Chapter 1: Where am I?

Wil Payne, your average country farmer just out of highschool at the age of 19 and currently working his dad's fields until an event happened that would change Wil's life forever.

An ethereal voice rang in Wil's ear as a bright light flashed and all he felt was a sudden lightness and a cold dark environment. He could taste salt in the air and feel a damp breeze brushed across his face.

"Summoning complete." The voice said.

"Where am I?" Wil asked aloud.

"This is the Tower of Shattered Souls on Golangane, the magic plane, young lord." the ethereal voice replied coolly.

Wil faltered and stumbled back a bit before weakly replying "That is impossible, there is no such thing as different worlds and magic. I want to go home, send me back now."

The ethereal voice responded in the same voice as before "This is your home, Grem Shatteredsoul, you are the last of the Shatteredsoul bloodline."

As a bewildered look surfaces on Wil's face as he spoke "What are you talking about? Different worlds? Calling me Grem Shatteredsoul? Reincarnation, but how?"

Show you, young lord." the ethereal voice replied, and suddenly the bright flash surrounded me before I saw everything.

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"We have to evacuate the city, my king and queen" the same ethereal voice rang loudly.

"Not until we save our son, he can not suffer the same fate as the rest of us," the queen replied.

Before any other words could be said a strange symbol appeared on the baby's forehead as cries of people being massacred resounded in the tower and large volleys of fire, ice, stone, and lightning filled the courtyard.

The ethereal voice sounded loudly "spell at 80 percent completion. Please add final components for completion."

The scene flashed and Wil/Grem saw the Queen and King hold each other and sacrifice themselves before saying these words aloud. " Shattered souls of the gods, take our son's souls and protect it till the age of 19 and the world long forgets about the Shatteredsoul name."

"Spell complete. Shatteredsoul forbidden spell split soul world rebirth activating." the ethereal voice sounded as the pair lay dead on the floor.

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All the memories of the past flooded into Grem's mind as tears streamed down his face. "Mom…. Dad. No longer separated by the worlds and realms as memories fused, and the spell was truly complete.

"My name is Grem Shatteredsoul, and I will take revenge for my kingdom and my family.'' Grem yelled into the empty tower.

Tears violently steamed down Grem's face as he sobbed for a past that was so many years ago where only he remembers.

"The past is the past that you have to carry, Grem Shatteredsoul, what you do with the knowledge is your choice. I have been told before your parent's death that I am to treat you like the lord." the ethereal voice said in a comforting tone.

"You said there was magic in this world. How do you learn it and how do you become the strongest?" Grem asked

"We will start with your magic affinity, then maybe see if the trove has any tomes for you" the ethereal voice sounded. A pedestal rose out of the rubble in the middle of the room before stopping at waist level. "Please step up to the device and place your hand on the mark." the ethereal voice said.

Walking up to the pedestal and placing my hand on the mark before feeling a vast emptiness inside me like a void rapidly being filled with hot molten steel. "AHHHHH" Grem falls down holding his chest like a sun was burning its way through his chest. The magic coursed through his veins and bones as everything was slowly forged under the steel flowing through him, his bones became hard as steel, his veins widened and harden, the surrounding temperature soared, and his body became restructured.

After an hour of magic tempering the temperature slowly dropped back to normal and a light washed over Grem's body. "Body refining is complete. New element registered (Molten Steel). Power level (E)." the ethereal voice said as Grem finally managed to stand up.

After the body refining was complete Grem stood around 6'5" and weighed around 300 pounds due to his unique power he was taller and heavier than he once was. "This is amazing. This is the best shape I have ever been in." Grem said happily.

"There are no current tomes related to your magic so you're going to have to make your own magic." the ethereal voice continued. "Sending all knowledge of spell making to your consciousness now."

Soon after a large amount of knowledge appeared in my head and a commoner's clothes and robes were deposited in front of me with a space ring and the last bit of the Shatteredsoul wealth. "Your clothes need to be changed to fit your current body; these will fit and help you fit in." the ethereal voice said before fading and dropping into the space ring.

The empty tower slowly fades and Grem is left in a barren wasteland of battle and bones of people that were most likely friends and family to grem. With a final burst of rage he yelled into the air like a beast before departing into a world unknown to him. Looking at the map that was imprinted in his mind there is a small elven village in the Ebonheart forest just west of the tower that used to be peaceful with his parents. Stopping at the edge of the Ebonheart forest looking into its depths he sighs and takes the first step of the beginning of his new life.

As Grem stepped into the forest he felt an intoxicating amount of life energy flood over him and his magic surges to its brim and he takes the first step to becoming a mage. According to the ethereal voice there are three stages that one takes before every separate level starting from novice which is what he is currently.