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A Shadow of a Hope - Pyrebloom

Prologue

Once, a long, long time ago, there lived a little high elf boy named V’Aiden Elfinheart. His skin was a beautiful caramel brown and he had bright hazel eyes. His hair was a beautiful blond, so bright one could say it was yellow. He was born in the last one hundred years of the War of the Species. Every species in the world, from the birds, cats, crickets, and possums to the elves, dwarves and humans to the demons, angels, and gods, were fighting with each other.

From a young age, V’Aiden practiced with his bow and arrows every day since he turned seven. When he turned twenty-one, he entered the war. He worked his way through the elven ranks over the years. By the time he was fifty-two, he had broken out of the regular ranks and had earned a new name and his own title. He became known as Lycron the Legion Slayer.

Lycron the Legion Slayer was so named because he could shoot 3 arrows at the same time and have them all hit and kill separate targets. He could kill one hundred eighty beings in one minute, a legion in just under forty minutes. He was the reason for the end of the war. He had seen a very young human female and had fallen for her, but with the war he could never be with her. He decided to go rogue, and try to stop everyone from fighting.

He went to each species leader secretly and talked to each one. After four years of tension without fighting V’Aiden, Lycron, as the leaders knew him, forced all the leaders to meet in one place. He made the leaders see that violence and isolation were not the answer. He showed them that they all had something in common; they wanted to protect and help their subjects. They talked and talked for months until they finally understood what Lycron was talking about.

After another four years, many different species started to intermingle with one another. There, of course, were those who, after six hundred years of war, were completely opposed to the idea of species mingling, so they chose to leave. They became bandits, criminals and outlaws. Some were changed because of the anger and hate that they held onto. The elves, whose beauty was given by their kindness and love, that were taken by darkness, became a different type of beautiful, an evil beautiful.

Once peace had set in V’Aiden went to find the human woman that he had seen one day eight years ago. Unfortunately, she was dead when he finally found her. V’Aiden decided that, since she was gone and there wasn't a great need for him, he would go into hiding and return when he felt the time was right.

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After three hundred years of peace, V’Aiden Elfinheart came out of hiding. He heard many songs and stories about Lycron the Legion Slayer and how he ended the War of the Species. He didn't like it so he tried to hide who he was by never staying in one place for too long. To ensure he could go wherever he wanted, he became a bounty hunter. In every town, however, someone that had survived the war and lived the three hundred years he was gone would recognize him, and he'd have to leave. He had visited every city, town and village on each of the fifteen continents and eleven islands that made up the world over the two hundred years he was on the run.

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After two hundred years of running, he was getting tired. Even though he still looked like he was in his twenties, he was over five hundred fifty years old. He decided to settle down on Kiraloth in The Ring, Miriam. It was a nice place even though he was recognized by the archangel protector of the city, Ramayana. She helped him adjust and helped him to let people know that he didn't want to be fussed over in any way imaginable. The people accepted that and treated him like any other man. A few years later, most of the people of Miriam forgot about him being a living legend.

Eventually, he met a woman and fell in love with her. Her name was Lenora Sage. She was a beautiful woman with shining, ginger hair and sparkling blue eyes. She carried with her the sword of a dragon slayer. They were both bounty hunters and started to hunt together. It was obvious to the town's folk that they were in love, but neither of them were brave enough to make the first move or say something. They were very awkward around each other when they weren't out hunting something or someone.

One day, however, the two were given separate letters that led them to the same place. They had no idea what was going on when suddenly there was a flash of movement and Lenora was suddenly pushed into V’Aiden’s arms and their lips met. They were shocked at first, but in mere seconds they were passionately kissing, the shyness and awkwardness vanished to be replaced with a love so deep it was like destiny. There was cheering as they kissed, causing them to blush and reluctantly stop kissing to look around to see many different species celebrating, and they were the guests of honour.

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Soon after the party, Lenora and V’Aiden went to V’Aiden’s place and made love. They were like starving animals as they touched each other in special, passionate, loving ways. Every night they would make passionate love. Within just a few days, they were planning their wedding. That's when the town's folk took over. They made the wedding a grand event as the legendary Lycron the Legion Slayer was the one getting married.

Soon after the wedding, Lycron and Lenora conceived a child. Nine months later a little boy was born. They named him Jason Elfinheart. They hoped that he would be blessed with a good life, but they had no clue what the future would hold for their little baby.