The kind of things that legends have in common , are great feats in their respective fields , their stories told , stories forgotten and some stories never known , but also that they are all dead .
But a living legend paints this world and molds it as they reach greater heights . Ikuta was going to be such a person , however the reason he became a person with great power was only because of his father .
The very person who created a great line of legends as well as the destroyer of each , the indiscriminate denier .
• 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐃𝐘𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐘─── the ultimate beings. the sevendeadly sins, the ten commandments,the demons, the angels, and theelemental four. the four beings alwaysset in constant harmony had evolvedinto legends. earth, fire, water, and airhad become estranged.
yet a heroic demon sets out to find themin hopes of bringing down the reign of thedemons. in return, they're forced toconfront their past and join one anotheronce again.
They had not heard about magic for hundreds of years, so they put it among legends. So, when significant changes are coming - the balance of the world is disturbed by drought, the instability of power and the return of creatures coming back to life - they are not ready to face them.
The Free City of Órn is under the occupation of a clan for whom Time and Death are the only sanctities. A secret revealed at Jord's court could determine the fate of the kingdom. Away from the great events, a certain skald comes face to face with a legend, and the card master is facing the most difficult challenge so far. The monk is looking for a new adept, and the two young people discover that they have more in common than anyone could have imagined.
"The Saga of Northern Elements" is a story about the arrival of the new and the unknown, self-discovery and relationships - about how love, hatred, and indifference change reality.
Listen, children, here is the story of the first winter.
Once upon a time long long ago, before the lines between gods and mortals became clear, there was a little girl. This little girl was cast out by her family, by her community, by all the people of that time. But the plants and the beasts and the sky and the stars saw her. And they saw that she was a child. And they resolved that they would bring her out of her sorrow.
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You were born dirt poor to a mother and father who loved you. You were orphaned at the age of eight because poverty is inherently precarious. Thankfully you grew up in a community that cared for you as best as they could. A community that raised you into the young woman you are today.
You live in a world that used to spark with life and hope and magic. Now there still might be magic but ... it's different.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This story takes place in a fictional fantasy world full of fictional fantasy people. Also my take on the magic elements of the world is heavily inspired by my religion of Lokeanism. I recognize that the motifs (is that the right word?) I used in this piece are not necessarily universal.
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