Erek's parents, Heryn and Elwyn Blackmore, were leaders within one of the largest farming villages in the area. It had one of the most fertile of lands, and with its resources, their village lived a life of plenty. However, this was one of the reasons that many people eyed them with envy and hate. Erek was not even six months old when his village's most hated enemies descended on them. Despite being an outsider, Heryn was a talented warrior and leader that was just as talented with his sword as he was in the arcane arts. Armed with his magic, martial prowess and his natural born ability to inspire men, Heryn led the charge against the invaders. He exhorted them, "Do not give them a blade of grass nor a drop of water." Their villagers fought with the ferocity of beasts. The bandits were beaten back after a bloody and long-drawn-out conflict. Both sides suffered a lot during the battles and lost many people. Unfortunately for Heryn, his village stood alone, and although victorious, their loss of manpower hit them hard. While the enemies had more resources and warriors left, coupled with the fact that a few other small mercenary bands allied with the enemies to get their cut of the profit. And yet the enemy leaders knew that another battle would most likely result in a stalemate. They decided to “cut off the head of the snake” and end the war.

Heryn and Elwyn were both invited by the enemy leaders to a cease-fire meeting. It was agreed that the place would be neutral and no hostile action would befall him or his party. But that was just the theory. Heryn and Elwyn were both poisoned at the meeting. It was all pre-planned. Their bodies were taken outside and burned. With their enemies leader eliminated, the mercenaries attacked again and this time overtook all the land. One of the victorious enemy mercenary leaders Genghis, took baby Erek, the son of Heryn, as a trophy and a symbol of his victory over the mighty warrior. He decided in that moment of fervor, to raise the baby of his enemy. Not as his son, but as his family slave for life.

Erek grew up in the household of a man that killed his parents and sold his village into slavery. In the household of the Warlord Genghis, from the time when he was a little boy, Erek was treated like a slave of the house, especially by Genghis and his wife. However, the fact that never reached his ears that he was living in the home of the man who brutally killed his parents. He was merely told that Genghis is his father. And yet he was treated with scorn most of the time, like a common slave. The hardest, the lowly and humiliating tasks were given to little Erek. By the older people of the family, he was treated with deliberate disdain. By the youngsters, like mere dirt. Other kids of his age did not want to play with him since they knew his past from their parents but were forbidden to divulge. The child couldn't find out why everyone was so hateful towards him. He was confused. They said he was part of the "family" but wasn't treated like one. He tried to do everything correctly, and as far as his knowledge did so. But still, those were not enough for the family. Every good thing of him was scoffed at openly, while his mistakes earned him severe beatings and humiliation. Genghis, whom he knew as his father, took sadistic delight in humiliating, beating the little boy and in breaking his Will.

"You are worthless! A mere waste of flesh and blood!" Genghis told him one day. The rest of the family echoed these words on various occasions until the boy started believing them. His growing years were dark and lonely. With very few to confide in, he turned to himself. He could love nor trust no one. With no place for love and care in his heart, Hate and Sadness took their place on his heart's throne. And yet, somehow he managed to keep his feelings buried. At the age of eight, Genghis decided that now was a perfect time for him to cash in his on his investment. On the boy's birthday, Genghis forced the young boy into the pits. The pit was a fighting arena where Genghis and his friends forced their slaves to fight among each other, as they gambled drank and partied. Sometimes they would even throw in a wild animal or two to add even more excitement.

Adolescence "You reap what you sow."
It was not till he was 11 that he came across the truth of his past. He overheard his "father" talking with a group of his friends at his house. Full of alcohol that day, Genghis boasted and congratulated himself, not only for killing Heryn and enslaving his people but for also breaking the Willpower of Heryn's only child Erek forever. He did not know that Erek heard every word from a distance. Erek seethed inside, anger and hate boiling inside him. He wanted to storm in and kill Genghis. But he bided his time. Killing him would be too easy. No. Erek would give him a more fitting death. Sure enough, he got a chance, some days later. This was the easy part. The hard part was keeping his expressions neutral throughout that time. When his chance came, Erek poisoned the whole family one evening. Strangely on that evening, the sky was alight with violent thunder and furious lightning. When all of them were dying around him, Erek advanced on Genghis. The old man was now begging pitifully for his life. But Erek said coldly, "You reap what you sow." He dragged Genghis, outside, tied him up against a post and burned him alive with his magic. A fitting and swift vengeance. There was no time for mulling over the past and of his heritage. Erek knew that after what he had done, the authorities would be looking for him soon. He would probably even get a bounty placed on his head name. And since Genghis was a well-known man, his men would be looking for him too. Armed with nothing but the clothes on his back and a sword on his hip Erek, planned to flee the country.

Primal is a discipline of magic that is similar to the Divine magic Evocation which allows the user to manipulate the elements. However, this is where the similarities end, because unlike Evocation, the user doesn't need the help of a deity to utilize their magic.

Primal magic allows the user to expel their magic out of the body. Once it's discharged, the user can then transmute their magic into a different elemental substance (fire, water, air, earth) at the user's whim, or attract this substance from the environment. While beginners can only grasp one element, the greatest wizards can master all four. Users can accomplish a range of effects, from vomiting a short burst of flames to crafting spears of rock, but every time they use this power they are throwing out a part of themselves.

Users can also utilize Primal magic in another way, in which, instead of transmuting magic, they can manipulate that substance from the environment. This is more cost-effective and gives the user an essential edge in the right situation - for example, a fire-based wizard in the middle of a blazing inferno.

Users may transmute the four natural elements: fire, water, air, earth. Since Magic can be turned into any combination of the substances that the user can utilize, it is possible to craft para-elements such as lava (fire+earth), ice (water+air) and lightning (fire+air).

The hazards of Primal magic are two-fold. On the one hand, once the magic has been transmuted, the wizard is not immune to its effects. Many users have died from getting involved in backfires from their own spells. On the other hand, generating too much magic without rest causes the user to pay for their heavy use of magic, and the only they are able to pay for it is with their life.

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