Salatis and the Dark King Veneficus

by Craig Kirby

There are scriptures found within a magical kingdom called Veneficus that talk of a time long ago when the Gods had created the earth for their own pleasure and behaved as children. For millennia they walked its lands in blissful silence, bathed in its vast, deep, empty oceans and ate the fruits that had grown in its lush, fertile soil. There was no time and no need for such things as greed, sin or war and the world had never been covered in anything other than contentment. Stars were born and then died, yet the Gods did not look up to witness the heavenly spectacle. They were immersed in the earth's beauty and there was nothing the Gods desired that the earth could not provide. That was until even this was not enough and over time they grew bored of the emptiness surrounding them, deciding it was time to create life. This life spread across the lands and filled the depths of oceans taking many different, wondrous forms and again the Gods were content. They loved their creations as much as the earth itself and soon they became infatuated with one form of life in particular. They were a versatile creature a God named Ignis had called mankind and he had created them in the God's own image. Many found mankind to be infectious and were drawn to their enthusiasm and ability to overcome adversity. Some Gods even began to integrate and started families, which did not sit well with all the Gods tearing a divide between them. This divide then developed into war with thunder ripping the skies, the ground shaking in terror and flash floods causing disease to devastate the life on earth. The majority of the Gods could not accept this unholy integration and wanted mankind destroyed so they could claim the earth once again as their own. But Ignis loved mankind and would not allow such a fate to befall them. His defiant stance saved his creation from oblivion and the decision was made to leave the earth, allowing mankind to live on. This still not enough for Ignis who did not want to leave his wife and unborn child and when he and others refused to ascend a bigger compromise had to be made. Any God who wished to stay could do so and keep his or her powers, but in return they had to sacrifice eternal life. This meant once their life had run its course, they would return to the heavens and cut their ties with the human race. All involved agreed and the gates to the heavens were opened. The Gods who wished to leave ascended and the Gods who stayed lived long and happy life's eventually dying of old age and returning to take their place amongst the stars. Each of the Gods as they died left behind one last gift for mankind and Salatis being of the same blood as Ignis 'God of the Dragons' had powers that he was completely unaware of...until now.

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