Chapter 0: The Forgotten Time/History of Erakus

At the inception of the universe, all the planets in the solar system were formed. In a dark corner of space, there was a seemingly miniscule planet named Planet Erakus. The basis of all living things on this planet was the Elements of the galaxy. There were 5 Primary Elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, and the most powerful of them all was Space. These made up all living things on Planet Erakus, and over time more and more creatures were born, all being innately connected to one or more elements. This was true for every being born on Erakus since its creation.

Over the 100,000 year history of Erakus, mankind was born and eventually became the dominant species. Only after awakening powerful elements, were they able to fight the magic beasts that came before them.

The magic beasts were physically stronger than the humans by nature. So, this made the humans have to adapt and create techniques from their respective elements to help combat the ferocious fiends. With their new techniques, they were able to get to a point where they were at a stalemate with the beasts, and neither would attack the other unless provoked.

The peace between the Magic Beasts and Humans lasted for over 10,000 years before mankind decided that they needed to spread their influence further, so they started taking over the lands of the beasts to build havens for them to live in where they created many cities and strongholds.

The Beasts, who over the 10,000 years some beast had devolved into mindless creatures and were very territorial, whereas others evolved further. They didn't appreciate the humans' disregard of their lands, so they fought back. The humans refused to back down and stop invading the beast's land and the beasts, in turn, attacked to try to protect their lands. The beasts came before the humans and even though the ones still fighting had devolved, they retained basic knowledge that was ingrained in their instincts. They were stronger than the humans so the planet rightfully belonged to them. That is how the centuries-long conflict with mankind and beasts began.

Over the years mankind expanded, creating whole kingdoms throughout the world. Other Races began popping up over time. The race of Supernaturals included Ghouls, Ghosts, and all manner of undead creatures. The most powerful of the undead were the Vampires; once upon a time, they were the mortal enemies of the Werewolves but decided to work together in the end to stop the scourge that is the human race.

Other supernatural creatures that were spread throughout were things like Banshees, Dorocha, The Naga Clans, and the Witch Covens. These other creatures never followed any one person outside their groups, especially the Witches, who believed themselves superior to the other Supernaturals.

Another group that had cropped up was the intelligent Beastman Tribe who had evolved from the ancient magic beasts who once roamed the lands. They were a combination of different beasts but were bi-pedal like humans.

There were the descendants of Skywing Tigers, Tigermen with bat-like wings on their backs. Then the descendants of an ancient Raika Owl, which was said to be part dragon and owl. They looked like lizardmen with feathers and were considered one of the strongest of the Beastman Tribe. The last were the descendants of the Supreme dragons, supposedly the absolute strongest of the ancient magic beasts. For some reason, the dragons seemed to just disappear and no one knows if they are dead or simply in hiding.

The Dragonkin rule the Beastman Tribe, and they are closest with the Raika descendants because of the similarities between their ancestors. They are by far the strongest of all the existing Beastmen tribes.

The terrifying thing about the Beastman Tribe is that when they activate their berserk form, they can turn into a weaker version of their ancestors, and their strength is increased a thousandfold. Although, only the strongest can utilize this form, and only for 5 minutes because it drains their life force. To keep the mode going any longer is extremely taxing on their bodies, only the most reckless decide to use the form any longer.

There are another two races that are definitely in the top percentile when it comes to pure physical strength, and those are the Twin Giants. The Twin Giants are two races of giants that live in diametrically opposing parts of the world. The Ice Giants live mostly in the far North, and The Fire Giants live mostly in areas where volcanoes are often found. They were called the Twin Giants for the fact that aside from their specific elemental composition, they look practically identical.

A race that is shrouded in mystery is that of the Spirit Race. No one knows where they came from and how long they have actually been around. They were only discovered around 15,000 years ago, but they could very well be even older than the ancient magic beasts. The Spirit Race mostly kept to themselves, so not much is known about them. They abhor conflict, but that doesn't mean that they are weak in the slightest. As a matter of fact, with their unique bodies, they are one of the most dangerous, and hardest to kill out of all the races.

The Spirit Race has a nearly complete corporeal form, this allows them to be completely immune to purely physical attacks, and have resistance against magical attacks. If the magic being used is superior to their magical attributes, which vary from person to person, then they can be affected. The same could be said if one infused their elements into their physical attacks.

The Human and other Race's kingdoms only increased in number and size over time. There were a total of six kingdoms on the planet, reminiscent of the six continents. The beasts ruled one kingdom on the Eastern Continent of Endrasia and the Humans ruled the Western Continent of Lagrist. The Supernaturals took the Southwestern Continent of Tenebrae, where it was as dark as the void of space most of the time. The Beastman Tribe resided in the Central Continent, between the Beasts in the East and the Humans in the West, much like how they are a mix between the two races.

In regards to the Twin Giants, the Ice giants lived in the Northern Continent of Verglas and were always Waring with their Kin brothers the Fire Giants, who lived in the Southeastern Continent of Haelsif which was covered in volcanoes and magma lakes.

Each continent eventually had a kingdom, known mostly as the capital, and each of the places was meant to be free of discrimination and prejudice against other races. All were welcome, as long as they weren't currently at war. This allowed for some interesting commingling of races and some mixed races came to be. Most called these mixed races halflings and were named officially by each race such as Half-Spirit, Half-Giant, etc...

With magic being a major part of every living thing, and everyone needing to know how to manipulate and control whatever element you had an affinity with; Magic Schools were created to facilitate the teaching of the younger generation all manner of magic spells and techniques to help them survive in this world. The elements have evolved as well, from the 5 Primary Elements to secondary and even tertiary elements. But they are not much weaker than the original, some are even stronger. The other elements included Ice, Lightning, Magma, Sound, Metal, and Nature. The Space Element was a culmination of the other four in the sense that Space came before them all. A Space Element user would have the ability to use the four Primary Elements. Although the 5th Primary Element of Space has been lost, and no one has used it or even heard of it in the last 20,000 years. So, only four of the Primary Elements are used in modern society.

The Tertiary Elements are a mixture of the four main elements and the secondary elements. Some examples are Magnetism, Plasma, Life, Storm, and Sand.

One's affinity would be uncovered when they had their awakening ceremony at fifteen. All children on every continent, go through an awakening ceremony to determine what Magic School would be best according to their affinity. These magic schools are located on every continent and once one Awakens, they can choose a school to attend, or, in rare cases, be selected by the administration at the more prestigious ones. Being selected by such a person, waived the entrance exam for that school and allowed for immediate enrollment.

One's affinity can be separated into different levels. From lowest to highest affinity would be Lesser, Minor, Small, Medium, Big, and Perfect. The only people who could be said to have the ability to get Perfect affinity in any elements would be Supreme Grand-Sorcerers. The highest level reached by the humans of the past. Although no one has reached this level in over 20,000 years.