War of the Elements (Nathell's View)
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Nathell grew up in a militant city, though no one knows the name of this city, not even Nathell. As a young boy, his father taught him the art of war. Teaching him, daily, the ways of the sword. He was never taught much else.
When Nathell turned 16, he joined the military as a foot soldier. In the academy, he was taught more techniques on fighting. He seemed to be very good at it and caught on faster then any of the other young soldiers. He was known as the "perfect pupil" during his training.
Two years later, he finished his training and began to serve as a militia guard in the city. On his patrol, he noticed something in the forest outside the gates. Fires… The forest was burning. Nathell ran to the militia captain and told him what was happening. The captain told the other guards to sound the alarm for an alert on the city. Scouts where sent out to find out what was causing the burning, but they never returned. Nathell looked anxiously to the forest, waiting for his foe to reveal themself. "Could it be bandits? Ogres? Goblins?" He thought and gripped his sword tightly.
He saw a movement come from the edge of the forest and waited. It finally emerged and Nathell began to know fear. It was a large being, surrounded in flame. Something he has never seen before. Scholars where yelling "Elementals!" Though, Nathell didnt know the elements could come in the form of a man.
Another creature appeared, though it was made of rock and was very large. It ran right towards the gates, throwing itself into them like a battering ram. More elementals began to appear, though they where the same flame and rock elementals. Arrows flew at them, but to little effect. Arrows that where fired toward the flame elementals just went up in flame before it his them. Arrows fired at the stone elementals just bounced off and only seem to annoy them and make them more angry.
The broke through and the elementals began to swarm into the city. Nathell looked down from his position on top of the gates. He saw a stone elemental and decided to do something very stupid... He leaped onto the shoulders of the elemental and began to slash his sword at its head, but with little effect. The elemental reached up, and managed to grab Nathell's leg. Nathell struggled, hacking away at its hands, managing to break one of its fingers and falling down a few feet. He got up and faced his foe. The other elementals let them fight, knowing this stone elemental would crush this puny human. The stone elemental threw a punch. Nathell tumbled out of the way and slashed at the elemental's hand, breaking another finger. The stone elemental was quite angry now, throwing all of his strength at this one human. Nathell managed to dodge its fury and cut off another finger. As it was about to pound him, he rolled under the elemental, managing to get behind it. Nathell Started to hack at its legs, and managed to break one, causing the stone elemental to fall down, which then, caused it to break into many pieces... (The bigger they are, the harder they fall).
Nathell then saw the swarm of elementals coming to him and retreated. While running, he looked behind him, not paying attention to anything in front of him. He ran and then... fell into a sewer.
After a few hours, he managed to find his way out... As he came up, he saw what was left of his city. Houses and shops lay in ashes and rubble. The walls seemed to be missing all together and he could not spot any survivors, save for himself. He saw no defeated elementals, except the one he fought against earlier.
To this day, he searches for answers for this strange occurance. He has no idea why the elements would attack a human city. The elements are usually neutral, not caring for anything and not getting involved in anything. Someone had to be controlling them and Nathell will not stop until he finds out who or what caused this destruction to his home town.
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