In this book lies a combination of stories I have collected over the past fifty years or so, which, to my belief, make up an accurate history of our world. I will remake this book as I obtain new information. If you are reading this, chances are it is an outdated copy that I have thrown out. Let us start from the beginning.
Before there was an earth, there was the universe, formed by Chaos and Creation. Creation is the force that created life and planets, while Chaos is the force that created magic. After the earth was formed, Chaos and Creation combined their powers to create the Titans and Gods to watch over the planet, who existed for millions of years in various different forms. These beings are immortal in spirit, and continue to exist as souls once their body is destroyed.
Titans and Gods have some of the powers of Creation as well as Chaos, since they were created using spirit energy (Creation) and magic energy (Chaos). Chaos is somewhat sentient, can be manifested through evil thoughts, and is heavily attracted to pure evil beings. The power and reach of Chaos is ever expanding, much like dark matter in our own universe. Chaos cannot be directly controlled. Magic energy, the force of Chaos, is used for destruction, power and war.
Creation is similar to Chaos, but exists as more of a passive force that works slowly throughout the universe. Spirit energy is the force of Creation and life, and cannot be directly controlled by humans.
The Golden Age of Magic Year 1 - Year 227
Year 1
Labeled as Year 1, present day humanity names this as the first year of record human history, due to the discovery of Magic.
Magic was given as gift to humanity by the god Prometheus, in one of the largest cities of Greece at time, Athens. In a grand spectacle, Prometheus used his powers to give humanity the ability to manipulate their latent magic energy. Every human is capable of doing this, but only those with a high amount of spirit energy are capable of summoning magic circles, which allow them to use magic at its full potential. Magic circles are created to shape magic energy into an element or any other kind of form to carry out the caster's intent. These people became known as "mages", and due to their magic energy manipulation reacting to their high spirit energy, could potentially live to be hundreds of years old.
The power of magic energy manipulation is passed down through generations, but being able to summon magic circles depends on how high a person's spirit energy is a birth. If a person's spirit energy is raised, however they may unlock their ability to summon magic circles later in life.
The decision to give humanity magic was heavily disputed amongst the gods, but ultimately they decided to see how it played out. This disagreement, however, created a lasting divide amongst the gods.
circa. Year 50
Some humans are steadily increasing the power of their magic, and using it to gain power. Some create new kingdoms, while others use it to conquer. Some of the gods began choosing certain humans as experiments for new powers, now known as "Experimental Curses". These large, cube-shaped objects were created out of pure spirit energy, and gave a unique power to the humans they were forced upon.
Year 112 - Year 227
The magic wars of the humans continue on, and eventually, one becomes crowned as the most powerful human mage of the era: King Arthur of Camelot. He had become so renowned that he even befriended some of the gods who agreed with the idea of humans having magic, such as Poseidon.
Meanwhile, the rift between some of the gods continued to widen. So much that Zeus came down from Mount Olympus and began using his powers to take away magic manipulation from humanity, until he was stopped by Prometheus. The two began fighting, and from that moment on, the War of the Gods had begun.
Throughout the course of this war, many humans and many of the gods died. Prometheus' side was winning, and it seemed as though the conflict would resolve soon. However, King Arthur's greed for more power led him and his companions to marge on Mount Olympus. Together with his army, the god Poseidon and other powerful allies, they killed most of the remaining gods. Before killing Prometheus, however, Arthur demanded him to give humans the full power of magic, which he believed the gods were keeping from humanity.
Prometheus warned Arthur that it was a terrible idea, and that the world would never be the same again, but Arthur did not care. Prometheus then used all of his remaining power to create the Elemental Curses, which were large cubes of pure magic energy. They soared out all over the world, and when it was done, Prometheus' mortal body was reduced to ash. This even became known as the Fall of Mount Olympus,
Elemental Curses are a physical manifestation of magic, and only one was created for each known magic type at the time. When touched, you and the curse will become one. Because of this, curse-users can phase their body into whatever magic they joined with, allowing them to be impervious to all physical attacks.
They use the curse as an extension of themselves, allowing them to attack much more articulately than magic. Since they are one with the magic they absorbed, they also become immortal - unable to die of natural causes, and remain in their physical prime for eternity. When a Curse-user is killed, their curse shoots out of their body and lands somewhere far away. However since Curse users are immortal, most curses can never be found again, unless someone who possesses one is killed by other means. Magic requires a lot more skill and willpower to be performed compared to Elemental Curses, and drains a lot more energy.
Prometheus also created the Grand Fire Curses - the most powerful Elemental Curses which take on the various forms of Prometheus' own fire - hoping that a human would find them one day and defeat King Arthur.
The Age of Discovery Year 600 - Year 1051
circa. Year 1000
During these times, there was a young boy with curly black hair who was unable to use magic, yet so desperately wanted to. As a result, he felt distant. One day, as he was walking through a forest far from his home, he found a large, glowing cube. It shined bright purple, and when he tried to touch it, his hands went right through. Suddenly it exploded in a violent flash of light. Afterwards, the boy felt strange..... as if he had enough power to rule the world.
It wasn't until much later that he discovered the true power the cube had given him. One day, bandits invaded his town. Each one seemed to have a different type of magic, and there were lightning bolts and magic attacks flying everywhere. The boy was sleeping at the time, but was woken up when the roof of his house collapsed. He crawled out from the rubble, his left arm broken. One of the bandits was standing and facing his house, as the Light Magic Circle in front of him shrunk and then vanished. The boy had a strange sensation, as if he knew he had the power to defeat this man.
As if by instinct, he held up his right arm and pointed it towards the bandit. Slowly, the bandit's magic energy drained from his body, so fast that he soon laid motionless on the ground. Having stolen all of the bandit's magic energy and his powers, the boy was now able to create light magic circles and summon light. At last he had discovered what the cube had given him. This power became known as the Absorption Curse, an Experimental Curse that allows the user to absorb magic and curses from their enemies and use them indefinitely. Year 1018
Three years later, the power-hungry boy is traveling the land, stealing new magic from innocent mages all over the known world. His one goal was to learn every type of magic. During this time, the world had no organized government, so it was quite easy. He is now rumored throughout the land as the Magic Thief. and people are terrified of him. One day, a man challenges him to a fight. The man's arm suddenly turns into stone, as he laughs. He tries to absorb the man's magic energy, but feels something strange. It was as if the man was resisting the absorption. The man continues laughing, then explaining that he does not use magic, and has never been able to. The boy comes to a conclusion. This man had the power of the Earth Curse, a different type of curse to the boy's Absorption Curse. After a long fight, the man proved to be not match for the boy's several types of magic. He had died, and his Earth Curse was absorbed by the boy.
The Magic Thief now lives inside of massive tower he had built using his abilities. He studies magic in solitude, and slowly, the rumors of him fade into legend. Years pass, and now the dark mage knows nearly all of the secrets to magic. He has learned how to revive the dead, undo curses, combine the powers of curses, and much more.
Year 1042
During his solitude, the world advances. There are many more types of magic now, most classified as mutations. Mutations are the name given to magics that turn into a new type as the user grows in power. For example, a fire magic user may learn the ability to use flare magic if they grow exceptionally powerful. Not wanting his research to be interrupted, he controls himself and resists the urge to steal these newly discovered mutations.
Year 1046
Finally, the dark mage ends his solitude. After leaving his tower, he walks for about three hours back to the nearest village. There he absorbs the magic energy of a flash magic user, and shortly after, a sun magic user. He feels the power-hungry lust once again, and begins traveling the land.
He crosses the sea, and comes across a large city known as Dunwich, and at the entrance, he encounters one of the many legends of the time, a man named Theos. Theos was regarded throughout Europe as one of the most powerful mages, some even claiming he was more powerful than King Arthur. The dark mage tries to absorb his magic energy, but it doesn't work. Exceptionally powerful mages can resist the power of the Absorption Curse, as long as they have the strength to fight.
Theos' magic is so powerful, the dark mage can barely counter him. They battle for hours, eventually destroying the city's front gate. Both mages are exhausted, and Theos retreats deep into the city. The dark mage, frightened by this man's powers, turns the other way. Realizing his weakness, he begins to use his dead revival Magic to create an army.
Year 1050
The dark mage how has a massive force of undead villagers and mages at his command, and has become feared across the known world, given the name "Acheron", after one of the rivers of the underworld. Using his powers, he gave some of his undead warriors the ability to use his magics, allowing them to fight for him. He had also gained the abilities of the Lightning and Explosion curses during this time period. Eventually, he commands his undead army to attack Dunwich.
Year 1051
At the beginning of Y1051, the undead army finally reaches Dunwich, but Theos meets them at the entrance, destroying the army with ease. Furious, Archeron decides to attack Dunwich himself.
The two legendary mages begin to battle. Both at their full power, they leave a path of destruction in their wake. Acheron was losing badly, having lost his right leg to the orange and white flames of Theos' pheonix magic. He knew that there was no way he was escaping alive. The man was too powerful. Acheron did not want to die. In a desperate attempt to save his life, he used the rest of his strength to combine all the powers he had absorbed, all of his remaining magic energy, and fire it at Theos in the form of a gigantic blast.
Theos had conjured wings of fire to dodge the massive attack, and hit a mountain far behind the man,causing a massive earthquake as the land started to split from the explosion. No one could see anything, and both Acheron and Theos were sent flying by the enormous shockwave that followed.
They awake several thousand miles away from each other, on small islands. The attack had wiped out a large portion of the human race, and caused lasting damage to the entire earth that would alter it for the next several hundred years.
circa. Year 1500
Five hundred years pass, and the world's remains have developed villages, cities, and more. Not much remains for the previous existing continents besides small islands and rocks in the sea. Acheron's attack had filled the air and sea with so much magic energy that the natural behaviors of the Earth had changed, causing massive tsunamis, huge storms, snow in previously hot places, and other anomalies. Massive parts of the Earth are now so malicious and polluted with magic energy that humans cannot live there anymore. This enormous stretch of treacherous sea became known as the Dark Sea.
No one knew what had caused the world to split into islands, and eventually everyone forgot about the old continents. People live their lives near the sea, using ships to travel from place to place. Because of the vastness of the ocean, pirates and other villains being to surface.