The journey "The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step"- Confucius The death of the master has plagued our people for centuries. We have never recovered. Then one day the chosen came. A man with no known name who posses the power to unite us all. We called him Unifier. He spoke of the many sins of our people and how it was his duty to usher us to a new dawn. One without the futile pursuit of religion or the hopeless belief of ethics. So we followed. We never realized how wrong we were. But today we have a new hope. A boy, named Josh has offered us hope. He tells us we must unite to defeat the unifier. We must come together to vanquish the evil that plagues our land. This is the story of Josh, the last of the followers of the sun god. The land was united at last. Unifier had established a great empire covering the known world and including all people. But then the troubles came, the loss of free speech. No more say of the people. The followers of the sun god, previously the second highest class, due to their status as a small, elite warrior group dedicated to helping save the world from warfare, had at first supported Unifier. As time went on however they lost hope in him and were outcasts. Killed ruthless for large rewards most died very soon. Those who remained went into hiding to pass on their teachings. A year after the destruction of the followers Unifier had killed almost all of the followers. Only one council member remained. His name was John. His apprentice, the most gifted the order had seen in years, was his nephew, known as Josh. When they fled John lost his right hand and could no longer fight. They became monks in the hopes of surviving the dictatorship created by Unifier. *Malak- last day of the festival of the rising, the anniversary week of Unifier coming to power, outside a small village* John- nephew you have grown skilled in the way of the son god. Soon you will be ready to become a full member of the order, if it hadn't been for the fall. Josh- thank you uncle. I hope to make you proud The two are walking towards the city when a drunken man stumbles by. The man, wearing a guard uniform, notices the pair. Suddenly he shouts in alarm " it's John, kill him. Kill him" A group of guards runs by and begins an attack. John-" Run nephew, do not loose your life." Josh stands to fight but suddenly his uncle shoves him backwards and he rolls down the hill. At the bottom he stops and watches the fight. His uncle fights and kills seven of the guards but he is overpowered as more show up. John takes a glance at Josh and says "goodbye my friend. You have done me proud." Then his heart is pierced by a blade. The remaining guards chase after josh but he escapes. The next morning josh arrives at a large city, one of the few left that remains against Unifier, at least in belief. He reaches the center of the city and climbs atop the town hall and rings the bell. The people in the city think he looks familiar, but cannot place it as family to the famous sun god leader. When the people gather josh starts to speak " my uncle, John, former council of the sun gods, is dead. He died fighting the servants of Unifier. It is time to honor his memory. Who will stand with me and help bring the end of unifier? Who will lend me their lives in the hopes that we can make a better world? Who will show me that what my uncle believed was true. We are people, we are not animals. We have honor, dignity, respect, value, ethics and beliefs. We have rights and we expect them to be honored. Today my friends, we fight not just for my Uncle, who spent his life fighting for you, but for ourselves and our families and our future. Now gather your arms and your friends. Send messages to all of the cities. Unifier has gone to far. He will be stopped and we will bring a new era to being. An era of life, prosperity,hope and peace. But most of all the era will be one of love and respect, for those who have made this possible. " The men of the city worked quickly. Within two weeks they had set up defenses and gathered followers from all of the cities and most of the villages. But then bad news came. Unifier was coming, his army 50,000 strong while the cities defenders numbered only 23,000 after the women were evacuated. There was a small hope, a contingent of 20,000 men lead by villagers who had seen the death of John were coming, if Josh could defend the city and defeat Unifiers army then they could take back the whole of the empire. The defenses were simple. Towers containing archers and walls build with primitive explosives. The defense was decent but would fall. So Josh made a decision, he would move the army out to the mountain pass. The details of the battle have long been lost, the glory and gore long forgotten and the stories ruined by the history books. But what came next is still vividly recalled. Josh and his followers all died, but they succeeded in destroying the army of Unifier. When Unifier went to return to his capital the army of villagers captured and killed him. The memory of Josh lead them to turn the empire into a democracy, and they named the capital sun, with the palace of Unifier being called the hall of John. Peace had come at last, or so the world believed... To be continued either in a new story or on a new post here based on when I get around to it I apologize for any errors or such. It's not easy to type all of this on an iPod and to be honest I didn't try to much on the grammar. The story may not make sense to you all. But some of you will realize this prologue is based on a true story, a very old story that has shaped out world and is viewed differently by all. To understand it properly you would need to know which groups views I happen to be a part of, the time it happened, and the names changed slightly to show what it meant. I won't be sharing that so if you figure it out congrats. Discussion on what it means welcome. Do not start debates revolving around the person you are but the views you hold. Do not make stupid claims sayin I know this so you must be an idiot. Enjoy
I was told to check FF by you, I'm assuming you meant this. It's TL;DR right now, but I'll read it later :3
Meor mini methis ones a bonous. I guess ill explain what I ment later. But I hope you read this one too lol