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In a fiend in the desert, two figures walked on the golden sand.
One was a child of about twelve with an innocent smile on his face, holding the hand of a man with dark skin and closed eyes.
“Thank you for choosing me, sir. I never thought I would be adopted,” the child chirped, swinging their joined hands.The man gave no reply.
“Mother Superior always said no one wanted me because I didn’t believe in the ‘real’ God.”Still, the man walked in silence.
The boy ducked his head. “Sorry… I talk too much.”
Only the wind answered.
After some time of walking they reached a stone platform were the man lead the child to sit and sat in front of the child himself.
The platform had a sun disk with forty two golden shimmering rays carved into it.
The man then took out a wooden box with the face of a jackal carved into it and placed in beside himself.
He then took out a weighing scale and placed it beside the box.
The men extended his hand and gently stroked the child’s hair.
“Forgive me. I promise it won’t hurt.” The man whispered and moved his hand towards the child’s chest.
When the man pulled his hand back there was a little beating heart in his palm.
The child looked at the sight, his mouth agape as he patted his chest and saw no wound, neither feeling any pain.
“See? I told you.” The man said and opened his eyes for the first time since he had met the child.
A single tear fell from the dark eyes of the man, sorrow for an inncocent life cut too short.
“Please, don’t cry sir.” The child said and wiped away the tear with his little hand.
“Anubis.. call me Anubis, child.” The man said and held the child’s hand tenderly before gently leading the child to sit again.
It was his burden to carry souls to their ultimate destinies. Whenever he would meet the soul of an innocent child, his heart weapt.
He would close his eyes to stop the tears and walk in silence so his voice does not tremble with the sorrow in his heart.
Anubis carried out his burden and opened the wooden box and took out a white feather from it.
He gently placed the heart on one side of the scale and the feather on the other side of the scale.
The scales tilted and the heart came out to be lighter then the feather.
The result formed a smile of Anubis’s face.
Anubis stood up and gently held up the child by his hand, helping him get up again.
He looked at the direction ahead and a golden door appeared in front of them.
Anubis knelt to the child’s level and bushed his hair with his hand.
“Rest there, little one. I promise there will be no pain and no sadness there.” Anubis said and gently kissed the child’s forehead before leading him towards the door.
Just as they started walking a tremer passed through the desert realm, kicking up sand and causing the earth to shake.
Anubis held the child to protect him and looked around to see what had caused the tremor.
The sky split open at that moment and two giant figures appeared in the sky.
One was a golden dragon with a long, slender tail and wings with platinum tips.
The other was a five headed dragon that snarled as the two dragons fought in the sky.
The five headed dragon bit the golden dragon with its vicious jaw, causing blood to flood from the would.
The golden dragon used its platinum tipped claws to wound the five headed dragon as well, making the dragon bleed.
The blood of the two mixed and fell all around the desert, painting the sand red.
Anubis shielded the child but some blood still fell on the child, making the soul glow a radiant golden and red light.
The soul glowed and, like a shooting star plucked from the night sky, the soul was shot into another rift in the sky.
Anubis tried to stop the soul but the energy was too powerful even for him. The soul’s destiny had been re-written and he was powerless against it.
“What did you do? Where is he?” Anubis roared and his face transformed into that of a jackal as he jumped and launched himself at the two dragons.
However, The Jackal-headed god was too late and the fighting dragons were sucked into another rift and disappeared from the realm.
| Faerûn , near the sword mountains |
The collapse had left the cavern raw and open to the night. A ragged hole yawned in the foothills of the Sword Mountains, its edges scorched with golden sigils that still glimmered faintly in the dark.
A bronze dragon came tumbling out of the sky in a half-glide, half-crash, wings clipping a ridge before he righted himself with a sheepish roar.
The dragon had not meant to land there so he stood up and shook the dust off of his body and moved to soar through the sky again.
He paused as his superior hearing caught a sound coming from the hole a little distance away, It was the sound of an infant’s cry.
The dragon peared his head into the hold and found an underground cavern.
The cavern had housed a village that laid in ruins with bodies of drow scattered in the area.
The broze dragon padded forward, claws scraping stone as he entered the cavern and bowed once.
“Ah… poor folk,” he murmured, in a heavy voice “Too many voices silenced before their time.” he whispered before moving towards where he was hearing the voice from.
The saw a drow infant laying in a rubble of a hut with the body of a drow woman covering the infant’s body in a protective manner.
The infant had a red ankh symbol on his chest that gleamed when the dragon neared the infant.
“Greeting, Little one. I am Felgolos.” The dragon greeted the infant, expecting no response as he used magic to scoop up the infant and placed him on his head.
“Well, lets find a drow settlement for you to live at.” felgolos muttered and moved to exit the cavern.
‘pardon my intrusion, little one’ Felgolos flinched and looked around as he heard those words in his head.
“Who are you?” Felgolos shouted as he looked around and moved the child down to protect him.
‘You see, this child had his fate altered because of me,’ the voice continued.
Felgolos suddenly found himself transported to a dark space with a gold dragon standing in front of him.
Felgolos was not weak, in fact he was as powerful as ancient dragons when he was just 40 years old, but this gold dragon was no mere mortal and he even induced a sence of awe in the normally fearless Felgolos.
“You want me to raise him?” Felgolos asked, getting a nod from the gold dragon.
“He is a drow child, I don’t know how to raise children.” Felgolos stated firmly.
‘I am certain you can get help.’ The gold dragon said.
“Well.. I do know someone..” Felgolos muttered, getting a chuckled from the gold dragon.
A scroll appeared in front of felgolos after a moment.
‘Use this and he will help you.’ The gold dragon stated as if he knew who Felgolos was talking about.
‘I have some things for when the child grows up as well. Now.. what is it that you want?’ The gold dragon added.
Felgolos would have helped the kid for free but he wasn’t going to let this opportunity pass by.
“Well.. I want. Um” felgolos started but ended up stretching his head.
What would he want? Nothing really came to mind in that moment.
“Well, just.. keep my parents safe.” Felgolos said with the draconic equivalent of a shrug.
‘You three have my blessing.. and here is a gift from me.’ The gold dragon said and Felgolos could feel his magical strength and control increase.
“What is this?” Felgolos asked, looking at the ring the gold dragon had gifted him.
‘It is called the ring of controlled descent.” The gold dragon said and Felgolos returned to where he was previously.
Felgolos looked at the ring, before putting it on his finger with a nod.
“You are a special one are’nt you?” Felgolos said, nudging the baby with his snout lightly, earning a giggle from the baby.
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Chapters
- Chapter 236
- Chapter 235
- Chapter 234 234: Side Story (42) - Feast and Joy
- Chapter 233: Side Story (42) - What is a Custodian Anyways?
- Chapter 232 232: The Battle of Hogwarts
- Chapter 231 231: Dark Eyes Watch
- Chapter 230 230: Mr. Sircuit With The Blonde Mustache
- Chapter 229 229: The Sky Holds Answers
- Chapter 228: Side Story (41) - The Bloody Iron Way
- Chapter 227 227: Side Story (40) - Beneath the Iron Waves
- Chapter 226: Side Story (39) - Pyke Falls
- Chapter 225: The Shadow Behind Fudge
- Chapter 224 224: The Simulacrum
- Chapter 223: Paradox Seed
- Chapter 222 222: Side Story (38) - To Pyke!
- Chapter 221 221: Side Story (37) - A Mouse in the Barrel
- Chapter 220: Side Story (36) - Willful Madness*
- Chapter 219: Three Moons in Silver
- Chapter 218: Greetings, The Boy Who Lived. I am Death
- Chapter 217: The Black Parchment's Secret
- Chapter 216 216: Side story (45) - Dark Wyvern Awakens
- Chapter 215 215: The Serpent's Gift
- Chapter 214 214: Side Story (44) - Fire Worms of Valyrian Legend
- Chapter 213: not a chapter
- Chapter 212 212: Side Story (33) - The Freed Settle
- Chapter 211 211: The Dark Island Reborn
- Chapter 210: Side Story (32) - Shattered Obsidian
- Chapter 209: Sirius's Special Someone
- Chapter 208: Side Story (31) - Twisted Honor
- Chapter 207: The Weeping God's Legacy
- Chapter 206: The Nameless God
- Chapter 205: Side Story (30) - The One For Her
- Chapter 204: Breathless Veela
- Chapter 203: Side Story (29) - Eggs of Fate
- Chapter 202: Bakunawa's Breakfast Debut
- Chapter 201: Side Story (28) - Red Dragon Form
- Chapter 200 200: The Flower in Her Eyes
- Chapter 199 199: Side Story (27) - I Am Still Me
- Chapter 198 198: Pots and Pans
- Chapter 197 197: Side Story (26) - The Dragon Of Doom
- Chapter 196 196: The Trickster Giant
- Chapter 195 195: Side Story (25) -The Freed Sail Away
- Chapter 194 194: Infinite Roots
- Chapter 193: The Lux Aeternum Court
- Chapter 192: Side Story (24) - Sweets and Shadows
- Chapter 191: Pantheons United
- Chapter 190: Dao in the Dreamlands
- Chapter 189 189: Side Story (23) - Tea and Tempted Truths
- Chapter 188 188: Paper Mountain And Funny Business
- Chapter 187 187: Side Story (22) - A Sweet for the Dragons
- Chapter 186: Side Story (21) - Festered Curse
- Chapter 185: Seeds of a New World
- Chapter 184 184: Side Story (20) - Healing Beyond Flesh
- Chapter 183 183: Justice and Divinity
- Chapter 182 182: Side Story (19) - Wolf In The Shadow
- Chapter 181 181: Hem Hem, Justice Served
- Chapter 180: Side Story (18) - A Princess at Her Studies
- Chapter 179: The Insect's Judgment
- Chapter 178: Victory And Vodka
- Chapter 177: Side Story (17) - The Meddling Septa
- Chapter 176: The Second Task
- Chapter 175 Birth From The Hearth
- Chapter 174: Whose Giant Mistake?
- Chapter 173: Side Story (16) - The Tickle War Ultimatum
- Chapter 172: Fury in Print
- Chapter 171: The New Moon
- Chapter 170: Side Story (15) - Crystal Scales and Ruby Eyes
- Chapter 169: The Moonlit
- Chapter 168: Side Story (14) - Zeus' plot
- Chapter 167: You Tell Me
- Chapter 166: The Boggart Boogie
- Chapter 165: Side Story (13) - Birth Of The Wolfsguard
- Chapter 164: Champions Waltz
- Chapter 163: Sharing Worlds
- Chapter 162: Third Planet From the Sun
- Chapter 161: The Dancer in the Dark
- Chapter 160: Draco's Peaceful Wank
- Chapter 159: Eternity in Her Clutches
- Chapter 158: Side Story (12) - Wolfswood Home
- Chapter 157: The Water Has Death In It
- Chapter 156: Crawling Fury
- Chapter 155: A Bet on the Water
- Chapter 154: The Spider and the Reaper
- Chapter 153: I Promise You Will Be Strong
- Chapter 152: Pandora's Haven
- Chapter 151: Side Story (11) - The Owl at Dusk
- Chapter 150: sample chapter
- Chapter 149: The Moon Saw Everything
- Chapter 148: The Prisoner of Etna
- Chapter 147: Seven Worlds and One Dawn
- Chapter 146: Through the Mouth of Madness
- Chapter 145: Where the Sun Sails
- Chapter 144: Side Story (10) - Cruelty, the First Lesson
- Chapter 143: Fleur In The Dreams
- Chapter 142: Side story (9) - Heart's Mirror
- Chapter 141: The Rebirth of Hephaestus
- Chapter 140: High Stakes Gathering
- Chapter 139: The Grass Must Not Be Disturbed
- Chapter 138: A Realm Named Pandora
- Chapter 137: Side story (8)- Bastards and high tables
- Chapter 136: Essence Replication and the Family's Evolution
- Chapter 135: A Drop from the Divine Source
- Chapter 134: A gift and back to the wizarding world
- Chapter 133: The Dragon's Trade: Scales for a Galaxy
- Chapter 132: Side Story (7) - The deceptive fruit
- Chapter 131: The Ascent to the Absolute
- Chapter 130: Thousand-Years Of Skill
- Chapter 129: Side Story (6) - Farewell at White Harbor
- Chapter 128: Venti The Dragon
- Chapter 127: The Twin Guardians of Floor Fifty
- Chapter 126: Insight architect
- Chapter 125: Observer: The First Step
- Chapter 124: Figuring Out the Fold
- Chapter 123: Guides of Tempest
- Chapter 122: A little Glimpse
- Chapter 121: Side story (5) - the father they have
- Chapter 120: Hades’ warriors
- Chapter 119: Side story (4) -White Harbor at Dawn
- Chapter 118: The One Where Rimuru Says ‘Yo’
- Chapter 117: The Lecture That Broke a God
- Chapter 116: Side story (3)- King's Justice
- Chapter 115: The Horizon’s Vessel
- Chapter 114: The Thirteenth Litany
- Chapter 113: The first task
- Chapter 112: The Calm Before the Dragons
- Chapter 111: Crimson Courtesy
- Chapter 110: Side story (2) A Lesson in Silence
- Chapter 109: The Cost of Comparison
- Chapter 108: Side story (1) - Drakensar
- Chapter 107: Light under the black lake
- Chapter 106: A Veela Among the Merfolk
- Chapter 105: Ars lives
- Chapter 104: High Maintenance
- Chapter 103: Shared Heart
- Chapter 102: The Golden Seed
- Chapter 101: The Gift of Eternity
- Chapter 100: The Martell reunion
- Chapter 99: Iron and gold
- Chapter 98: Bear Island
- Chapter 97: The Custodian Comes North
- Chapter 96: Warmth in the Red Keep
- Chapter 95: by blade, by name, by blood
- Chapter 94: The Custodian of Nightshade
- Chapter 93: Divine crystal
- Chapter 92: House by the shore
- Chapter 91: Hera
- Chapter 90: White knight
- Chapter 89: A sliver of divinity
- Chapter 88: For Being You
- Chapter 87: Twilight of the golden dragon
- Chapter 86: gold dragon
- Chapter 85: the djinn
- Chapter 84: The Hospitable One
- Chapter 83: Yes-Yes, No-No
- Chapter 82: A Tyrant Rat
- Chapter 81: The wrong man
- Chapter 80: Birth of Velka
- Chapter 79: And the Goblet Says… Aaric?!
- Chapter 78: How to Tame a Hawthorne
- Chapter 77: Divine Source
- Chapter 76: Stone Dragons
- Chapter 75: Cats, Candy, and Cultured Men
- Chapter 74: Noctelle’s Song
- Chapter 73: Daphne’s defeat
- Chapter 72: The Boyfriend Talk
- Chapter 71: Young Acolyte
- Chapter 70: Legionborn
- Chapter 69: The Sleep of Dragons
- Chapter 68: Across the Shore
- Chapter 67: The spider thing
- Chapter 66: Cocoon
- Chapter 65: The Night Turns Dark
- Chapter 64: Victory in Green and Gold
- Chapter 63: life and death battle
- Chapter 62: Mamata’s jaw
- Chapter 61: Small gestures
- Chapter 60: Golden Sand
- Chapter 59: Crimson Veins
- Chapter 58: And there she stood
- Chapter 57: The Forbidden Name
- Chapter 56: International Confederation of Wizards Conference
- Chapter 55: T-Pose of Despair
- Chapter 54: “Who Are You?”
- Chapter 53: The Seventh Pillar
- Chapter 52: The Toad That Croaked Too Soon
- Chapter 51: Through Luna’s Eyes
- Chapter 50: Skill Issue
- Chapter 49: Shadows on Ice
- Chapter 48: Black Ice
- Chapter 47: Blood of the Enemy
- Chapter 46: The Ashes of Despair
- Chapter 45: Crystals of Darkness
- Chapter 44: Ashes and Ascension
- Chapter 43: An Unconventional Cure
- Chapter 42: Silver eyes
- Chapter 41: From God’s Hand to Mortal Bond
- Chapter 40: When Wood Learned to Breathe
- Chapter 39: Of Potions, Politics, and Poor Decisions
- Chapter 38: The Sanctum and the Toad
- Chapter 37: Shadowpeak Sanctum
- Chapter 36: Chat with dumble
- Chapter 35: Loony no more
- Chapter 34: A Diary of Blood and Flame
- Chapter 33: the diary
- Chapter 32: Dueling club
- Chapter 31: First victim
- Chapter 30: Incendio and Idiots
- Chapter 29: Luna Lovegood and the Salamander Rebellion
- Chapter 28: Flame bond
- Chapter 27: Old Roots
- Chapter 26: Nothing remained
- Chapter 25: Bragging Rights
- Chapter 24: Where Fire Distills the Truth
- Chapter 23: Of Mist, Mountain, and Lingering Echoes
- Chapter 22: Quiet Bonds
- Chapter 21: sturring
- Chapter 20: The forbidden forest
- Chapter 19: Her Name Is Norberta
- Chapter 18: the Serpent Below
- Chapter 17: first class
- Chapter 16: The Start of Something Greater
- Chapter 15: Poll
- Chapter 14: Before the Train Arrives
- Chapter 13: The Silence That Followed
- Chapter 12: Forged in Magic
- Chapter 11: Blood, Bone, and Flame
- Chapter 10: The Legacy of Nightshade
- Chapter 9: The village
- Chapter 8: Resin and ring
- Chapter 7: Inheritance
- Chapter 6: The party
- Chapter 5: The Mark Beneath the mask
- Chapter 4: Foundation and Harry
- Chapter 3: The talk
- Chapter 2: Awakening
- Chapter 1: Not Heaven, Not Hell