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Long ago, in a world know as Eternia, there existed two races, the Eternians of light and the Gar of darkness. Together they controlled a mysterious power.

The two species put in place strict laws to ensure strife would never consume them. But a pair of star-crossed broke this rule and child was born with the blood of both Eternian and Gar.

It was a beautiful baby boy.

Upon seeing the child’s skull head, both species knew that their strictest of laws had been broken. As punishment for their forbidden love, the pair were torn asunder; the boy's mother was exiled and his father locked away in a solitary jail.

The Gar took in the young boy, but he grew up shunned as a pariah,cursed by the circumstance of his birth.

His one comfort was the nights he snuck into the village jail to visit his father’s cell. His father passed each grueling day barely able to so much as move in his cold cell. But when his son came to visit, the Gar always showed him a loving smile.

But even this small happiness eventually came to an end.

On the night of the boy’s tenth birthday, his father was to be moved to a deeper cell, where even the faintest memory of daylight could not reach him. In desperation, the boy tried a daring rescue. But with only a child’s strength, the attempt was in vain.

More alone than ever before, the young boy club to all he had left: a stuffed cat named Panthor, which his father had made for him long ago.

Many moons have since passed.

Turning his back on the village, the boy was taken in by an exiled witch, who lived on the outskirts of town. Under her strict guidance, the boy continued to train in the ways of the dark arts.

His name was Keldor.

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In a pure white void of nothingness ran a young fifteen year old boy. His skin was a deep shade of blue with his fingernails were clawed and black. He had a young Herculean physique from years worth a rigorous training, for clothing he wore a form-fitting dark midnight blue shirt with a black Star pattern but it was to dark you couldn’t see it. Long gloves of the same color stopped directly below the elbows. Black pants covered his legs while boots stopped below the knees. His eyes were a piercing almost glowing neon violet.

He wore a black cloak with the hood covering the top of his skull face. He ran as fast as could even though it looked like there was nowhere to run as. “I’ve got to hurry.” He said as he continued to run down a long path before tall stone structures came into view. “This place.” Ashe could closer to the entrance, a tall barred gate slammed down in front of him causing to back up in fear.

“The sullied child!” An eerie voice said startling Keldor. A dark inky blackness began to creep in shouting everything in dark as multiple glowing red eyes started showing up. A new path opened up and Keldor slowly and scarily began walking down it. Fear bubbles inside him, his heart beating deep in his rid cage. “Why don’t you just leave!” One voice said.

“Stay away, he can’t be trusted!” Another said.

“Why would you say that…?” Keldor asked as he walked deeper into the darkness which seemed to grow bigger in size. The voices kept coming as spouting mean things to the young teen. “You don’t belong here!” The darkness covered everything completely, so much so the Keldor could see where he was going now. He looked left and right but saw no path.

“He’ll bring misfortune on us all…” the final voice said. Keldor fell to his knees and covered his ears in order to black out those horrible voices as they louder by each passing second. “Leave me alone…!” Keldor pleaded but his begging fell on deaf ears.

“Daddy…” Keldor as he began to cry. But then, out of nowhere, the darkness cleared away away revealing a series of empty prison cells. “What do you think you’re doing?” A voice made Keldor look up to see a being of similar age. He was covered in brown/orange fur while his eyes was a burning yellow. Two white tusks protruded from his lower lip.

“Keldor, you’re almost out of time! This is your last chance…if you don’t hurry you may never see your father again.” The figure told him.

Keldor lowered his head.

“Beastboy… I-I can’t…” He admitted which Beastboy sigh and cross his arms over his chest.

“Oh, you big baby. Come on, I’ll lead the way!” He said as the gate opened in front of Keldor. “Hurry!” Beastboy shouted and the pair started to run together. Keldor ran up some stairs where he saw floating pieces of stone. Beastboy flexed his hand forward before boing a pirouette which began to reconstruct the pieces into a whole floating circle of stone. “Here, use this!”

“Beastboy, you’re amazing!” He said silently before jumping on the stone to the other side of the bridge. They repeated this a few more time before they made it at the end which a series of patters which they climbed. “We’re almost there, hurry!” Beastboy shouted again.

They stopped in front of a final latter. “What do you think you’re doing!?” A guards voice said coming from the distance. Beastboy got in front of Keldor who stood there in fear. “Oh no, they’re onto us. Leave the guards to me. You hurry on ahead!” Beastboy said running towards the guards.

“Wait, Beastboy! I can’t do this alone.” But it seems Keldor had no choice, he climbed up the final latter where light was shining through, he made it to the top where he saw purple rose petals fall from the sky. This could be it. “Just a little longer…hold on, Daddy.” He ran down the hall where a saw cell in the distance behind the cell he saw a figure there as if they’re waiting for him.

Keldor but before he could open the cell, the figure disappeared before his eyes. “Daddy…?” The darkness crept behind him again and the same eyes appeared before him ounce more. A purple glowing magic circle with a crescent moon appeared under his feet and multiple creepy hands shot up.

“What is this…? Don’t come any closer!” But the hands didn’t listen as they grabbed Keldor’s legs and proceeded to pull him under. He tried to break free but all he could do his scream in terror. But then a hand appeared to grab his own and pulled him out from the darkness. Keldor looked up to see a figure floating above him. The figure looked like an Etherian with his fair skin tone, blonde bobbed hair and blue eyes.

“Who are you?” He asked.

“Keldor…give you…power to save…father…” the spirit tried to speak but his words were all muddled up. “Power?” Keldor asked.

“Oberon Forest… The white wolf…guide you…” the spirit.

“I’ll go, I promise!” Keldor shouted.

Keldor woke with a sigh. He looked around and saw he was in the garden of his mentor’s home. “That dream again…. But the ending.” Keldor said. It was a dream Keldor knew by heart. But this time something had changed.

Keldor decided to consult his friend Panthor.

“A strange boy appeared and told me something incredible. He said if I went to Oberon Forest he’d give me a fantastic power.” Keldor said to the stuffed toy as if it could speak back. “If we had that, rescuing daddy would be a piece of cake.”

“The forbidden forest.” Keldor looked over to the entrance that led into the forest. The oft-repeated warning from Keldor’s teacher rung in his ear: “Oberon Forest is home to faeries, creatures who love whisk away children. Stay away!”

“Keldor, where are you my dear?” A female voice called out to him. Keldor’s teacher Evil-Lyn was standing by the door, her from discernible even from a distance.

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Keldor ran over to his mentor. Evil-Lyn was a beautiful woman with shimmery silver hair and slate grey eyes.She wears a long black dress with a similarly colored cape hanging off her shoulders. The cape is adorned with an ornate decoration that appears to house her watch on her chest, adorned with skulls and feathers. She wears a black and silver colored headdress with large silver earrings and sports dark blue arm-length gloves, matching the color of the inside of her cape.

Her various elements and jewelry all represent bat imagery.

“Chores neglected, and I find my apprentice enjoying his beauty sleep.” Evil-Lyn said.