Divided (Book Five) (Fated Saga Fantasy Series) by Humphrey - D'aigle Rachel

Author:Humphrey - D'aigle, Rachel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-07-05T00:00:00+00:00

Catrina just laughed.

Colin had a hard time finding it funny, but listened intently to what Jasper had to add to the story, as he had never heard any of this before.

“So here's the entire story. The man who started the group was Babiin Balick. And indeed, he was a fool, a fool that discovered a dangerous thing; a thing that nearly wiped out all magic. It started with one stone, recovered from the body of an ancient beast, now extinct, called the Mazuruk. Similar to the modern day cow.” Jasper stood now, pacing in circles as he spoke.

“Babiin discovered, by accident, that this stone had the ability to suck magic from other living things. He tried to sell the stone to the highest bidder and this is when the original world war began. A war you will not read about in any history books. As soon as the secret got out and everyone knew what these stones did, and how to get them, this kicked off a mass slaughtering of all Mazuruk. Village stood up against village, neighbor against neighbor. It was a regular free for all, and whoever possessed the most stones had the most power... and … kept their magic.” He paused before continuing, taking an excited breath.

“And as if this was not bad enough, a clan of Vampyre, known as Vetala, got their hands on the stones. They were once called the Shogharnes, a vicious clan if ever there was one.”

“Vampyre?” said Colin. “Like the Grosvenor once were? Someone told me they were energy suckers, could suck the life out of any living thing.”

Jasper nodded but did not expand on the subject, continuing with the story.

“The Shogharnes raged across the land, devouring village after village, collecting the stones, stealing magic, collecting power, vowing not to stop until they had collected every last stone, and every last bit of magic. This is where I come into the story,” noted Jasper.

“I was a young lad then, just thirty-four,” he joked, “when this Babiin Balick sought me out to join him. He explained he was responsible for what was happening and that he wanted to be the one to end it! But he could not do it alone. Having nothing else to do at the time, and not being particularly fond of the Shogharnes, I agreed to help him.”

Jasper took a sip of coffee before continuing.

“There were hundreds of us to start. All brave men and women, hoping to defeat this new and powerful enemy of the Shogharnes. Inch by inch we raided and overcame, collecting back these dangerous stones, at the same time, using them to our advantage against our enemies. It took many years and we lost nearly every warrior before it was over... I say over, it’s never really been over. More like on a long delay.”

“So the Grosvenor have just been biding their time to do what? Finish this battle they started all those hundreds of years ago?”asked Colin.

“More or less. As to why they have waited so long, I cannot say.

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