《Aether: The World Inside a Dream》Prologue
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Inside a golden castle, hidden in a cave, a young redhead girl was staring at a big bed. She was sad, because the giant that was supposed to be sleeping forever, was now dead.
“I’m sorry father… If only I had arrived in time, things wouldn’t have come to the worst. You and my sister would be safe, as well the entire universe.”
She was regretful, remembering all the past events that happened a long, long time ago. If it wasn’t because of him, if it wasn’t because of those eyes… the future may have been different.
“Sis? Are you still here?” Asks a very known blond man approaching her.
“Bro? Why are you here? Wait, can it be…?”
“You’re right. The time for the chosen has come.” He smiles.
She opens her eyes wide in surprise.
“Really…? Then I’ll finally see him!” Like magic, all her sadness is turned into joy. Clearly, she would feel that way, after all, the moment she longed for has come. The one capable of ending this conflict and preventing chaos on both worlds has appeared.
The man sighs, though.
“I know that Moros’ plan specify that the hero will be the one you pick, but are you really sure that boy is the one? Because… I can’t see much in him… And also, there is still time for you to pick again, in case you change your mind.”
She frowns, irritated.
“What, are you telling me I don’t have good taste?”
“Eh… It’s not that, sister, is just that he’s a below average human, you know? The only features that stand out in him are his knowledge in games and his libido… And even so, I can’t see much use in both of these traits, for our purpose.”
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“Tch, I really don’t care if you like him or not. I see potential in him, and this is all that matters. Hurry up and proceed with the ritual.”
He once again sighs, but with a smile. He knew about the potential she was talking about, he just wanted to make sure of it.
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On the Road to Elspar (Book 1)
The year is 1329. The Huntress' War has entered its tenth year, inflaming competing nationalisms and pitting the Confederacy of Caldrein against one of the continent's superpowers, the Tenereian Union. Desperately outnumbered, the Confederacy has relied on the prowess of its famed Caldran mercenaries, with highly-trained and experienced warbands returning from foreign conflicts to the defense of their homeland, and it is on their backs that Caldrein has successfully mounted a valiant defense for a decade. But they are losing, and day by day, with all the grace of a sledgehammer, the vast Tenereian armies take one more bit of Caldran territory, one footstep at a time. Sixteen-year-old Neianne from the village of Caelon has submitted herself to Faulkren Academy, one of the centuries-old institutions established to train the next generation of Caldrein's elite soldiers of fortune, to learn the ways of wars for three years before embarking upon the defense of her country. Her dryad family once hailed from reclusive woodland communes isolated from Caldrein's complicated mainstream society, and her upbringing leaves the shy village girl unprepared to suddenly train alongside other apprentices from backgrounds as low as the dirty slums of Caldrein's cities and as high as the halls of aristocratic power. Yet the war is eroding the norms and traditions that the Caldran people have long considered part of their national mythos, and the tensions within the confederacy that have long simmered under the surface - race, class, community, identity - are slowly but surely dividing its people, and Neianne must grow and discover who she really is, even as the war that she is steadfastly training for comes to its inexorable end... On the Road to Elspar is a fantasy quest - a work of interactive fiction wherein readers get to vote on what happens next at critical junctures - that is the first entry in a story that follows Neianne of Caelon, which first began on July 20, 2016. Originally a three-part in medias res prologue to a larger story titled On the Elsparian Road, it was eventually decided that this section - which covers Neianne's three years at Faulkren Academy - become its own independent story due to length, structural, and accessibility reasons. Despite this being a reader interactive work of fiction, due to logistical and verification concerns, voting will only be counted on its thread on the forum Sufficient Velocity, where this story originally began. As such, the content here on Royal Road serves as a story-only archive. You are, of course, entirely welcome to enjoy On the Road to Elspar as a conventional work of fiction, just as you are welcome to comment, discuss, and provide critique. But if you would like to participate in the voting, then I would be honored to welcome you on Sufficient Velocity. To facilitate accessibility and to ensure the best reading experience, this story-only version of On the Road to Elspar will be updated at a periodic pace, even though further content exists, so as to not overwhelm new readers on Royal Road. If you enjoy this story, wish to binge it, and/or want to participate in voting immediately, you may of course read all additional content via the link provided above. This paragraph will be removed once the content on Royal Road catches up with what has already been posted in its original thread. Cover artwork by DreamSyndd.
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