Rexcaliburr
Legendary Golden Support
Redsea. A small, quaint kingdom where ally and familiar lived in harmony, emphasising on the peace and harmonious interaction between both parties. Across the world other kingdoms were less concerned over this whole business of familiars. Redsea prided themselves in their progress to building a nation of such kindness towards the sentient soul-animals known as Familiars.
Every chid - or almost every child - received a physical manifestation of their own soul energy on their fifteenth birthday. Their soul energy took on the shapes and forms of a variety of animals, and they would guide their person through life and protect them at all cost. That was the way it had been at first, at least. Lately, Redsea had taken a turn for the worse as Familiar trading became a rampant issue, but the vocal minority against this act of using Familiars as pets or tools were not enough to get the King's attention as he rolled around in the taxes he got from the people.
Alcyone Stolz was one such person amongst the minority of people who refused to have any part of this Familiar trading business. Her faithful companion and best friend was not a tool to be used by someone! And around her hand was her friend, Atyx. A small, common tree snake he was, but those eyes shone with brilliance and intelligence. And together they were riding on her father's Familiar - a white horse named Seldric - into the town from their little hunting cabin at the outskirts of the kingdom. Strapped to Seldric was a bag full of fresh leather she was to sell to the leatherworkers.
"Al, do we really have to ride so fast?" Atyx called out in his small voice. It could barely be heard over the thunder of hooves on stone as she galloped into the market. From there, she could see several families making their way up to the castle. She smiled. She too had made that journey just a year ago to receive her Familiar.
Alcyone didn't slow down. "The faster we finish these errands, the sooner we can go watch people's Awakening! Maybe there will be a dragon today!"
Every chid - or almost every child - received a physical manifestation of their own soul energy on their fifteenth birthday. Their soul energy took on the shapes and forms of a variety of animals, and they would guide their person through life and protect them at all cost. That was the way it had been at first, at least. Lately, Redsea had taken a turn for the worse as Familiar trading became a rampant issue, but the vocal minority against this act of using Familiars as pets or tools were not enough to get the King's attention as he rolled around in the taxes he got from the people.
Alcyone Stolz was one such person amongst the minority of people who refused to have any part of this Familiar trading business. Her faithful companion and best friend was not a tool to be used by someone! And around her hand was her friend, Atyx. A small, common tree snake he was, but those eyes shone with brilliance and intelligence. And together they were riding on her father's Familiar - a white horse named Seldric - into the town from their little hunting cabin at the outskirts of the kingdom. Strapped to Seldric was a bag full of fresh leather she was to sell to the leatherworkers.
"Al, do we really have to ride so fast?" Atyx called out in his small voice. It could barely be heard over the thunder of hooves on stone as she galloped into the market. From there, she could see several families making their way up to the castle. She smiled. She too had made that journey just a year ago to receive her Familiar.
Alcyone didn't slow down. "The faster we finish these errands, the sooner we can go watch people's Awakening! Maybe there will be a dragon today!"