Glacia

Prolouge

The Nocturna Animalia and the Custodes de Lumine were not always enemies. Just as night and day cannot exist without each other, they were dependant on one another. The Custodes de Lumine, the keepers of the light, guarded Glacia during the day, and guided the Sun in it‘s path across the sky. When the Sun set, the Nocturna Animalia took over.

The creatures of the night guarded Glacia against evils from the outside. You could see them walking through the night, identical to the other animals that roamed Glacia, but for one detail. They were pitch black, with great silver eyes.

It is said that all animals were once like the Nocturna Animalia. But over time, there eyes started to stray from the moon, and they longed for the sun. These creatures were banished from the order of the Nocturna, and were forced to live as dumb animals, tamed by the humans.

This might have been where the balance shifted. More and more of the Nocturna strayed from the order. The Custodes, however, were plentiful. It might also have been the humans. There had always been humans in Glacia, but now their numbers were rapidly increasing. And while the older generations still loved light and darkness equal, their children began to fear the night.

They shunned the Nocturna, but raised the Custodes up as heroes. Soon all off Glacia was whispering stories about how the Nocturna Animalia stalked the nights, looking for infants to capture. Many swore that they had seen a black animal sneak into a house, and carried out a baby.

It is no wonder the Nocturna turned bitter. Many stopped patrolling the land, and evil spirits snuck into Glacia. These spirits caused sickness, draught and famime, which the humans blamed on the Nocturna Animalia. Step by step, Glacia was falling into chaos.

The Custodes decided something had to be done. They tried to reason with the Nocturna, but they would not listen. They said that the people had caused this, not them. They even went as far as to blame the Custodes, saying they had planted the fear of darkness in the brains of children.

The Custodes wished for Glacia to be in balance, but they were also proud. This insult convinced them that the Nocturna were corrupted, and could not be reasoned with. Thus Glacia was one step closer to obliteration.

That was when the first Videns Mentium came to Glacia. A Videns Mentium, a seer of minds, was the stuff of legends. The stories told of these humans with extraordinary power, with the ability to stop great wars...