Shattered Crystal 3

Shattered Crystal 3
Heir to the Secret

"My son, through one of the crystals I learned!
Now I pass this knowledge on to you.
Guard it well my son, for no others know of this.
I could not bring myself to tell them
Lest I be cast out as ensorcelled,
But I say thee nay! I am sane
And these words are truth!

Long ago, a fair race walked these lands,
People of high intelligence
Always searching for answers.

Somehow, they discovered great power,
Power beyond anyone's dreams.
Power that came from the very universe,
Power that could be captured in crystals.

The people grew in both knowledge and power,
Their lives became Idyllic,
No more suffering,
No more hunger.

In time they grew bored and
Some reached outward
Toward places never seen,
Seeking to unravel the mysteries
Of this strange universe.

Some reached inward,
So far inward they opened another reality,
A reality where everything was distorted.
Where the mind could not dwell.
Where the very intellect fled in terror!

And then came madness as these realities
Were allowed to escape!
The people could not cope.
At first they fled in panic,
Then they banded together.

They fought, oh how they fought!
Striving to contain what they had unleashed
Till, at last, in desperation,
they unleashed all their power
And the power ran rampant!
It destroyed all in its path
And the people were no more,
But there were portals.
Portals left by those others,
The people that looked outward.
Dying, these were never closed.

Thus came we here my son.
Fleeing from the armies of the Saxons,
Hunted near to death,
Our elders found one of these portals,
Thus we escaped our enemies.

But all is not well my son,
There are things here.
Things not meant
For our kind to deal with.
Beware my son, beware.
Keep our people safe if you can."