It was the dawn of the fourth day of the ritual .
On the black earth, there was no sun and moon to determine morning and night. The sky remained crimson red during the morning and noon, gradually turning to ash grey color as night descended marking that transition time as twilight . At midnight, the sky would become dark greyish and started regaining its crimson red hue as morning followed and that transition being marked as dawn.
The nobles and the commoners had all gathered outside the Council Building . This hundred-storied huge oval shaped building was designed like an amphitheater with rows of seats on each floor rising in steps except for the uppermost floor where the Council members resided and the lowermost floor which was partitioned in several single medium sized rooms .
The council was a group of six high priests ,chosen amongst the elder Rakshasa's from each top noble clans, based on their wisdom and contributions to the rakshasa society . The council acted as a governing body upholding the rakshasa laws .
Aside from upholding the laws, the Council was also entrusted with safeguarding dark secrets and forbidden knowledge of their clan.
Upon being shortlisted as a council member , an elder rakshasa had to cut all ties with his family and undergo a purification ritual in the Black caves . Upon successful completion of the ritual, he /she was bestowed with powers from the Black Mother and was considered one of her High Priest .
The elder was then welcomed inside the council.
As dawn broke, the main gates of the council building opened, and the nobles and their families started entering the building and occupying the seats from the top floors as per their status and hierarchy in the rakshasa society.
After the nobles had entered, the commoners were allowed in from the back gate of the building .
Finally, the building was full as all had to come to attend the true awakening ceremony of their future generations.
The most prominent noble clans, the Rukhs (the royals) , were seated on the upper floors from 98th to the 65th floor , the next five floors were occupied with the guards of these clans .
From the 60th floor to the 31st floor , the Ramiz (the nobles) sat with their families , their guards occupying the 30th and 29th floor.
From the 28th floor to the 4th floor the seats were filled with the commoners.
The high priests observed the audience from the 100th layer and when all were settled in, Lymic, one of the high priests spoke , his voice reverberating inside the amphitheater immediately silencing the whispers and murmurs of the gathered audience
" Everyone , the high priests of Black Mother bid you welcome, today ,we have come to witness the first steps of ascension of our future generation , their bestial bloodline awakening marks their rebirth and separates them from the riffraff making them the crème of the crop . So, without further ado let the ceremony begin ." Completing his speech, amidst the cheering sounds of the nobles , Lymic gestured the council guards stationed on the 99th floor .
The Council guards from the 99th floor immediately jumped down and landed without any scratch on the ground floor. Each guard positioned himself in front of the hundred rooms that were partitioned along the periphery of the ground floor. There was an open area in the middle where a large circular dais was placed .
" Room one, Master Marat from the nobility ; open the door and bring him " voice of one of the high priests echoed .
The guard before room opened the door and went in . Soon the guard came out with another rakshasa and made him stand on the circular dais.
The circular dais was raised two floors above the ground for a better view for the audience. on the dais, everyone saw, a 6.5 feet tall muscular rakshasa with light golden colored skin standing with his head held high and retracting the claws of his right hand while waving at the audience of the upper floors.
The nobility cheered and clapped in unison seeing this ,while the commoners wore a grim look but also joined in the clap unwillingly, lest they were targeted for showing disrespect to the nobles.
"Congratulations Marat , you may now take a seat on the 1st floor , we will check your abilities when all the candidates who have awakened the bloodline are gathered ." a voice of another high priest echoed .
When Marat was seated another voice echoed " Room 2 ,Pavel from the commoners , guards bring him."
When Pavel was raised on the dais , the audience could see his light grey skin and unchanged claws and canine. He had failed to awaken his bloodline .
" Pavel you may leave the building , our guards will later contact you to know whether you decide of being an independent worker or to serve in the noble clans " voice of one of the high priests echoed .