Background: Nasha was born in another world, a place where humans are nearly extinct and all that is left are a few conclaves, a hundred people at most, which fight each other endlessly for domination on a magically scorched planet.
He was the second child in a place where families did not exist: the Fortress of Renx. Situated near an active volcano, it had a strict military cast of which Nasha was a member. Had events not unfolded the way they did, it was likely the boy would have spent his entire life as a soldier within those walls. But as was mentioned before, Nasha was the second, meaning that he had a sibling. A brother.
He was certainly a good deal older than Nasha. Seven years older to be exact. His name was Issenkar and by the time Nasha was fourteen, he was already at the top of the hierarchy, an elite fighter of great skill. But he was also arrogant and egotistical, not caring for those around him in the wake of his accomplishments. And yet, not even knowing that this man was his brother, Nasha could not help but admired his grace.
In time, that admiration turned into something that the young boy could not yet describe or express. Until one day during training, he came face-to-face with his brother and in that moment, they realized their resemblance and their relationship to each other. They were brothers...
Later that night the two of them met up privately in the upper chambers, which is where they discovered the connection they shared was not just by blood but also arcane in nature. The closeness they shared behind those doors is best left unspoken and by the end, Issenkar, who had never cared for another before, decided that he would take Nasha with him.
He had a plan, a plan to escape from this blasted word. A plan that was also doomed to fail, as the High Queen of Renx had known about his ambitions for some time now. In the end, of the two only Nasha was able to escape, left to travel the world and hoping that he might one day discover what happened to his sibling. |
