Lady Spriggan
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The Old Gods must have their due.
In the beginning there was only Ashafal the sacred grove of the gods. In the grove were the eight pillars of creation for the higher gods; Antares the King of Light, Sauda Queen of Darkness, Cerulea Princess of Air, Terbis Prince of Earth, Aquis Lady of the Waters, Novis Lord of Fire, Lutum Lord of Stone, and Cyrossa, Lady of Snow and Ice. The contained the magic of the world and was the cornerstone for all of creation. When the gods made their first children they chose a select few who would know the secrets of magic and charged them with returning to the grove once a year with eight sacrifices each representing one of the eight elements. As long as they did this the world would keep. For the gods were passing out of Ashafal to watch the world from beyond.
The first children named the new world Iagreth. Generation upon generation passed and people of Iagreth have kept their promise to sacrifice eight of their children every year so that the next generation will prosper. Now in the 3rd millennium the world is starting to move on. People are coming out with new technology like prosthetics, guns, airships, etc. Magic users still exist but their numbers have dwindled since it's so hard to conceive magic children and it tends to skip generations anyway. There is a growing faction of people who don't believe the gods ever truly exited and that the sacrifice is something people made up as a scare tactic.
Our story opens the city of Azuris. Azruris the seat of the Mah family. The Mah family are a fae family who have served as the Empresses or Emperors of Iagreth since the days of the first children. They created their central city as a place that would be open to all. Magic and non-magic alike existing together in piece. The empress for the last 300 years has been Empress Wen Mah. But she has suddenly died under circumstances no one is really willing to talk about. The throne passes into the hand of her thirteen year old daughter Jian. Everyone is shocked when Jian is siezed under the care of six of the Conclave(councillers) under charges of instability. The younger daughter is also quietly removed. The land is placed under the ruler of the Conclaw headed by Lord Cassius Warridge. Magic is shortly declared illegal and the sacrifice outlawed.
But they don't understand. The old gods must have their due or everyone perishes. What will be the fate of the world?