The Elementalist Book 1 (Void Master Series)

Chapter 1: Prelude

Part 1

On a planet, named Elibria lives a young man named Zeryl. He is a sharp young man with a manly physique like that of a forester with a legendary goatee, like that of a man in his forties, yet Zeryl looked to be in his early twenties. Zeryl lived on the main continent Star-Crosse in the Teril Mountain Range outside the city of Tresca. The city of Tresca houses over a million people easily due to its massive size.

The Teril Mountain Range surrounded the city Tresca from the south like a crescent moon. This mountain range consists of five large mountains and four smaller hills; Zeryl lives on the second one of the four hills named Beryl. Zeryl lived on the hill with his family. Unfortunately, his grandparents that cared for him had recently passed away. His parents died in The Cali-Blaze that had ravaged Tresca seventeen years ago.

The fire destroyed hundreds of trees, plants, and buildings, killing over two thousand people. The fire was not comparable to that of a normal forest blaze; it was similar to that of rolling lava razing the land. The flames persisted for months on end, until a grand rainstorm came through as if it were a godsend.

However, for Zeryl, it was not a good omen, fore he knew, in his heart that the blaze was not natural. Zeryl already possessed a burning hatred for the very city where his beloved parents perished. As he surveyed from atop the mountain looking down at the city, he glared at the tyrants dwelling.

Despite the devastation that the blaze caused, the evil king rebuilt the city to be more magnificent and grander than ever before. He renamed the palace Q-Varnise, which stood tall in the sunlight. The windows appear as though they were made of crystal, which glowed at the intersection of the sun’s rays.

Each individual window is scattered randomly around the walls in seemingly perfect symmetry, along with huge crenelations for archers and artillery. Eight distinct, cylindrical towers piercing the heavens of this grand castle are the first thing you will see, and the towers stand connected by the tall, wide walls made of granite.

The building stood up as tall as six stories and was about ten potato fields, each two acres in size. Plain fields of moonlight fire lily cover most of the fields outside of the castle, adding to the castle's aesthetics. This castle has clearly stood the test of time and its inhabitants are intent on making sure it stays that way for ages to come.

Though it was built in ancient times, the palace being rebuilt after the fire had become an assault on one’s eyes, like some unholy cenotaph to the ego of this devilish monarch. The only way in is a moderate gate with hefty metal doors and a drawbridge with strong defenses to protect from the treacherous lands outside, any other way would be futile.

Zeryl longed for the Aurora Animae Rebirth, as this is the only day, he will be able to get revenge on the tyrant that governs the very city below. The King Poccia Q-Varnise is a malicious, greedy ruler. His height was no taller than that of a bear in its teenage years; his body was the size of a sabre-wolf.

Vehement red hair resembling a raven’s feather and a laugh reminiscent of its caw; he has azure green eyes that one would notice clearly from across a field and draped in robes of foreign lands, adorned with vast amounts of gold and silver jewelry that his various armies have stolen for him.

However, one thing was for certain, the man was intolerable in his actions, he would take whatever he wanted no matter whom he had to kill or displace to gain what he desired. The king is greedy and foul beyond all allusion; he was known for his conquest of countless other worlds. One day he was captured by the Planetary Defense Squad and was imprisoned for ages. After his release, he arrived on this planet with the intent to conquer it and capture the elemental relics.