THE FALL OF THARIS
Over 7,000 years ago, there existed a planet called Tharis. Located in the Dastrodema galaxy, having eight moons that revolves around this mineral-rich planet, which provides it with light at night, with appropriate composition of nitrogen, oxygen and gaseous carbon carefully put in place by the Universe to keep and preserve this rare race of living beings. Tharis was blessed with natural and mineral resources, having all necessities of life to support its multi-lingual inhabitants. Tharis comprised of many tribes and race, coexisting together. Though as time rolls by, the fate of this planet was decided by its own inhabitants. The people lived happily, coexisting amidst the language barrier.
A planet with large land mass and equal proportion of water bodies, with vast forests for farming and lovely wildlife environments. One can picture this cool and serene planet whose atmosphere was naturally intoxicating and friendly, with life made easy by the works of nature and traditional science of the Tharisans.
From time immemorial, Tharis has been the calmest and most peaceful planet before the advent of modern science, which will change the planet in the years to come. Naturally, All beings are science-oriented, finding ways to better his life and relieve stress, thus exposing them to certain knowledge and even the faith in a supreme deity.
All beings created tends to have a feeling and feeling of the presence of a supreme Being, that governs the whole universe and multiverse. The inhabitants of Tharis were not leftout, as They began to indulge in various practices in search of a true Deity. This brought about the discovery of various religions, All with its own philosophy and beliefs. Religion slowly began to have effects on the ways of life of these people, to some positive and the other negative. The peaceful planet Tharis, then began to change negatively, Tharisans killing fellow Tharisans all because of religion, trying to make a particular religion believe in another. This factor resulted to countless religious wars, claiming the lives of these one-time peaceful people. Never in the history of Tharis, has any factor lead Tharisans to war with each other.
As years roll by, The Tharisans needs and wants became insatiable, resulting to the slow and steady shift to better means of making things work out. Little was known that Their venture into the inward will change the way of life of this planet in general.
As predicted, the people of Tharis began to explore and discover new faces of science, with the discovery of technology alongside, to aid in their day to day operations. Slowly, day by day, the people of Tharis waxed stronger in science and technology. They continued, breaking new grounds. The people of Tharis began to make shifts and better their lives, with the invention of long range weapons and explosives and even the greatest feat of breaking through the planet's atmosphere to explore spacebony and even in the invention of robots, to perform as a living being.
There came the quest for power, who to rule a particular territory? Tharisans began to rebel against constituted authorities, gradually wickedness began to fill this calm and peaceful planet, Causing a slow and steady shift from traditional mode of governance to modern mode of governance. This idea of modern governance was perceived by all to be a great liberation from the supposed oppression of the traditional rulers. Emperors, Kings, Queens, Dukes and all other monarchs, in dismay on what may happen next.
There arose a great Emperor named Baru, whose lust for power and fame made him try to convince the whole Tharis to subject to a one government rule, but Tharisans quest to be independent, made it impossible for such a policy to be implemented. Baru, born during the magical age, was from a wealthy family of seven, being the last and favorite son of his mother. A son of Karilas, the Emperor of Dupids, a vast and prosperous empire situated in the far East, whose mother, Garithe, was a priestess of a feared deity, Hatrotis. Growing up outside the court of his father Karilas, Baru grew up to be a promising child with supernatural gifts and talents from the gods.
A young boy, whose birth was predicted long ago by hundreds of psychics, born on a cool morning in the holiest part of the temple, as it was designed for all priestess to deliver children there. Garithe suffered in labor, Never has any of her previous children given her much stress as this. Knowing fully well what her child will grow to be, she sought means to protect the newborn child from been killed as proclaimed the child will be a doom. Amidst persistence from the high priest to kill the newborn child, she refused. When news got to the Emperor about the newborn baby, he immediately declared for his death, little did he know that his wife has plotted with the executor not to kill the newborn baby. She immediately sent the newborn baby to her sister, Zastee, a sorceress in the practice of dark science, for protection and guidance until he becomes of age.
Back in the kingdom, Garithe seems to be in pretentious tears as she approaches Karilas, with a feel of guilt, Karilas begged Garithe for forgiveness towards the execution of her newborn baby. For days Garithe refused food and avoided the Emperor, to show truly how she felt concerning her newborn baby. Days past with Garithe returning to normalcy, but still feeling to be with her baby. The other six children of Garithe knew little or nothing about what happened, cos it was hidden from them.
Immediately Garithe bounced back and resumed her duty as the priestess, she personally summoned the spirit of Validis the executor and stabbed him to death, to cover the secret plot to hide Baru, this was the first time she took the life of an innocent person. With no one to expose her, thereby hiding it from the Emperor. She even threatened to kill the high priest so as not to reveal any secret, but the Universe watches and repays all deeds. Though she secretly do go to visit Zastee, her sister, to check on her baby, but as the young lad grew up, she stopped visiting.
As the lad grew up, Life wasn't so easy for Zastee and her nephew, because young Baru was naturally stubborn and self willed, causing disagreement between himself and Zastee. Zastee was a dreaded and feared sorceress known in the whole planet Tharis, a ruthless witch whose sole desire was to bring the whole Tharis under her feet. Though Garithe and Zastee were blood twins, yet they never agreed on same matter, because of their different nature and views about life in general.
Growing up together, Garithe and Zastee never got along, fighting always for supremacy. Garithe, though bad but no as worse as Zastee, Never liked hurting the feelings of others. Zastee began to threaten people to be on her side, killing people with her powers. On a fateful day, Zastee hatched a plan to kill the greatest wizard of Lupoks, just to take over as the head witch. As fate could have it, she was caught in the act as the wizard's powers supersedes her's. She was brought before the king, Gruyx, for punishment. A death sentence was pronounced on her, but her father's plea saved her and she was abolished instead. Her father Xuxyus, was the ordained high priest of Lupoks' greatest god; Tasytres, and her mother an enchantress of the highest order, both powers were for good, to help the masses. Though at first their marriage was seen as an abomination, because two powerful persons ought not to marry, when they do they will become power drunk as their power levels will both increase. But as time passed by, the reverse was the case, they became the most feared couples. Their marriage was happy and rosy, but the couldn't bear a child for over 12 years, until the gods blessed them with twins, Garithe and Zastee. Garithe was the elder while Zastee the junior, the both girls were blessed with special gifts from the gods. But Zastee being naturally sadistic and fierce decided to go in search of greater powers to add to he's, so as to be superior than her sister. This exposed Zastee to various forms of dark science, to the point that she became power drunk and began to do evil. Which later led to her banishment from Lupoks and spell-bounded, so as not to enter Lupoks spiritually or physically.
As years went by, Garithe had no choice than to go in search of her twin sister, feeling guilty of having a hand in her banishment from Lupoks. Searching for years in other kingdoms and even using her powers, it was at this point that she met crown prince Karilas.
Baru always asked for his father assuming Zastee to be his mom, unknown to the young boy, Zastee still as worse as before, saw this as an opportunity to use Baru as a special weapon to achieve her desire of bringing the whole Tharis under her feet. Baru being a promising child, learnt many evil secrets from his aunt Zastee, gradually he began to develop some mystic scientific powers. Baru had a bad temper and strong willed spirit that pushes him to take risk without looking back. Growing stronger and strong day by day in the jungle of Alesuf, as a wild young man whose focus was to know his father.
One fateful day, Zastee who couldn't hold the pressure about Baru's dad, used this opportunity to instill supreme hatred in him by letting the cat out of the bag. Narrating all that happened to him, even her ordeal and the situation surrounding his birth, Baru who couldn't hold the urge anymore burst into tears, this was the first time Baru cried ever since he was born. Standing up with anger, gazing through empty space, vowed to kill his father . Immediately he said this, Zastee smiled and told him that she will help, not only to kill the father, but to kill his siblings and takeover as the next Emperor. Now the battle line was drawn only for the perfect time to come, so as to unleash this devilish plan.
On a cool morning, one could feel the cold weather of this jungle, the chirping of birds heard at all parts, the rustling of creepy creatures nor leftout. The sound of a chariot can be heard from a distance in this dense forest near Baru's hut. The sound approaching faster, young Baru sprang up to alarm Zastee on an impending danger. Immediately the chariot drew closer to where Baru and Zastee were battle-ready for any incoming confrontation, it came to a stop just right in their front. As at when Baru came up of age, no being has ever visited them or neither does he believe in the existence of other beings. Coming down slowly from the chariot was a clear semblance of Zastee with no palace guard, all alone. Rubbing his eyes with both palms so as not to be dreaming, Baru stood astonished as both Zastee and Garithe exchanged greetings. They all got into the house Garithe's eyes just focused on her dear son, with nothing to say so as not to hurt her feelings. While speaking in occultic language so as to hide their conversation from Baru. Baru being a clever boy, has advanced far much more than his aunt in the art of dark science, he understood every single thing said by the duo. Immediately he got up and called his mom by her name, shouted at her for not coming to visit or know his way about all this while. Garithe looking at her son's face pleading for forgiveness. Baru out of anger commanded her to get lost and never to come back in search of him, he then angrily walked out on both sisters.
Leaving the jungle, without a good response from her dear son, made her feel downcasted. Reflecting in the words of her son, picking each word one by one to understand each meaning. A thought struck her heart about how wicked Zastee was, she then suspected Zastee for working on Baru's psych.............
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