volcanoes spouted with lava and fire covering them. They had energy that had the attributes of aggression and chaos and seemed to attack anything around it. Finally was a wind created from the different temperatures as warm winds rose from the fires of the volcanoes and cooled over the oceans. This wind was filed with a free, hard to tame yet versatile energy. The wind could take on different forms and couldn't be contained to one area.
"These four domains of energy I decided needed Wardens to harmonize them, as I created my first life on the planet. I saw the earth as a middle ground for the see and fire drenched mountains and created Sylthor, my Warden of Land."
Out of the earth you could see stone come together to make a towering golem with crystalline eyes giving the impression of sturdiness and reliability.
"Next were the oceans, rivers and lakes of the planet, as I created the Warden of the Water, Mirelia."
Water within the vast oceans started to swirl into a pillar as a translucent figure emerged seemingly made of reshaping waters yet somehow retaining her distinct form. Her eyes gave off compassion.
"Third is my Warden of Fire, Fyron, to control the energies of the fires across the mountains."
Out of a volcano emerged a molten talon as a fiery and towering being appeared to rise out, its eyes giving off the impression of power.
"Finally is my Warden of Wind, Aria, to manage the skies and the winds that flow across the entire planet."
The breezes gave life to that of a being that seemed to have no form, as this one, unlike the water image, did not retain a definite form, and often changed with the breeze when a figure made of the breeze appeared briefly with its eyes giving an appearance of wisdom and balance.
"With my Wardens, I brought life to the world I came to name Lazuno."
Many images of Elara with the Wardens forming different flora, then fauna, and then the first of the four races being formed. Then the images started to fast forward as Kaz was able to witness the evolution of the species on this over many generations, with empires falling and rising until his consciousness was brought back to his body and his eyes were thrown open.
"You will need to learn a lot on your own, but do know a few things, the energy you feel is called Aether by those that live here, and it takes on distinct properties within my world, sometimes they combine to form new elements, but the core are the four I showed you. Next, your congregation of energy at the back of your neck is called an Aether center until you develop your soul, which is then called an Aether core. If has five stages until it can become an Aether Core, those being Aether Aware, Aether Inviting, Aether Engaged, Aether Expanding and Aether Condensing, those who have yet to awaken their Aether Centers are called Aetherlings, those who have awoken their Aether Centers but not yet manifested their Aether cores are called Aether Awoken, and those who have awoken their Aether Cores are called the Enlightened and their racial features become humanlike in appearance, which is why I said your disguise will only last until then. You would be in the Aether Inviting stage as well as your sibling there. Please refrain from teaching those not yet enlightened of the outside worlds. With this we will part ways, be careful of the different cultures here, lest you endanger yourself too early."
As Kaz sat there taking in the knowledge he felt a feeling similar to his temporal shift skill take place, as he was transported to a clearing with Adam, who was resting calmly with his head on his lap. Besides the hair, Adam didn't change much. Kaz looked up as he got to experience something he hadn't in a while. There were many smells filling the air, such as sweet scents, leafy scents and various other ones. Back on Earth, he hadn't really been in nature all that much due to him living in cities most of his life.
Kaz looked around, able to see small flying insects dance with the wind, various animals, similar in characteristics as those from earth, but different enough to be completely different species. He noticed they all had a connection with the energy around them. He realized how different, and rich the energy was here on this planet compared to Aeloria. He sat there and took it in.
Finally Adam awoke, as he looked around confused. The both stood up and began to walk, with Adam trailing behind Kaz, taking in what surrounded them. Nature.