Decira: Shadows Return

Opak Korana (so it begins)

The alorgeo kai haun denday (the chosen ones have come)

ÿäÄ hackaras jauntal (so be it if it must be)

Long ago, the pheonix, head god of decira, created a race of great power. They were demons of might and magic. Six there were, and still remain. Nimrauko, the white demon, or demon of light. Among men, his name was sabaru. He was most adept in magic, and he was the eldest and wisest of the demons. Next in line was Astarina, or Miranda in common tongue. She was a wise and cunning sorceress. She had the power to easily deceive any that listened to her. She was born out of the land of Jeburah, a land far in the west of decira.

Next in line was Kogura, known to men as razor. He was a dangerous too many and kind to few. He was sworn to protect the royal bloodline of the Order of Kai, the elven king of nazria. He was especially skilled in swords and fighting. He was closet to Nimrauko.

Next in line was Nizmec. His name among men was shadowsa dì mariok, which means king of shadows. He was the most evil of the demons. Long before his turning to evil, he had an unusual infatuation with diablos agasa, the god of the dead. Many years later he made a pact with him. That in exchange for killing the pheonix, Diablos agasa would build nizmec a tower. Diablos agasa did indeed build nizmec his tower.

It was built in the exact middle of the main content of decira. It was called Karazeem. Which is translated to Tower of Darkness. But Nizmec never did his end.

Lorokai is the next in line. His name among men was mandragor. He was skilled in hunting and was close to animals. He was well adept in all languages and the animals loved him. His thoughts however where turned dark and he was corrupted by the witch carmine, daughter of Felosial and Jerachai. However many years later and after the demise of carmine, he turned neutral.

Next in line was hauntan the demon of flame. She was skilled in forging and making weapons and other items. She helped Nimrauko, and still does, in making staves for him and his followers. She remains neutral and never gets involved in the affairs of the lands. The last of her works was the forging of the Great mirrors of Decira, by order of Nimrauko.



Chapter 1:Tower Of Ilazara
The sun was shining hot and hard on the reflective stone tower of Ilazara. The wind blew gently over the forest below as Elizabeth, daughter of Miranda walked on her balcony. "Long has it been since I have walked those woods. And long it shall be before I do Again." Elizabeth's green eyes shone in the waning light of day. The three moons of utora were rising in the east, north, and west. A chill wind blew from the south, causing her black robes to flow about her. Her red hair blew into her face, causing her to flick it to one side.

An Elven servant appeared from the window above. "Mistress Elizabeth, Visitors at the gates..." "Thank you Lopa" Elizabeth turned slowly to the balcony doors and entered. She walked briskly down the halls to the main chamber. As she reached the middle of the chamber, the doors opened, and in stowed Nimrauko, Kogura, The great Wizard Stephen, and Her mother Miranda.

"Welcome all. What occasion brings you all to my keep?"
Nimrauko strode forward. " We are here to hold a small council meeting, you are welcome to join of course...being it is your home."

"Perhaps you have come to explain the evil in the forest of manocai. Perhaps you have come to explain why my borders are being left open for invasion.... perhaps I will come. When?"


Nimrauko frowned. " I can answer that, but not now, we need a privet chamber.... Now"
Elizabeth walked up the stairs motioning for them to follow. They walked for a long while. She opened a large opal door and walked inside.

After all where inside, she closed the door.

"I have gathered you all this day to discuss what we are going to do about the impending evil of Nizmec...it would be folly to attack head on.... yet it would be the same if we don't attack at all.... What shall we do?"

Miranda got up and looked at Nimrauko. " What can we do...Here is a proposition brother...We move our forces from Jesat, west to the main land, then we rally forces from corana...Nazria probably, to move east to the main land. Then we have your forces move south to Karazeem. Then we take.... the forces of the deities north. They will be surrounded."

Nimrauko looked around. "Any oppose this?" Everyone shook his or her heads no.
The Great Wizard Stephen stood up, his eyes blazing. "Why do you think that your plan will work? It won't! He will be expecting it! The best thing to do is bring the chosen to the sacred grove, and train them, just as we did with the first seven. The prophecy states that the only way to defeat Nizmec is to have the power of the Fourteen! Nimrauko, too long have you led us astray from the goal at hand! You always say...."

The last words out of his mouth were cut off by Miranda" That will be enough Shayin." Miranda shot a look of sympathy to Nimrauko.

Stephen flinched at the mentioning of his Elven name. Shayin, the seer. His main power was that of foresight. A gift from his father. An elven priest. His father left him and his mother to alone, to make a living plowing the fields and making potions for the wounded soldiers that were abroad.

Stephen met Nimrauko in the forest of Nok¨ýa, on the eve of the ending of the great war of the deities. Stephen was always interested in magic and wanted to become a great sorcerer like Nimrauko. The next day Nimrauko took Stephen to the tower of Garanack, to start his training. Stephen learned very quickly, more so than any of the other students. The more he learned, the more arrogant he became. After many years he developed a loathing towards Nimrauko.

After the ceremony that signified he was a sorcerer of the Purple order, which signified he was a sorcerer that held the powers of the mind. There are six ranks in the order of sorcery. White: the only one that is permitted to wear the white robes in Nimrauko. He is the head of the order. Blue: the highest and most respected amongst the Sorcerers.
Purple: The sorcerers that wear these robes generally chose to be the servants, and councilors of Kings and Queens.
Red: These Spell casters were the rebels. They practiced the freelance magic.
Green: These Sorcerers were weak in magic but new some. Magic.

Brown: These were the weakest sorcerers who never got far in there knowledge.

Now after he left the tower of Garanack, he perused a position, being consoler to the King of Nazria. King Kai. He left to the Island of Corana, the Island in the west of Decira. He arrived on the morning of October the ninth. A chill breeze blew from the north that day.

He was welcomed by King Kai, and was accepted as Councilor to the King, which he still is to this day.

Nimrauko stood up, sensing the animosity. "Shayin, I would appreciate your cooperation during this. This is a war that not only affects Nazria, it affects us all. Now, not every member of the council can attend today's meeting, but they will be informed in two days time of our decision. Now last time I checked, I was the Head of the Council not you. If you have any qualms about this, you can address them at my tower in two days time. Now any more complaints, Shayin, son of Lana, and Nekorai?" Nimrauko was trying to be as calm as he could as he felt his temper rising.

Stephen stood up quickly and angrily." I have nothing more to say in this meeting, obviously my opinion is not that welcome anyways!"

Nimrauko continued on as if Stephens comment was never made.
"Then that shall be the plan.... now the question posed earlier...the evil is that of Queen tenresava. She still resides in these woods. Her evil shall remain until she is defeated. But really she poses no threat. Now.... we must rest Elizabeth.... but in our respective homes. So we bid you farewell and we shall see you at Garanack tomorrow."
Nimrauko picked up his staff and in a flash of purple light he was gone. The others did the same in turn and left. Elizabeth was left alone to think of all she heard during the meeting. Thoughts and fears swirled inside her head as she thought of what could happen to her.

After a moment she rose to her feet. "How could this evil have been allowed? I fear for the village...and most of all for the citadel Orpheus. How Can the citadel of Aina Alda survive the onslaught of the king of shadow?"

Elizabeth gathered herself and left the room returning to her bedchambers. By the time she opened the cold ivory doors into the chamber, night had fallen. A cool gentle breeze blew into her room, causing her skin to get bumps. She gathered her robes tightly about her as she closed the balcony doors.

She walked from the doors to the candles at the foot of her bed, lighting all 14 candles.
"If any harm befalls any of the chosen, their candles shall be dimmed. Onras Hanadrad Kainarara Laylinü" Elizabeth lied on her bed letting all of her fears and worries melt away.

***********Notes*****************
Onras de Hanadrad Kainarara Laylinü ne`lingal means,
Candles of Hanadrad protect the lambs of earth.
The word Lingal means of the blue orb, which is how they perceive earth. Lambs is used in reference of their youth and their disposition.


************New Area and Context***

That same night not far from Ilazara, were seven Earth teenagers. Jessica, Sarah, Courtney, Sean, Loralai', Kevin, and Ronald. They were the chosen ones, gifted children with the power to save Decira. Many years back, 7 Teenagers, now kings and queens of decira, came to help the impending evil of Diablos agasa. They succeeded in Enslaving him and stopping the evil that he tried to create. Now the time came for the new seven and the old seven to help stop the new threat. The Teens had been told of why they were here, by the Chief God, the Pheonix. Now they were trying to find the tower of Garanack, the tower of Nimrauko.

"Sean, we must slow down, we don’t know what is in these woods. This isn’t Earth."

"Yes Kevin I know! We must move quickly to get out of here before something finds us." The seven moved quickly through the forest. Many things seemed strange to them, the odd noises, the floating lights, and the lot. By morning they emerged into a small Glade, outside of three towers that were connected by what looked like a tunnel. A man clad in white robes was descending the stairs, staff in hand.

"Welcome Laylinü ne`lingal. I have been expecting you. I saw your arrival night before last. You are indeed in the right place, this is the tower of Garanack. I have called you here to meet some that will help you on your quest...and to hear about the full reason you are here. Now if you will follow me they are waiting for you." Nimrauko turned on a heel and walked into the tower, with the seven at his heel.

The inside of the tower was vast, and the floors smooth. The walls were made of Iron, as the floors were made of Marble. Nimrauko led the group into a Large room with hundreds of people and Creatures. There was a loud murmuring in the room, but as they and Nimrauko entered the room, it died down.

Nimrauko led them to a bench and told them to sit and stay until he motioned for them. Then he approached a large pedestal. He hit his staff against the black marble floor, signaling for silence.

"Welcome all to The High Council Of Decira, we are now gathered and are ready to discuss today’s impending issue. Shadowsa Dì mariock is moving his forces from Karazeem to Nazria. He knows the Nazria has not the strength to oppose him. Our sources tell us that he is sending 50,000-shadowsa dì catsona to Nazria and another 50,000 to the Citadel Orpheus, to burn Aina Alda. This must be stopped. But we can’t jump in un-prepared. He is not using only the shadow cats, but ogres, orcs, the black stogarts of Fangranash. We must combine forces. We must defend our land!!
These tyrants shall not break us!!" A roar of approval erupted from the council, in their baloneys above. A man clad in Black amour stood up.

"You cant be serious.... none of us have the power to oppose him"

"Well Xenthros, Warrior king of lenthar, that is what he expects. We must combine forces and then split half and half, sending one to Nazria, and one to the Citadel Orpheus."

Xenthros sat down and folded his arms. Nimrauko looked around at the faces of all of them.

"Our faith now shall be put in the these brave warriors, they are the chosen ones. Much can be done by them to help save us. Remember what the first seven did to help us. The combined forces of the old and new seven should be extraordinary. Now...we must gather the leaders of this land...come down kings and queens of Decira."

Men and Women started descending the stairs from the balconies and came to Nimrauko. He pulled out a scroll. "Sign here to state that you are giving your forces to us for the war, your kingdoms shall receive much reward for this."

After all had signed and returned to their seats Nimrauko spoke again. "Now, you all know of what must be done, and we have finished this meeting, but their will be another soon enough, and we must act quickly so as you each return to your respective homes, send your troops to here. Thank you all for your time and contributions. Vara Dona."
Nimrauko turned from the pedestal and walked to the doors exiting from the chambers. A woman was waiting on the other side. She had pale blue skin and bright Blonde hair. Nimrauko said a few words to her and turned to the group and motioned for them.

"This is Adina, goddess of Sorcery. You will learn to call on her in times of great need, for she is high up on the scale of deities."

Adina smiled. “Yes welcome young lambs, I have some gifts for you that shall aid you in the long and tedious quest
At hand.” Adina motioned behind her, and a little imp appeared carrying seven weapons. “These are the ancient
Weapons of the ancient sorcerers of past. Jessica, here is the javelin of Loramanele. She was the sorceress of water.
She hailed from the mountains of anor. For you Sean, the sword Nekoran, the sword of the sorcerer Merlin. He hailed
from the land of Britain. Ah,now a special weapon for you young Ronald, An axe of the late Joe, king of the citadel
nonglan.”

Adina walked to Courtney. “A rare item for you.....the mystic rune blade. It was created by all gods and goddesses
of this world. I hope it slays many for you.” Now averting her gaze to Kevin, Adina moved to him. “Kevin, you shall
have a nice weapon, the staff of karmack. It is the second most powerful staff in all of decira. It doesn’t matter what
the situation, the staff is the way.” Adina smiled, as she saw the next weapon, a Bow and arrow, she picked it up and
ran her hand down the smooth oaken frame. “ This is the Bow of Kai, the King of Nazria, he needs it not, for his days
of battle are over. This is for you Sarah. Wield it well.”

Adina took the last weapon, and held it up to Loralai`. “Lastly this is an ancient katana. My Katana in fact. It shall
be your light in your darkness, and shall carry you far, when you are weary.” Adina looked at the chosen with hope.
She could see the promise in each of them. The only thing that could stop them was themselves. Nimrauko strowed
to them all.

“Well, the chosen have been gathered, and instructed to as why they are here, so now it is time to rest Laylinu,
follow me, and adina we shall talk later. The grove perhaps.” Nimrauko led them to a staircase not far from the
entrance and took them to a chamber halfway up the tower. The doors to the room were made of Ivory and etched in
them were two Wolves With eyes of ruby. He pulled the doors open, permitting them entrance.

They walked into the vast chamber.The floor was covered in Black and gold tile. In the middle of the room was a
statue of a Chimera, a creature with the body of a lion, the tail of a scorpion, and the head of a man. On the far wall
was a great mirror. It was jewel incrested and had a strange marking on its face. There were seven beds, four on one
wall, four on the other, and one near the statue. Nimrauko walked to the mirror and ran his hand over its face.

“This is one of the Great mirror’s of Decira. It is the way that many of us demons and deities comunicate over large
distances. Now watch. Kora edero banack quenta!” The face of the mirror became clouded as if smoke was inside it,
then it stareted to swirl. Blue light emitted from it and a Humans face appeared.

“Welcome Nimrauko, It hath been long indeed since the last meeting of ours. Who are these children?” The face
dissapeared as quickly as it came. Nimrauko turned quickly. “That was the god Gaia. He is the god of fire. The
connection between us was lost, wether it was intentinal, ot coincidental I dont know. But anyways you all must be
tired, so I will let you rest, if there is anything you need just ask the imp.” As soon as he turned around a small
creature appeared. “He will tend to your every whim. Good night.” Nimrauko walked to the door, his staff clinking
softly against the floor as he made his way out. He opened the door and looked back at them. With a motion of his
hand, the candles in the room went out, all at once.

A short time passed before the group went to bed. The next morning A loud pounding came at the door. "Quickly, you must all leave very soon if you wish to get to the citadel orpheus on time. " Came the voice of A woman they didnt quite recognize.

Shortly after the wake up call, the group decended the stairs to the bottom of the tower. A woman with long red hair was standing at the door with nimrauko.

"Vara Kenora, This is Elizabeth, she will be acompaning you on your trip to the citadel.However she is going for other purposes. Now, are we all ready?"

The group nodded and Elizabeth exited the tower , the group at tail. Nimrauko accompanied them to the gates, and wished them a fond farewell. "You will all see me soon enough, vara linoko"

The group wandered down a dirt path through the forest near Garanack. Their progress was slowed due to the lack of visiablilty. The group was silent the whole way through the forest.

A limb snapped a few feet off the trail, as three soldiers clad in a black armour appeared.

"Halt, who goes there?" "Its is I Elizabeth, queen of Illazara! These are my companions on my quest, beyond that, I daresay is none of your concern." The tallest soldier drew his sword.

" You will not be completing your quest , I dont believe...for it ends here!!!" The three soldiers swung their mighty swords, missing their targets. Elizabeth swung her staff in an arch above her head, sparks flew from the Staffs head. A cloud of smoke erupted from no where, moving twords the enemies.

"Spirits of Daeranai, come to me, hear my call, let fall your blade upon thine enemy heads" Out of the smoke came two Spectral warriors, with battle axes twice their size. They swung at the soldiers, hitting two squarely in the chest. The third soldier looked at Elizabeth in fear.

"W....witch! Do not think that you have escaped so easily. We shall meet again, and it wont be I that loses, but you!!!"

The soldier threw down a bag of some sort which exploded in a puff of Green smoke. The soldier was gone. Elizabeth collapsed on the ground in a heap. Kevin ran to her side helping her up.

"Cant you see she needs help!!"Kevin was starting to look noticebly red. A strange wind blew from the west and A voice floated on the air.

"I can help....I always can help." A man, tall and slender, with short Black hair in Brown Robes walked up to the group. He Untied the leather bands that held his gloves on. He placed his hands on her stomache. A green light erupted from his hands, as she started to shake violently.

After a few moments it stopped. Elizabeth's eyes flicked open and closed, several times. Her chest started to rise and fall in a regular patern again.

"Naykai? Is that you?" Elizabeth sat upright rather quickly. The man smiled revealing his bright white teeth.

"Elizabeth I am. But you need to get out of this forest quickly. It is dangerous work summoning the Daeranai. Now quickly all of you follow me, I know a path to the citadel that is not far from here." The man ran off in one direction and the rest followed him.

The sun was setting in the south. The group was looking pretty pleased, as they walked down the flower laden path to the citadel. The shadows of fading light danced over the forest floor.

An opening in the trees gave sight to the most magnificent thing that any of them had ever seen. A large Mountainous Castle of sorts rose up like a Still Giant of Onyx.

The Citadel rose high up and at the top was a tower. That is where the fabled Aina Alda was supposed to be. Aina Alda, the holy tree. The tree was fabled to have the power to heal the illest of people and give life to the dead. It was a living tree with the voice of a thousand trumpets.

Ronald remembered this for he Snuck into Nimraukos personal Library the night they stayed at Garanack. There were many things that seemed strange to him. They finnaly reached the gates of aina alda. A guard yelled from above them.

"Halt!Oh Lord Naykai, these your friends?"
Naykai shook his head yes. The guard opened the gates hesistantly. They moved into the citadel up twords the tower, they presumed.

The Houses were spectacular, a dazzling display of baige and Tan. They rose high up and most had Banners and flags with creatures of An amazing aray painted apon their surface.

After a short time they arrived at the tower.
It was not as large as garanack, but it was still vast and amazing. "Welcome to the Citadel. This is the tower of the Queen and Aina Alda. Come in"
Hey thrust the Large doors open. When they walked in their breathes were ripped from them.

In the middle of the tower was An enourmous tree.
Its leaves shimmered and shone like that of a million candles. It was spectacular.

"Welcome Chosen ones....and naykai....long hath it been since you set foot in our hall. What brings you here now of all times?" The tree spoke and the shear sound of it caused them to drop in reverence.

Before he could respond A woman dressed in a black gown decended the stairs. Her Black Hair fell down her back to about midway. Her eyes shown with malice.

"Ah Naykai, they do let scum in this place still. Why have you returned?" Elizabeth stepped forward.
"Lady Morgana, your problem is not with him but with nizmec! He sends now to you 50,000 Warriors to storm the citadel and slay Aina Alda and you. We were sent here by Lord Nimrauko of Garanack to help protect you."

Lady Morgana turned to the group, eyeing them suspiciously. "These....children are to help protect us? I doubt that highly Elizabeth of Ilazara. But none the less....Aina, send for the troops...have them rally at the foot of the citadel!" Morgana turned and climbed the stairs three at a time. She reached the pinnacle of the tower and faced the massing troops at the base of the citadel thousands of feet down.

Once the troops had all gathered, she spoke in a loud, clear voice.

"Warriors, protectors of the citadel of Aina Alda, We call you now in our hour of need. The forces of Nizmec march inevitably twords us as we speak. They shall tear us apart if we are not careful. Be weary, but stand strong. Do not let them strike fear in your heart!!! We shall be victorious!!!"

The soldiers below cheered and the noise rose high into the air. Morgana turned and lept from the top of the tower and floated all the way to the base of the citadel. Her Black gown flowed about her. She reached the bottom in a few moments.

She looked at the troops that were marching to the edge of the citadel. [i]i thought this day would never have to come...I guess I was wrong. Naykai has come again, and just as before trouble has come with him....[/i]

Elizabeth, naykai, and the chosen came up behind Morgana. "we are here for you" She said as morgana turned to face them. " Morgana walked up to the doors of the tower. She looked back.

"Then do your job. I have no more to say to you. If you are here to help...then do it." A tear ran down her cheek running down to her lip. She entered the tower slamming the door behind her.

Elizabeth led the group to the foot of the citadel. The chosen at her tail. The troops were massing at the gates. The sun was setting above them and a storm was massing in the east covering most of the sky, covering most of the sky. The massing clouds were often thought of as an omen of good battle.

The soldiers were looking bleak. It would be nearly impossiable to see the shadow cats in this darkness. The wind picked up and a harsh, sharp laugh emitted upon it.

"Nora junia, geranavana naubarai"The voice was that of A man with deep voice that shook the strongest of the men.

They knew who it was by the message they heard.Shadowsa Demariok. King of shadows. He said
"Lord of carion, comes for you, your souls are mine!!" The lord of carrion was his title because of his brutality. He senslesly slaughtered his own men for the power. He held with him three of the Sacred stones of the High temples. He had the power to kill any that opposed him.

They knew he wouldnt come into the battle. He would be saving that for Nazria. He knew that this war could bring about his demise. The whole of this battle would be fought on two fronts.

Chapter 2:The Lord of carrion

Kamahal(shadow) looked out at his massing troops and those of the citadel. He knew of his true plan. One million Orcs,ogres,Wraiths, and Wyrms, were moving to Garanack through the caves of Wayrn. When they come out it would be a total suprise to the lord, his Perfect older brother. The sun was completly set and the rain fell so hard it was imposiable to see. With a flourish of his cape Kamahal dissapeared.

The troops fell against the soldiers of the citadel like Water on A steel wall. The one thing morgana did do right was prepare. She trained them well. Orcs and men hacking each other aimlessly. It was going to solve nothing.