| The Second Angel Prologue By Keiko In the beginning of civilization, there was a fallen god. He fell from the graces of Fate, and became a shadow of his former glorious self. Nevertheless, he was powerful, more powerful than the forces of men, and with his tainted power, he gathered minions to him, servants of darkness that would aid him in his reign over humanity. Humanity resisted, building great Domes of ivory and glass, that alone could withstand the onslaught of the god's wrath and power. They hid in these domes, waiting for the day that a savior would come and save them. The servants of the fallen god battered at these domes, but none gained entrance. Meanwhile the fallen god, who was named Serumas, sought an heir to his domain. An heir worthy of his power, who would inherit the title of the Prince of Darkness, and stand by his side while he ruled over mankind. He raped many women, and all gave birth to powerful sons. Yet none of them had a seed of darkness in them, being born from the innocents that he'd ravaged, and all were born angels, with wings of light. That is, until the very last son, who was born an angel with wings of darkness, and whose mother was a True Seer. The True Seer uttered a prophecy before her death twenty years after the birth of her son, a prophecy that spoke of the end of Serumas by the hands of one of his sons, and the destruction of his evil dominion. Serumas, afraid for his existence, captured all of his sons, who had roamed the land free, and imprisoned them all in a dark tower, where no light penetrated. Yet the wings of the angels shined and brightened the tower, and thus weakened their father's hold on them. Serumas, in an act of desperation, opened a portal into the Shadow World, and sealed his sons away forever, so that he may prevail. However, the energy it took to open and seal the door to the Shadow World robbed him of his powers and his physical form, and from thereon Serumas was no longer, and his spirit in hiding, though his servants still wandered the earth freely. His last act of evil was to scatter the scroll containing the Prophecy to the four winds, to be lost forever, so that it may never be used against him. Yet still, the Prophecy went on, warning mankind to be ever vigilant, for Serumas will return in time, unless the prophecy was fulfilled. With the sons of Serumas, the prophesized saviors, sealed away in the Shadow World, a world no mortal could survive in, the return of Serumas seemed inevitable, and thus an order was established by the wisest of men, to guard against the eventuality, and to search for the only written record of the Prophecy. The Prophecy spoke of all, and the established order searched for hundreds of years for it, for an answer, for a way to unseal the angels of prophecy, erstwhile Serumas regained his powers little by little. Keiko's Rants: The story hasn't really started yet. Part 1 Back Main K & K |