Ellesmere: The Tale of the Hybrid Ones

long Ago……. There were three races: humans, werewolves, and ghouls. They all lived alongside each other for generation after generation in Ellesmere, in the middle of the sea of black. Humans lived in the Hills and plains of Santarem. The werewolves lived in the Forests of Formosa. The ghouls lived high in the Mountains of Vorkuta. Some of each race lived in a city called Nunivak. This bustling city was the heart of all of Ellesmere. The races who lived in Nunivak shared their culture with one another even their legends. But the most common legend of all was called the hybrid ones. A book was created to hold all legends from all over including this one. A page reading as such “Olim transformandus sit, et maledictæ reliquiæ homini lupinotuum pectinem te fata movere onto terram. Puer autem huius bring Unionis occideret nos. Alius autem erit libertas nostra.” Translated by the scholars it reads “One day, a ghoul and a werewolf will raise a cursed fate onto the land. The child of this Union will bring our Destruction. But Another will be our freedom. " when this was translated the old king John, passed a law forbidding the mix of the races. Many were not affected by this for they did not understand, but others frowned on this new law stated it was their right to choose who to love as they misunderstood the risk and the danger. The old king met with each lord for every race to discuss this issue. The meeting went on for days each lord arguing over the issue. Till finally an agreement was made, each lord had the right to bypass the law if and only if the both parties had permission from the lords themselves if they did not have this then the punishment was death to the mother of the child or the child if already born. Not many has asked the permission of the lords for this however due to the lack of other races in the territories. The city of Nunivak however was a mess after the new law was put in place. Many leaving for their home towns due to the chaos that ensued over the months after the law was decided. Over time people settled into the custom way of life and everything was well for many decades. But that one day. That one cold winter day not one child was born but two, Both hybrids of ghouls and werewolves. The first child a boy whom his father named him Kane, he was born in the territory of Vorkuta. Not soon after he was born another child had been born. a girl who was named Isabell, was born in the territory of Formosa. Kane was allowed by the lord of Vorkuta to stay and grow. he was the only known hibridni in existence. When Isabell was born her mother fled Formosa in fear of persecution from the lord and his men, for she had not gotten permission to have her. Her mother’s name was Cial. Isabell was little at the time when her mother fled. Cial being a werewolf was able to smell the lord’s men from 5 miles away, so she ducked in a cave with little Isabell in her arms sleeping through the madness around them. The men ran past and when it was safe Cial ran towards the border of Formosa and Nunivak. When she crossed she looked back only to see the men behind her and they did not cross. She paused and saw them leave, she was confused but did not want to find out why or what would happen next. Over time Cial made a house to stay in and started raising Isabell. When Isabell was 4 she wondered outside while her mother was cooking the meal she had just caught. She wondered to the cabin not to far from her own and met a new friend. A boy not much older than her and she was curious about him. She hid in the bushes watching him cautiously. She stepped on a twig which let out a big snap. The boy jumped to his feet scared and not to far from home he ran. Isabell tried to tell him to wait but to no avail, he had already run home and shut the door. She continued through the woods looking at all the trees and nature around her. It was not long before she came upon a river. It moved slow like a snail and was clear as a mirror until a fish swam by and startled her. It was a light green fish. She watched the fish for a while before grabbing the fish and ran all the was home to show her mother. When she got home she showed her mom. “now where on earth have you been and why do you have an emerald catfish?” she asked, Isabell did not know that the fish had a name and tried to repeat it. “emralled” she said, surprising her mother. As they stood there her mother baffled that she was trying to repeat the name of the fish crouched down and repeated the name, so Isabell could say it. “e-m-e-r-a-l-d” her mother said and spelled out on the floor in dirt. Isabell said it again this time saying it as her mother spelled it “emerald catfish.” Once again, her mother astonished at her capability to learn new words at a young age. So, she began to teacher her and when they would go out Isabell would point at things she wanted to learn about. While Isabell was learning about nature and the ways her mother lived, Kane was learning politics and how his grandfather ruled his territory. His father was the son of lord Vivaldi. He was known as the lord of the ghouls and had been known to be quite ruthless and cunning. Vivaldi took great pride in Kane, showing him everything he knew about politics and anything else that came along the way. His grandfather took him in when he was a baby because his mother and father were killed. One thing Kane wanted to know was how his father died and who killed him. By the time both Kane and Isabell were 16 they had learned a lot from what the people around them were teaching. Isabell was the most experienced hunter just like her mother, while Kane had everything brought to him and had never killed anything bigger than a bug. However, they had both soon realized that its not all fun and games. When werewolves turn a certain age, the beast can be unleashed and controlled if done correctly. Isabell had the advantage with her mother being around and being a werewolf. Therefor she was able to control herself and the beast within. Kane not having a werewolf in the family didn’t now how to control his abilities and was forced to lock himself away every full moon until he could. Vivaldi didn’t know how to help him, and he tried to convince the lord of the werewolves to help but to no avail. When the meeting was being finalized the ghoul and werewolves were the ones to be hit heavily by this law causing a rift between the factions. When the rift was caused trade was decreased and the lords didn’t want to help each other. So, Kane had to learn the hard way how to control the newfound powers he possessed. While he had to lock himself up Isabell was free to run in the forest with her mother. She was able to change at will whenever she felt like it the only thing was, she was 2x bigger than normal werewolves. The only places she could go where in the forest around the house, so she wouldn’t be discovered. She didn’t understand why she couldn’t go outside of the bounders her mother had placed but she did not dare cross them for her mother said, “all that’s outside of the bounders could mean certain death for us both if you are discovered. So i ask you to never cross them while you are a wolf”.