The Shadow - Prologue

The night was long, but bright under the light of the moon. At the top of Mount Tiful, The Shadow was lurking, watching the calm lands of Astharia shiver in the cold, dark presence of The Shadow. The Shadow is foul, cloaked in darkness with a veil of hate and a heart as cold as space, and eyes that pierce the heart. The Shadow watches the lands of Astharia with a smirk on its hidden face knowing all that is well will soon fall to the domain of Shadow.

The Shadow hisses a few words from an ancient language then disappears. It reappears at the front gate of an Astharian village. The guards at their post become alert and change to an attack stance; all three of them did nothing. One of the two guards ran forward and ran his spear through The Shadow, but that was it. The guard tried to take it back but it was stuck. The Shadow raised one hand and snapped its dark fingers, and as he did so, the second guard collapsed, without a pulse. The first guard was still holding the spear when The Shadow spoke in an ancient tongue. Then suddenly the spear was turning black, and cold, and it started bubble. This curse traveled all the way to the guards hands. The guard screamed in pain and in terror and soon, his entire body was covered in a veil of darkness. He fell to the ground shaking then froze. The Shadow continued to walk forward right on top of the frozen and consumed body of the guard breaking him into chunks of black rock.

The village broke out in screams as The Shadow entered the village. The shadow climbed his way up to the highest point of the village and snapped his evil fingers. Then suddenly everyone stopped cold, and each and every villager began to turn black and sink to the ground where they became shadows.

The village and the rest of the kingdom of Astharia was lost to The Shadow and transformed into the domain of Shadow, on the world on men. No other person has seen one of the villagers shadow, only fast movement s of darkness across the wall; frightened, they ran off.

The Shadow was slowly spreading his darkness across the entire world. But the Shadow was growing weary and his powers were losing their strength. So out of shadow and darkness, evil and hate, The Shadow created a daughter, and later a son, to carry on his rein.

The Shadow had vanished as time continued, and its children took its place. When the children became older, they created children of their own but decided to give them the disguise of a human child to willingly spread The Shadow under the veil of humanity.  To Be Continued - By Kyle