Descendant

CHAPTER 1: WAR OF THE KINGS 500 years ago, in an era of old magic and darkness, there was a land located in the Far East. There were 3 Datus who ruled over the three parts of the Country of which we now know as Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The first, Datu Zulus, who ruled over what we now know as Luzon possessed flame magic which was granted to him by Agui, the deity of Flames. The second, Datu Vaidas, who ruled over the Visayas, possessed lighting and thunder magic which was granted to his royal family by the Deity Ribung Linti. The Last, the Dark Datu Manu, who ruled over Mindanao, possessed dark magic by sacrificing half of his kingdom to the spawns of the devil, the "Great Aswang" in order for him to rule all over the lands. The three were known as the greatest Datus and warriors who ever ruled over the three lands of the country because of their unparalleled power which they each possess. Datu Manu has long been a great threat to the other two kingdoms. Threatening to offer every other kingdoms people to the aswang so he could rule all over the three lands for which the two kings, King Zulus and King Vaidas agreed to come hand in hand to wipe the dark Kings kingdom out for good. The battle between the Dark Datu and the two other Datus' army began. It was so fierce; it shook the land, and was felt throughout the two other Kingdoms. Finally, after 10 years, the war between the Dark Datu and the two other rulers came to an end. The dark kingdom was finally wiped out and the only ones left were the dark creatures. The dark Datu Vaidas was sealed away and none had ever set eyes on him. The warriors who were left from both kingdoms army came back, but the two Datu did not. The warriors said that after Zulus and Vaidas Clashed with Manu, they managed to seal him away. One the the generals of Zulus' army spoke to Datu Zulus before they vanished. He told the royal families what the two Datus told him before they left. "This war has been going on for centuries and will continue for centuries to come." Datu Zulus said. "We are given magic by our Gods for this very purpose." Datu Vidas said. "What are you talking about your highness?" The General asked. Datu Zulus replied, "You must go back to the Kingdom and tell the good news that we are victorious for now." "But this will not be over until He still lives." "We managed to seal him away but he has grown too strong that we were not able to kill him completely." Both of the Datu's army walked home, leaving the two great rulers in the dark Kingdom. Datu Zulus had a son, Zeal, who was only 10 years old when his father never came back after the war. After 11 more years when he finished his training as a warrior, he inherited his fathers magic. He went on a journey to find them, and he knew that if he was going to find out where they ended up, he had to go to the dark kingdom and gather information from the creatures the two great Datu fought. The dark creatures. He traveled around the dark kingdom for a year in search of his father when he came across a very old man who looked like he was on the verge of dying. "What happened here?" asked Zeal, to which the old man replied: "You wish to know where the two Datus are don't you?" Zeal answered, "I do, how did you know?" "We all know" The old man answered. Suddenly the sky became dark. Zeal looked up and saw thousands of aswang covering the sky like darkness swallowing up the light of the sun. "You went here to find your Datu but the only thing waiting for you is my curse, royal blood." The old man said as his voice slowly became deeper. Then the old man bit Zeal's hand. As Zeal was being bitten, he quickly struck the old man's head using the power that he had inherited from his father. A strong raging flame engulfed the old man's head, which scared the flying aswangs away. Suddenly, an agonizing pain flowed through Zeals body as he shouted in pain. As Zeals consciousness was slowly fading, he heard a faint voice. "You will walk for Generations and you will live only to die until the day of his return." Zeal woke up with strange markings on his shoulders down to his hands, which slowly faded away. After a year-long journey into the dark Kingdom, Zeal decided to go back to take care of the kingdoms that the two Great Rulers had left behind. Years past, and Zeal ruled for 200 years over the two lands that the two Datus left. He never got old and watched his family die from old age until there was no one left but him. As years passed, monarchy faded in the minds of the people and there came democracy. The last people who possessed old magic died due to old age with no one to pass them on too. The old man who cursed Zeal said the truth because for the last 500 years he walked the land seeking for information about what had happened to the two other Kings after the war. As he was about to lose hope, he found information from one of the second Datus blood relatives who was still alive at the time. He told Zeal that Datu Vaidas' blood still lives on and his royal family had a clue on where the other two kings may be and so is the last Datu's magic as it was passed down to his royal family. "Our Deity Ribung Linti, the God of thunder and lightning will appoint a new queen with royal blood who shall rise from the womb of a commoner. The Aswangs know it. They have been Searching like you, seeking to find their King and Free him" The blood relatives said. "The Datus of old have vanished. There will be no one to get in the way of those devils, they are slaughtering people as we speak." He added. "How will I know If the God Ribung Linti already chose a Queen?" Zeal said. "According to our royal Family's prophecy, when royal family is no more, Ribung Linti shall appoint a new Royal blood. The clouds will darken and our Deity's glorious thunder will roar in the skies." The blood relatives said. "You are cursed to walk this very path that you are taking. Soon, I will be dead and the Datu Vaidas's power will not be passed down until 3 generations later" The relative added. The blood relatives of the second Datu died of old age. Zeal lived in the mansion that the old man left while he waited for the right time to act. For 3 generations, He hunted down aswangs, beheading tiktiks, the child eaters, tearing mananaggal's wings from their backs. He could hear the cracking of their bones as he pulled it out and tore it apart from them in anger. He fought for many generations and was feared by the Aswangs of new Generation. Finally, the time he was waiting for arrived. The generation where the power of Datu Vaidas shall be passed down to a Queen of new. Zeal can feel it. He stood at the edge, on top of a building wearing a long black sleeveless coat and his big sword pierced to the ground where he was standing. With a Fierce look and his raging anger towards the spawns of the devil. Zeal looked down on the city as the wind blew his long black hair. At that moment he felt it; he smirked. He whispered. He knew the Queen was born as the sky began to darken and the thunder and lightning roared in the clouds as if they were roaring in celebration for their newly-born Queen. He waited for so long and walked alone for many generations. Zeal looked up, closed his eyes, and jumped off the building. As he was falling down, he held his giant sword in his right hand and hid it with his magic. He walked the dark alleyways with a new hope that he was close to finding out what he'd been searching for. 20 years later.. Zeal was walking down the streets and in a not-so-distant coffee shop, a strange old man was looking at him while he drank his coffee. The old man smiled. "Let the games begin." He whispered.