Waking up all he sees around himself is emptiness. A void. He stares into oblivion. Then time passes and in the blink of an eye and he sees a small light, getting bigger and bigger until finally he hears- "It's a boy, Mr and Mr's Germanicus."
A pair of red eyes were staring at him full of tears of joy. The woman who held him had red hair. She was beautiful, fair skin and full of compassion looking at him intently.
"Uwahhhh.." The baby started crying uncontrollably as he was given in the hands of his father.
"He's got your eyes"
"And he has your hair."
The boy was their greatest source of joy. The couple felt overjoyed. Every move he made was watched very closely. The boy looked around after crying for a while. He was in an wooden hut. The sky outside was clear. It seemed to be mid afternoon.
The boy was growing up. He was the apple of the eye. He was pampered and cherished every dearly by his parents.
Sometimes the boy would have these strange dreams and nightmares not knowing anything about them. One of them went as follows.
"The weak never survive, they are always trampled on. You should never forget your place." These were words repeated to him everyday as he was beaten and bruised to half death. He did not care about them not did he want to stop them. He felt a strange sense of relief when he was beaten. Not pleasure but just some sense of being himself. It always hurt.
One day while he was being beaten he felt that sense of relief fading so he decided to hit back. He picked a stone and broke the nose of one kid and traumatized another. He had learnt that the way to survive was dependent on how fast you could adapt. He felt empty within himself. At his age friends were almost a must for healthy mentally strong growing children but he had none.
It felt like his existence itself was like that of a curse. He had once found a cat at the orphanage and started to take care of it. He felt like his meaning had gained a reason. He started to feel a new emotion. One which he had never felt before. It was joy.
The cat was run over by a truck on the road in front of the kid. Hope died that day and ao did the child's innocence.
The Germanicus decided to name the boy Aldrich.
The Germanicus Family lived in the country mainly inhabited by humans.The name of the human Kingdom was Greymount.
They lived in Greymount's border in a village called Abasha. Sebastian Germanicus was a sword instructor at the village school while Elly Germanicus ran the clinic of the village. Aldrich was growing up healthy. He was living his life to the fullest. He would wake up and go to the village to play with other kids. Then return home and go to the jungle with his father. One day while playing Aldrich cut his knee. There was blood gushing. Crying he went to his mother and showed her the cut.
"No need to cry, all is okay. I'll heal it.
She held up her hand and there was a green light emanting from her hand.
Then the green light fell upon the wound and the cut was gone. It was healed.
"What was that? It no longer pains."
There was curiosity in his voice and a gleam in his eyes for this was the first time he had witnessed magic.
"We call it magic."
"Then can I also learn magic."
"Of course you can."
"Teach me. How do I do it?"
"Not now, when you're older you will learn it when you are at the an acdemy. I will also teach it to you then".
This was when the boy was 4 years old.
His image of his dad was very esteemed. He would watch his dad everyday, going to the jungle to get wood and cut down trees with a single strike.
The boy spoke a lot. He was curious just like other children high in energy and ready to explore.
When he was alone he would sometimes play with a wood as if it were a sword. After he had turned five he had a baby sister who was named Elena. Time passed.
She had gone completely after her mother- fair skin, red eyes, red hair.
Aldrich had red eyes but black hair and he also had fair skin. Slowly Aldrich had started to read and write. He was taught about the world.
The boy had learnt a lot about the world. Firstly the world was about three times the size of earth. There were many races- Humans primarily being one of them, Elves who remain secretively, Demons known for their brute strength, Dwarves known for their excellent craftsmanship, Beastmen known for their heightened senses and animal like abilities.There were more races but they were either on the brink of extinction or not yet known to the world and therefore not much was known about those races. The human kingdom was called Greymount. The Elves lived in a place called Sliven. The Demons sharing a border with the humans live in the kingdom of Oros.
The Dwarves resides in the underground nation on the other side of the human kingdom named Uranot. Not much was known about the beastmen. They were said to live in the southern forest in an island.
The relation between all the known races was neutral as of now. About 500 years ago the entire world was in a major war against one another. The war was a major turning point in history. It led some races to go into hiding and some were rumored to have gone extinct. The races who became prominent after The war were the Humans,Demons and Elves.While most territories remain out in The open some were hidden.The Elves had a secret way of going in their homeland. Only individuals blessed by the world tree could enter the secret passage without any difficulty. Another way was to be accompanied by an Elf.
Dwarves were not particularly fond of any races. They only favoured those who traded with them.