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The Wars of Legends

Book 3: The Great War of the Pharaohs

Prologue: Dark Prophecy

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Deep in the bowels of London, far from the eyes of most of its residents, there was a cold chamber with a ceiling as high as a cathedral. It was filled with row upon row of towering shelves. Each of these shelves held hundreds of small, dusty, glass orbs, each with a yellowed and dusty label affixed below. It's only light provided by candle-brackets set at intervals along the shelves holding blue-flame candles that gave it a haunting atmosphere.

On this day, the room was completely empty of mortals and yet a ghostly voice resounded through its many shelves.

In the early years of the 3rd Millennium there is only war.

The millennium old empire of the pretender god kings crumbles as foes old and new beset it from all sides

From hidden strongholds, the oncoming storm and the shadow king lead their legions in pursuit of total dominion. One driven by love and the other by pure lust for power.

From distant stars, comes the nigh endless tides of the machine and the fanatical hordes of the flaming tyrants. Each bent on reshaping all in their own image.

From ancient lore, champions of good stride forth to combat the darkness. These warriors of the First Men and from the survivors of a long forgotten war, fight to keep the flames of freedom alive in a world gone mad.

In the early years of the 3rd Millennium there is only war.

In realms innumerable the war is unending. Countless die for increasingly futile causes as the grand rulers of fate ceaselessly play their ever ever more labyrinthine power games.

In such dark times hope grows ever dimmer.

Is this to be our destiny? Only time will tell. All that is certain is that in the early years of the 3rd Millennium there is only war.

As the voice trailed off, its grim prophecy made, the Ascended Being Ganos Lal put its source, one of the countless dusty orbs labelled "Seer Avelorn to Merlin and Morgana Le Fay - Fate of the world" back onto its shelf in the British Ministry of Magic's Hall of Prophecy.

Is that really our world's fate? To be consumed in endless war? The ancient woman said as she looked at the unassuming ball of glass with worried and tired eyes. Have everything we have done to avert this future been in vain?

"So you are here again," the voice of her old friend Oma Desala said as she teleported to stand behind her. "Ganos, you need to stop letting this prophecy hang over your head like this."

"I know," the woman who was once called Morgana Le Fay told her fellow Ascended. "But it is hard not to worry when the time of the prophecy is coming ever closer."

"I understand, but you mustn't allow the incomplete and unclear warnings of a possible future cloud your judgement."

"I know," Ganos said once more. "But nevertheless I still worry."

"Worrying is fine," Oma told her, giving her arm a comforting squeeze. "But do not allow it to consume you."

Ganos just nodded.

This didn't seem to fully assuage Oma's worries if her frown was any indication, but she let the matter go.

"Why don't we make a move for now?" Oma suggested. "Staying here won't do you any good."

"Lead the way," Ganos said with a tentative smile.

Her friend looked at her with continued concern but still surrounded herself with her golden energy and teleported away. Following suit a moment later, Ganos took the time that her power took hold of her body in preparation for the teleport to shoot the prophecy orb one last worried look.

Is this truly what the future will bring?

And the prologue for my the longest book in Wars of Legends is done!

I hope you liked it and had fun trying to decipher the references I made in that little prophecy.

Since this is just the prologue and one littered with tons of foreshadowing at that, I don't really have anything to add here. At least nothing that won't be huge spoilers for the rest of the fic.

If you've found this story in this Book, you might want to read the preceding books first. Book 1 is The Wars of Legends - The Apotheosis of a Lost Child and Book 2 is The Wars of Legends - Bats Rising, both of which can be found on my profile.

I think that's it folks, so till next time ciao~!