the war between gods

Within the royal capitol of leyndell a large omen stood before a large golden throne in contemplation. Behind him a golden knight appeared alongside a black knife assassin, "my lord, every realm prepares for combat, caelid is now entering mass recruitment and arming, limgrave has begun their mad dash for power as each city is under mass recruitment and the bandits of Godrick's army loot their own lands" the knight said. "Liurnia?" Morgott asked.

"Lord Leonel has ordered for each vestige of civilization to receive wards and enhanced defenses, his spectral legion has descended upon the land and reinforced the entire kingdom, as it stands my lord's home is the strong enough to contend with leyndell should they wish for it" the black knife said. "Your lord? hah so mother birthed more willful traitors... then I take it he is to be an empyrean? to which god?" he asked.

"To the presence within the moon, she has claimed liurnia as her blessed kingdom thus half of the black knifes are currently on their way to him in order to serve our new lunar lord" the black knife said full of worship. "Traitors all, with the shattering of the Elden ring the presence of other gods besides the greater will has gripped the lands, I will not allow it" he said as he looked towards the room holding his mother.

Within the mountain top of the giants a large being awoke from his slumber, his eyes opened, and two large hands propped him up. He stood tall, larger than some mountains themselves before he roared towards the sky. Large skeletal hands arose from the snow around him as immortality blessed everyone, the rise of the giants was nigh, and they came with a vengeance.

Some distance from the mountain top perched against its side stood a giant tree almost the size of the golden tree which stood atop the altus plateau. Many denizens lived within its branches and castles, two demigods ruled it, Miquella the demigod of slumber, a beloved empyrean stood before a red-haired tall woman, around them several other red-haired women stood. "Brother why have you exited your slumber? did you not wish to grow the halig tree?" the tall woman asked the silver haired child before her.

He shook his head and smiled, "I did sister, but another, one like me, with the power to fight off gods has appeared, our stepbrother, he has a connection with an outer god, but this god seeks harmony" he said as his silver like eyes shined as visions flashed within them. "Another? brother such a thing is impossible, you said so yourself, the gods would not allow another contestant to play their game" the red-haired woman said as she crouched before him.

"They had no choice, a foreign soul is not governed by local gods, still, he holds a shard of the ring, something we need to speed up the growth of the halig tree, we cannot wait but for now liurnia is much too powerful" he said. "We only need three shards, Radahn has one, Godrick has one, Mogh and Morgott has one each, we have one each, I'm sorry for this sister but we need to do this" he said as he looked outside towards the blossoming halig tree. "Then I will prepare our forces" she said as she stood up and the women around her ran around rushing towards different forces.

"Sister.... the albinaurics, help them reach our home while you are out there" he said as he slowly levitated onto the air, silver rings of power formed around him. "I will brother, please take care of yourself" is all the red-haired women said before leaving the room. Miquella smiled as he watched her go and prepared himself to protect the halig tree at all costs.

Within a volcano housing a manor, a corpse of a man was slowly being eaten by a small snake. Incoherent ramblings could be heard within the winds, "soon" was the clearest thing heard as the snake continued to eat in silence. At the deepest points of the lands laid the ruins of Nokron, to one of its corners one of the mausoleums was practically covered in blood, an omen stood at the center of the mausoleum wielding a trident like spear as he watched the glittering cave ceiling resembling stars.

"Dearest Miquella, despair not for your consort will find you, we will form a new dynasty soon enough" he said as a smile bloomed upon his face. behind him several white masked warriors stood at the ready. " Find a way into the tree, recruit more knights, those are your orders" he said before he slammed the trident before him as the room was bathed in crimson. Leonel floated above the clouds of liurnia, his features had come under his control as most of the scales upon his skin receded leaving little behind. His wings had strengthened and shrunk to better fit his form.

His main turned into unruly hair as he had cut it down to size. The lion's tail stayed but the dragon one entered his body in wait for when it shall be called forth in combat. His extra set of arms remained although he did not hate it as they would prove invaluable in combat. "It's time to return, I wonder how everyone's been, five to six years since I left limgrave, eight since I left liurnia" he said as he descended down towards the newly built city within the center of liurnia. with hundreds of thousands of people alongside the thousands of spectral warriors a city was constructed in mere days.

Sky stone city was meant to accommodate every refugee from limgrave alongside some extra room and the enchantments put in place by the mages made the city one of the most fortified places right alongside the heaven's gate city which floated upon the skies of the altus plateau. He could see it, citizens went to and from as they helped expand and construct their new home, even kids helped wherever they could as they provided hot meals and cold drinks to the adults.

At the center of the city stood a newly constructed white castle which housed the royal family of liurnia, his new home. He could feel several mana signatures, some he recognized some he could not. He flew towards it and landed in front of the gate scaring the guards but the moment they realized who it was they immediately bowed. "I apologize as it was my fault, do continue to do a good job" he said as he entered. The moment he did so a signal went off within the minds of the residents living inside the castle curtesy of a headmistress.

The main door opened revealing many people including the most important women of his life. Ana had grown up, she stood there almost glistening under the sun's rays, his adoptive mother stood to her side, her resemblance to him was uncanny and something his biological mother envied. Said mother stood in wait next to them and beside her another figure who he did not recognize stood. Ana was first to break composure as she ran into his arms hugging him fiercely, happy to see him safe.

She looked up from his now much wider embrace with a radiant smile, " welcome back" she said. He smiled, "I'm back" he said as a pair of lips smooched his forehead curtesy of his mother. "My wayward son, welcome home, you visit your other mother yet not me? my how you wound me" Lina said with a fake hurt tone. He chuckled and pulled her into his embrace as well, "I'm sorry, I went to her first knowing that she could face my uncontrolled powers and well I needed her help in order to help liurnia" he said.

"Don't fret child I was merely joking, all I ask is that you give your mother some of your time and personally tell her all that you were up to, I'm getting tired of hearing it from the bards" Lina said before she headed for the main door. "Leo, this is your elder sister Ranni, I told you that you had sisters and brothers, she is one of them do try to be nice" Rennala said as she introduced the blue skinned living doll which stood before the.

"A pleasure to meet the brother, I am the witch Ranni, your elder sister" Ranni said as she bowed slightly. His stare was frigid, something she noticed well yet much to her surprise two arms, one solid and the other illusory like pulled her into his embrace. "I know what you did, sister, I understand your reasoning yet know that should your games endanger the people of liurnia, I will be the one to extinguish your fate, should your game not harm anyone then I will aid you as your brother" he whispered into her ear.

Her expression went through several changes before settling on relief as she pulled away. "Then I thank ye, I promise, no harm shall befall thy home" she said before turning into motes of cerulean lights drifting into the air. His attention turned towards the shy girl to his side, "shall we?" he asked as his real left hand reached for hers. She intertwined her with his and smiled as they entered the castle hand in hand. At the edge of the lands between the fog that divided the land from the outside world trembled slightly before parting.

Thousands of different warriors and people entered, at their front a large man with ornate armor and a large axe stood. A lion formed upon his back and let out a strong roar announcing the return of the tarnished legions. the month that followed after was what could be described as the calm before the storm, armies sharpened their blades and fortified their homes. The nobles did anything they could to prepare themselves, some simply walked off to the hills and mountains never to be seen again.

Leonel sat next to his mother upon their throne within the royal capitol of Liurnia. Within that month many improvements to the city were done and it now could truly be called a city of demigods. giant walls, a fusion of stone and crystal empowered by the mana from its surroundings. Before them a meeting was underway, most of the nobles within the kingdom stood before them, the generals and guard captains alongside the generals of the spectral legions.

"Which is why we must reinforce the two sides evenly my lord, Leyndell must not be ignored for if they decide to-" one of the generals said before being stopped by a ton of shadows appearing all over the room Leonel stood up but no blood was upon the air, so he stood still. The shadows condensed into several black cloaked figures who kenneled. at the front a larger female figure stood standing before him, yet her head lowered. " My god king, we are half of the black knifes, loyal to the gods yet the other half chose to be fools and remain loyal to the shattered Marika, we came here, to you, in hopes of you allowing us refuge and work as your blades" a feminine voice rung out.

"We will speak latter Tiche, for now await me within my personal chambers, send the rest to weed out spies within the capital as your first mission" Leonel said. " It shall be done my god king" she said before they all vanished again. "Now then, lets continue our meeting, Leyndell will not be ignored, but their first opponent will be my brother Rykard, he will keep them busy for a while, the true threat will come from below us, Godrick the grafted and my brother Radahn, focus the main bulk of our forces there, if they wish to attack gelmir or Leyndell then they must do so by sea or not at all" he said.