[A world under the holy light of Divine Realm : Lower Realm ]
There were 5 main races in Lower Realm -
1. Horaen : the race of seasons, they had an appearance similar to elves but their ears were more horizontal. Different from other races horaens were born with all four elemental affinity which was – Air, Water, Earth and Fire. But only the carrier of divine blood (divine family) was capable of mastering every elements. Horaens were known for their craftsmanship in magic tools and weapons.
2. Siren : the heart of ocean , they were the water dwelling race and their appearance was similar to of a mermaid. In water, they were said to be so beautiful that even demons who inherited hypnotic ability couldn’t resist but got charmed by their beauty. They walked on lands with their shape shifting ability which made them looked like a Horaen except for their blue jeweled eyes and blue tattoos. Their affinity with water element was far superior from other races.
3. Ixeger : the ruler of wild, they were more muscular and taller than Horaens, they had long pointed ears like Anubis above their head, also canine tooth and a long tail like predators. Ixegers were superior in physical strength and had senses of beast, they were capable of speaking monster tongues and they also had the ability to tame beasts. Ixegers inherited a special summoning magic exclusively in their blood which let them summon their tamed beast anywhere. Many were fooled by their docile appearance but Ixeger was a dignified and ferocious race, they ruled over wilderness and maintained the balance in wild life.
4. Yasa : the protector of forest, they were like extension of nature. They lived inside the forest while maintaining the purity and balance in nature. They protected the spirits from corruption and mystical beasts from outsiders. They were capable of communicating with mystical creatures and plants. Yasas were known for their wisdom and knowledge about herbs. Their appearance was similar to a Horaen but they had small tree branch growing on their head similar to horns, they were kind in nature unless you harmed anything in the forest.
5. Demon : the race of darkness, their appearance was similar to Horaens with an additional pair of horns but when the night comes their skin turned dark and their every step manifested worst nightmares. They inherited hypnotic abilities, charms and dark arts within their black blood. They communicated with the beast of darkness and made them to do their bidding, they spread corruption in living, tempted weak for strength and then used them as pawns.
All races excluding Demons lived peacefully with each other, they shared resources with each others and honor their devotion toward different gods.
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When gods decided to leave Lower Realm, then as to help prosper their sowed seeds, they also left several trials, dungeons, wisdom and treasures in Lower realm.
Dungeons were magical gates which couldn’t be located in one place, their location was ever changing, unpredictable and they could appear out of nowhere in most unimaginable places. Dungeons were the den of magical monsters, it consisted several set of trials which could take weeks or months to complete. Rewards were also unpredictable, it could contain precious resources or lost knowledge but regardless of all, those were extremely rare and highly desirable.
When a certain god get impressed by a particular deed of an individual and wished to provide their blessings to him, then the god set a trial for that individual and indirectly notified him of that trial. Only upon passing the trial, that individual was granted with the blessing of god.
Blessing could be anything, like a skill or an enhancement or some kind of ability or raw power. When someone got blessed by a god, then that power formed a black tattoo in that person’s body which typically looked like a magic circle. Hence, more tattoos meant more no. of blessings.
The process of choosing a Supreme Leader was identical to getting a blessing from a god. The title of Supreme Leader was given to a member of the divine family who were chosen by their ancestor gods(Auroras). All members of the divine family were judged based on their devotion and nature by the Aurora, then after carefully selecting an individual as a heir, the gates for a sacred trial were opened. Upon passing the trial, heir was blessed with a very small fraction of Aurora’s power to protect the city, maintaining peace and justice.
Naturally, because of the immense strength laid within the divine blood, Auroras put many conditions on their descendants (divine family). Like, the individuals who carried the divine blood couldn’t get the blessings from other gods, if Supreme Leaders misused their power then Auroras would take back their blessings without hesitation.
( In the next chapter, it’ll be explain that why divine blood consider more powerful than other seed bearers. That’d clarify the Aurora’s decision for not allowing their descendants to get blessings from other gods. )
Lower realm also had many monster races like orcs, cyclops, goblins etc. The only goal that monster races were had was to expand their territory. Even though monster races didn’t had any divinity seed in their body but they were not exempted from exploring the dungeons and obviously, nothing stopped the gods from giving their blessing to them.
The monster races and the demon race collectively with corrupted creatures and other monsters, were the evils which were consistently threatening the peace of lower realm.
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Theo was very young when he wrote his novel so the magic system in his novel was close to non-existent, his immature writing made it really simple to use magic. In lower realm, mana was treated as an other limb of the body, it was very easy to feel but difficult to control.
Performing magic was divided into 3 steps, first was to feel the mana inside of the heart which was really easy for everyone, second was to accurately visualizing the magic (for ex. Ice arrows) and third was to stating the will to turn it into reality.
There was nothing like spells or invocations or magic circles on lower realm, that was why performing magic was much more difficult than one thought. Accurately visualizing something was a really difficult task, one was needed to had a certain amount of control on their thought to visualize something without getting disturb and the other difficult thing was the details of visualization, nobody want to get a needle when they wish for a sword.
Third step was the most difficult step, as one needed to had much psychological strength to convert their imagination into reality, after all mana was just a medium between the wish and the reality.
But mana in itself was not omnipotent, most it could do was manipulate the natural element, it could not create something complex like objects (car, mobile etc) out of thin air.
As mentioned before divinity was different from mana. Through divinity, one could not only create complex objects out of thin air but also change the reality of objects, only if they had enough psychological strength that is.
Like many other fantasy world, a runic language also existed in lower realm which was considered as the language of gods. Many resources acquired from the dungeons and trials had runes carved on them, so out of curiosity people researched on runes. After thousand years of research, they found it nearly impossible to rewrite it much less carved onto something but their years of research was not completely fruitless as they got little crumbs out of it.
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Lower Realm was a theocratic world but the people were quite open minded, they do not fight over the supremacy of gods or made dirty schemes to increase their religious influence. They respected each other devotion and choices to worship different god.
Kelnar was a paradise city like 7 other mega cities. Located in far west, it was reinforced with a protection barrier covering the whole city. The city walls which was 30m high had 15 towers all around it, each tower had a huge rock boulder in shape of rough octahedron floating above. According to a legend, those rock boulders were said to be the guardians of the city which no one had ever seen, probably because Kelnar didn’t face any threat big enough to wake them.
Many seedless people from Yasa, Siren and Ixeger races lived in Kelnar, peacefully among each other. Seedless people came in categories of farmers, laborers and merchants while seed bearers like priests, saints and knights provided protection, healthcare and maintained order.
Several kilometers behind Kelnar located a forest valley called Dunnet-Un. It was also a part of many legends, tragedies and monster dens. Dunnet-Un was a mystical forest which left unexplored because of many unknown dangers, but its outer parameter became hunting grounds and Kelnar main source of income.
Scavenged monster parts used in potion making, armor crafting, weapons and tool development, also many beast were tamed and used for transportation, protection and trade. Due to this, Kelnar became a large market hub and the very first place to visit after beginning any adventure or journey.
Many who chose to walk on the path of paladin visited Kelnar firstly in their journey to get the temporary blessing from Goddess Hiera’s temple, since she was a symbol of New Beginning her blessing was known to brought luck in their journey.
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It was an ordinary peaceful morning in Kelnar and sound of prayer could be heard even in the outer parts of the monastery. With the echos of prayer, thousands of citizens on the streets bowed their head in front of the huge statue of goddess Hiera and participated in prayer.
Prayer soon ended and the citizens started to move back into their daily life but they noticed a sudden change in atmosphere.
-“What is happening ?”
- “Oh goddess, what is going on ?”
Said random citizens in worry.
The wind started to blow fiercely, all 4 golden bells started to rang loudly in sync and in the sky above monastery a big spiral in clouds was formed.
- " A big change . . . Something is going to change . . ”
Said another random citizen hearing the sound of bell
Everyone’s attention shifted toward the monastery and soon from the center of spiral clouds, a ray of golden light fell on the dome of monastery.
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