" Lotshaven is perhaps the strongest kingdom in the east. It has an exceptional army which consists of a minimum of 5th class mages and silver ranked swordsmen. The entire military is lead by the paladin. The paladin is blessed by the gods' of light and is currently ranked 3rd among the 10 greats by the GRAND ENGINE.
THE GRAND ENGINE , A SYSTEM WHICH GOVERNS THE WORLD AND BINDS THE GODS FROM HARMING ALL THE RACES. NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT WAS CREATED OR WHEN. ALL KNOWN IS THAT IT IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF POWER AS WELL AS THE ULTIMATE DESTROYER OF THAT SAME POWER. IT BESTOWS UPON ALL HUMANS THE POWER OF GODS BUT SOME ARE SPECIAL AND ARE CHOSEN BY THE ENGINE. WE CALL THE GREATS. THE STRONGEST 10 ARE BEINGS WHO ARE ON PAR WITH THE GODS THEMSELVES AND JUST LIKE THEM THEY CAN DESTROY WORLDS.
AND NOW ONE OF YOU WILL BE CHOSEN AS A GREAT AND THE OTHERS WILL BE BESTOWED POWER BY THE GRAND ENGINE..." - ELDER MURALI PROCLAIMED to the kids...
"Now Murali don't get so worked up. They are just kids and they must first learn about our country , the elven kingdom of THAKSVINE which is just on par with our sworn enemy LOTSHAVEN" - Lady Siaran countered.
Elder Murali , provoked ravagedly screamed ," Indeed , they mustn't learn about our enemies. Those vile humans will one day enslave and torture them just like the subjects who got captured...
Don't forget Siaran , they are not just kids , they are elites who are trained to kill. They are the future of the elven army. They will obliterate LOTSHAVEN for our sake."
15 YEARS LATER
LEGOSI DISTRICT , LOTSHAVEN
YEAR :- XX890YR
"A happy night for the humans , it seems so. Doesn't it EKSH ?"
"Appears so"
"The royal scum gave birth to another piece of garbage to corrupt this beautiful world"
"Enough talk. Focus on the mission"
It was a beautiful night for the people of Lotshaven. A new prince has been born and the king gave a feast to all the people rich and poor. People were happy and were gleefully enjoying the night. The night unlike the mood was bitterly cold. It was snowing and even though every one were enjoying , a part of society wasn't.
Amidst all the people was a small beastman cub. Perhaps a werefox. Weak , frail , famished , the symbol of misery. It stumbled and fell into the snow from all the cold. People noticed. It created a ruckus.
" MOMMY , LOOK IT'S A KID WITH WIERD EARS."
"DON'T YOU DARE GO NEAR THAT VILE MAN-EATING CREATURE. COME BACK."
"GUARDS ! GUARDS ! SOMEONE CALL THE GUARDS! IT'S A MONSTER."
After all that's what their religion had preached them. Lotshaven was a theocratic country. Its citizen deeply believed in the god of emotions ALVA who states that beastmen feed on men and thus they must be enslaved. Regularly beastmen cubs are used as slaves in middle class and noble households and are treated as non living beings. Nobles either hunt them for sport or use them as tools for pleasure. That , that itself was the dark side , the culture of the people of Lotshaven.
The guards arrived. On seeing the werefox cub one of the guards clicked their tongue and sighed , "What the fuck are the slave traders doing ! It's the fifth werefox this week". The guards grabbed their spears and stabbed and stabbed and STABBED and STABBED the cub till her breathing stopped. Her infant body was defiled and she lay dead in the snow bleeding. Though it's just better that she died else she would have had to live a life far worse as a noble's slave.
Markus , one of the guards asked the other, " Was it okay to kill that thing , it only seemed like a cub?" . Lucas , the other guard replied , " She was born a demi. Demis are a tainted race created by the gods to serve us. There is nothing good that'd happen if she lived. Demis are only meant to be enslaved by us or are meant to die."
"Demis are meant to die or are to be enslaved. I wonder who ever made that rule and if they made it , with what right ? " – it was a chill , shivering voice which made Lucas shiver up to the soul.
For Lucas, he was frozen. He had never experienced such a feeling before. It was as if the feeling of pride he always had was crushed in a moment. He had fought an orc head to head , came face to face with death several times yet he had never witnessed the death of human before. That is exactly why he held humans as the master race and strongest in his mind. But all of this came to an end as he saw his partner Markus , lying cold , dead ,beheaded…