Characters:
Xarion: A young Xacha magician of the Shah?el community, he wants to become a great magician. He is a mage of the Red and Azure way, he seeks power and will accept it in whatever forms it might take. He studies the ancient cultures and is very interested in their artefacts.
Gelant: Xarion?s best friend, Gelant is another of Elthar?s students, very curious and loves to ask questions. He is loved by the girls for his good look, which annoys Xarion a lot.
Elthar: Elder of the Shah?el community, and also Xarion?s mentor. He travels to Yliakum to stop Xarion from abusing his powers, but disappears mysteriously on his journey.
Ashaya: A female Diaboli, she is a prophet of Laanx. Saves Xarion?s life and Xarion eventually falls in love with her later on.
Intro
The Shah?el tribe, a community made of the Xacha. These were not normal Xacha. They live by a book of justice and they have sworn an oath to never use their ability to do harm to any living being or to perform any evil deeds. It is in this village that our story start, the story of a young mans journey to another dimension? far from his home. On his journey he will meet betrayal and he will learn what true friendship means, he will even find love? and sorrow.
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Act I, the ruins of a lost civilisation
\"Today, we will learn about the Diaboli... now who can tell me about them?\" Elthar looked around in the small room, where several Xacha youths were sitting by tables. He smiled as he saw the hand of his best student \"go ahead Xarion\", the young Xacha placed himself in a standing position \"the Diaboli were a people who once roamed this world, the typical Diaboli had shiny oil-black skin, a thin pointed tail and little horns. The last of their kind was killed by Saint Heran, the founder of Shah\'el\" Elthar nodded \"and they were great magicians, and have made many artefacts. Actually if you walk outside our village you will find many ruins, these ruins were the homes of this race and deep in their dungeons are many artefacts... of course if it wasn\'t because of the new inhabitants of these ruins, we would have discovered many of these artefacts. Well that was all for today, class dismissed\" the students began to pack their bags and then left the room. \"Ah, Xarion and Gelant I need to talk with you both\" the two students looked up and nodded. \"You two are my best students, and I have a little job for you... if you accept it that is. It seems that our diggers have found a new ruin near the outskirts of this village, and well there has been no sign of hostile activity inside the ruins so I was wondering, if you guys could go and check it out?\" Xarion smiled \"I\'m in\" Gelant looked from the Elder to Xarion \"come on its way too dangerous! We could get killed in there!\" Xarion turned and looked at Gelant with a harsh look \"what are you afraid? Who would have thought that the mighty Gelant is afraid\" Gelant looked down \"it\'s... not... that\" \"then what!?\" Xarion were getting angry at his friends hesitation \"come on, Gelant it\'s a chance you only get once in a lifetime!\" Gelant shrugged \"alright... I\'m in then... but I don\'t like this!\" Elthar nodded, \"great then, I will give you this pass here\" he gave Xarion a piece of paper with a strange code on it \"show this to the guard, and he will let you enter the ruins, now remember to bring all that you find back here\" the boys then left the classroom.
\"This must be it\" Xarion looked around and then noticed a person guarding something that looked like an entrance to a cave; they began to walk towards him \"halt, this is restricted area; only those with permission from the Elder may enter!\" Xarion showed him the pass and he nodded \"I am not sure why the Elder will let you youngsters enter, but he must have his reasons... you may pass\" he then moved and the boys entered the cave. It had looked like a simple cave on the outside, but the inside were much different, the golden walls seemed to lit the hall \"impressive\" Gelant looked around with big eyes, Xarion looked at him and laughed to himself. At the end of the hall they came to a crossroad, \"well, which path shall we take?\" Gelant looked at Xarion \"we could take both\" Xarion smiled \"I thought you were afraid\" Gelant shrugged \"well one has the right to hesitate\" Xarion laughed \"have it your way then, I will take the right path and you will take the left\" Gelant nodded and they walked down their chosen path.
After walking for some time Xarion noticed that the hallway was getting smaller and smaller, until it ended in a huge room. The room was filled with chairs and tables, he then realised that he were in the dining room, and he also realised that this ruin had served as a palace for the royalty of the Diaboli. He walked through the room and then entered another room, which had some kind of grate on the floor. He walked towards it and saw a person on the floor below his, he then recognised the person \"hey, Gelant up here!\" Gelant looked up and then smiled \"hey, Xarion I think I have found something down here, it seems to be some kind of tunnel I am going to see where it leads\" Xarion nodded \"I will check the upper floor\" he then saw Gelant disappear into the dark. He began to walk down a hallway which seemed to be endless, but he did get some time to think about things while walking it. Things such as why would the Elder send us? Two young and inexperienced students, and where have Gelant\'s fear gone? And why aren\'t there any monsters here? All these strange things were happening so sudden... it was actually beginning to give him a headache, but before he could think of anything else, he realised that he had reached the end of the hall. He saw a big and sturdy door before him, he could hardly open the door but after many tries, he finally managed to get it open. A stench welcomed him in the room, he was terrified of the things he saw here, the walls of the room where covered in blood, the room was lit by the small openings in the blood. This resulted in a badly lit room, as he entered the room he felt like walking on something, he looked down and saw several corpses filling the floor of the room. He tried to find the exit as quickly as he could; he finally found it and was relieved to see that the next room was normal. In the end of the room there was a throne, and in the throne was what appeared to have been the last king of the Diaboli. He noticed that the king was wearing an amulet; he walked up to him and took it. He examined the amulet and saw that there was some inscriptions on it, suddenly the door behind him opened he turned and saw Gelant standing in the door.
\"Finally got here\" Gelant moved towards Xarion, \"you look sick?\" Gelant looked at Xarion \"have you been in the room out there? There are corpses everywhere! And the walls...\" Gelant stared at Xarion who obviously wasn\'t listening; Gelant noticed the amulet \"say... where did you find that?\" Xarion looked up and then pointed towards the corpse of the king. Gelant walked up and looked at the corpse \"what is this place anyway? Some kind of palace?\" Xarion shrugged \"wouldn\'t make much sense to build a palace under the earth...\" suddenly they heard a noise from the door; they both looked and saw a figure standing in the door. It began to move towards them very slow, \"it\'s a rotten corpse\" Gelant was terrified, Xarion stared coldly at the zombie a small ball of fire appeared in his hand, he hurled it towards the zombie. The zombie let out a terrible scream as the old clothes gave life to the fire, many zombies appeared after this one \" ...it seems that we have awakened them\" Gelant looked at Xarion \"no kidding?... we cannot defeat all of these monsters by ourselves\" Xarion frowned and looked around, but the only exit was through the Zombies. All of a sudden Xarion heard a voice in his head \"Commodum auctorita ab phylacterium\", the amulet began to shine and a bright light enclosed them all, the last thing Xarion heard was Gelant\'s scream...
