Welcome to Gaia! ::

I have tried to make a good story and in doing so I have lost track of the main focus in this, and that's to have fun!
This wolrd is lush with magical creatures, magic, death, life, heroism, and above all fun.
You start off as an adventurer who just arrived in this new world.
You can team up with others to have fun with them or just go in alone.

Characters: You can be male, female, or both....also a half human and half something else of your choosing, unless you pick half human half god then I'm fine.

Magic: Magic is fun, we all know that, but we take it to lightly, In this world magic creatures are often seen, but magic itself to be wielded by a human is seldom. To learn spells read books or find other ways through practice.

Creatures: Many magical creatures live here but they tend to hid from people, things like unicorns, fairies, werewolves, and others but that doesn't stop there. Create your own magical creatures for you amusement.

Good/Evil: you can decide to save a helpless woman or kill her and take her belongings....its your choice. Things like that make you a hero or villain.

The world: Make up the surroundings as you go along. make up the people in that area. make up the towns make up your enemies. And always have fun.Remember this world of magic and heroes is immense and there will always be enough room to put down places and people.

Starting off: While your adventures will lead you everywhere. You always start off at An inn at the waterfront of an old village wit not very many people. I suggest this so you can travel with others easily.The go adventuring or just get a ship and sail the seas to either another land or terrorize the cost of this one as a pirate

Gold: Gold is needed to buy new equipment and other things, but here's the fun part...you set the amount of the equipment. You set the amount of gold you find. And you decide what to do with it.
Remember to be a little realistic, If you get wounded in a fight dont just shake it off unless you want to get an infection. Also the amount of gold you can carry depends on how big your traveling bag is, unless you plan to carry a huge chest of gold wherever you go.

Other people: This is a big one. This world is huge and there are lots of dark places and happy places like, A dark forest or a nice brothel. But no matter where you go there will be other people, not always, but sometimes, Travelers, Bandits, Pirates, guards and so on...

Please have fun..I know I will
The story starts....now!

Why must everyone in this new land stare at me so? I haven't done anything to make them distrust me so why do they stare?

My frantic thoughts are only interrupted by the calming clink of metal at my sides. I remember my brothers soothing voice telling me that I should be brave in this new world. That I know how to defend myself and that I'll be okay, yet still these creatures frighten me! Humans with slitted eyes and scales or fur where skin should be. They see the fear in my golden eyes and they laugh at me...

Even if not externally they laugh! I grip the cuffs of my thick traveling coat which still smells like my homeland... Like my brother... And continue on until I reach a tavern. I hear music and the chattering of people which makes me hesitate outside the door...

Finally I build up the courage to go inside. The building's dark and lots of big people with large weapons and even larger voices reside in the dank coolness. I can feel a few weighted stares on my back as I cross the floor to the corner that is the farthest away from everyone.

Not long after I sit down, a new person walks in. A young gentleman with pretty reddish-brown hair and a small scar across his eyebrow. He looks about my age and very friendly. At first he sits down at the bar and talks with the man behind the bar for a bit, then he stands, faces the people and asks if they would like to join him on an adventure. One of the large men laughs and calls him a baby. The gentleman seems a bit down-hearted, but still smiles at the crowd, patiently awaiting an answer. I play with the fraying edges of my white cotton shirt as I listen to them laugh...

The next thing I know I'm standing, waving my hand in the air, shouting : "I'll go with you!" On the outside I'm smiling, but on the inside, I'm terrified!

Father did give me some pocket money....

I pull the fat pouch from deep within my coat, enjoying the quiet chattering of one coin bombarding the next. I try to ask him if it will be enough for equipment, but my tongue seems to lie dormant in my mouth whenever I attempt to speak. Instead, I push the velvet pouch into his hands and rub my jacket's cuffs. He starts a bit, looking at the pouch in wonder of how it got there. Yet within a few seconds, he gazes back at me smiling a gorgeous smile that traveled all the way up to his eyes, a beautiful pale blue color that I couldn't take my eyes off of...

Somehow I manage to pull myself away before completely loosing myself in the crystal pools of his irises. He chuckles while I blush deeply. I fiddle with anything to cool the heated blood in my face and ears. "Well Mia, let's go purchase some equipment." he says, still chuckling a bit. I reluctantly follow him into the market/town square, still fiddling with my jacket.

What have I gotten myself into?

It's true that as one of my fathers only children I was a bit sheltered, so it's natural for me to be reluctant to stare at a naked man.... Right? I guess the whole affair got me a bit riled, I don't normally react the way I did.

I pretend to be asleep while he lays at the other side of our temporary shelter in only his groin cloth still slightly damp from his romp in the rain. The idiot will catch his death that way. I should let him get sick, but then if we're attacked as we travel there's more chance of... undesirable results...

Besides, what could be the harm in sharing my coat for one night? I lay my knife belt beside his sword and creep over to his side of the cavern. My cheeks burn with embarrassment and regret yet I know it's too late to back down now. He's heard me moving around.
"What's up?" The moon shines on his upper body, giving him an enchanting glow.
"I-I thought... maybe.. you'd like to borrow my coat." I reply, shrugging my shoulders out of the comforting cloth. He smiles one of his beautiful smiles.
"That's very thoughtful of you, but I think I'd rather share..." he trails off, still grinning. I swallow the ball of nerves collecting at the back of my throat while removing my jacket and approaching him. I toss it over his form and reluctantly crawl in beside him. He opens his mouth to remark on my actions, but I cut him off before he can.
"I'm only doing this so you won't get sick, so don't go thinking I like you or anything." He just chuckles in reply as I slowly drift into dreams of my homeland.

When morning arrived I awoke first feeling filthy after sleeping on a cavern floor. I remember the pond outside and slip away for a quick rinse off. The water feels refreshingly cold against my bare skin. It's just deep enough to lap at the smallest part of my waist.

We made quick work of the bandits and sent the man on his way.

"They bled like stuck pigs..." I say in disgust while doing my best to clean my blood spattered weapons. I hate the smell of blood and rotting flesh, avoiding it whenever possible. When a fight is unavoidable, I hide behind a mask of cold rage. The only person who has seen it and lived was my brother.... He described the change as shocking.

I can't say that he's the only one anymore can I? My new partner has just seen it... I wonder if his opinion of me has changed... When did I begin worrying about other peoples thoughts of me? I join him in ransacking the carts for anything useful. Plenty of arrows and dried meat... Not much else. Placing a few coins into my pouch, I emerge from the cart to find him examining the bandits weapons.
"Anything worth taking?" I call. He shakes his head and motions for us to keep going.

The silence continues to stretch as we walk, growing more uncomfortable by the second. Why won't he talk? Yesterday he seemed so eager to chatter my ears clean off! What is he trying to do?
"I-I like the night sky... And the color of-" I catch myself before I say something too embarrassing. Biting my lip as punishment, I feel the weight of his stare and it makes me blush.
"The color of-?" he asks, giving me a sideways glance. I have to think of something quickly before I make a fool of myself.
"The sun! A-As it's rising and setting!" I shout quickly, feeling my blush darken, "It turns the clouds such lovely colors. Once I even saw them turn purple!" I laugh nervously, but I don't dare face him.
"Then do you like the color of the sun, or the clouds?"
"Both!" After that, the silence returns for a while. This time, I let it hang around us.

Sergius Greyon-

The child was a little girl of 8 or 9 years, she had long brown hair and hazel eyes. She was a sweat girl and that's why we fell into a trap.
Mia tended to the girl and Valerian was catching his breath, I was going to talk to him and then the girl but that's when the trap sprung on us. A hatchet was at my throat in no time, two bandits held Valerian back. Mia was the quickest one but even after her knife took flight at a bandit another one came from behind and knocked her down. The little girl ran toward a man in all black, Save for his steal toed boots, he was about 2 inches smaller then me. his right hand was covered by a black leather glove, his left by a collection of rings some with jewels and others plain gold.
I recognized him as my eyes met his.

"Sergius" he greeted to me
"Eleazar" I greeted back, "I thought you were dead"
"I was...." he replied. Eleazar had short black hair and brown eyes, his face never understood how to smile and it still doesn't.
There must have been 20 bandits ,with all kinds of weapons, around us. I noticed someone else who came up to Valerian.
He wore dark red robes and his hood was down to show braided long red hair and a crooked nose.
"You thought you were so smart, Lizard lion, but I anticipated what you were and now your life is in my hands" The red robed man grabbed Valerian's jaw as the other two bandits held onto him tighter. Valerian spat at his face and the robed man stepped back.
"Why you-" the red robed man began but Eleazar cut him off.
"That's enough Ulrich" he said and faced me again as Ulrich took Valerian's weapons, and then Mia's. the man with the hatchet to my throat took Shimmer Strike.

"Take them to the den, and search them for any valuables" Eleazar ordered, with that are hands were tied behind our backs and sacks were placed over our heads.

When we reached the den, which was a cave with a smooth rocky texture, we were separated. from where they took Mia I heard laughs and then grunts of pain that came from the men who took her there, other bandits went her way to help.
Around the corner where they took Valerian the dark red robed man called Ulrich followed to taunt him. I was stripped of my chain mail and my cloth, all except for my groin cloth.
Eleazar came up to me.
"You will not leave here alive, you know this.." he said
"I figured you were dead...I-" I started but he spoke louder
"Don't figure! anything!..you could have saved me..but you ran like a mouse...and now I've caught you like a rat"
"And what of my friends?" I ask
"I'm sure Ulrich will want to kill your Lizard lion friend, and that girl...she's a handful but I think she'll like my company better...and if not then I'll hang her"
There was truth in his words and for a moment I thought this was the end.
"Fight me" I offered as Eleazar turned away.
"Why, I could just kill you..." he began but this time I cut him off.
"Then do so in combat. Show your men your no push over"
"I'm not....." he studied me for a while, then nodded
"Very well" he drew his attention to one of the bandits guarding me, "Give him his sword, and bring his companions in to see him bleed" the bandit did as he bid.

Bandits on each side of me, Mia was to my right and Valerian was to my left. Eleazar was in front with his steel sword drawn. Our equipment was on a stone slab behind Eleazar. Ulrich was next to Valerian. I glimpsed at my friends and they both gave me a nod. I have to get close to our weapons.....
"Gentlemen!" Eleazar began " Who wants to watch this man die?" voices roared and Ulrich raised a staff of black mahogany.
Eleazar kept his eyes on me.
"Come Sergius, fall on my sword to save me the trouble"
I said nothing as we started to move in a circle. with shimmer Strike at in my hand I lunged at him but Eleazar blocked it with his blade and then swiped it at my face. I stumbled back to avoid the attack, we circled again. I lunged again and Eleazar blocked then slashed again, we danced with our swords as well as our feet for a good 2 minutes.
"Whats wrong Sergius?, I thought you were better then this" Eleazar stated. Good hes getting confident, now is my chance. Eleazar's back is to our equipment. I lunged once more and he blocked but this time I brought my blade up with his and my head smashed into his nose, Eleazar fell back and I ran to Valerian"s blade.
"Now!" I yell, Valerian's hands broke free of the ropes and he conjured a fire bolt that was directed at Ulrich and it knocked the red haired man on his a**. I threw Valerian his blade, then Mia her throwing knives. Mia spun to catch them and quickly cut her ropes.
The cave was full of chaos.
Valerian was slashing bandits left and right, while Mia was hitting bulls eyes at their heads.
I cut about four bandits down before Eleazar rose to face me. Our steal locked and he cut my leg, as I fell to one knee I slashed at Eleazar's legs and missed. Eleazar brought his knee to my face and I fell back, I wasted no time and tripped him to the ground with me. I was on top of him beating his face in with my naked fist. When he stopped blocking his head and closed his eyes with blood all over his face and a broken nose I picked up Shimmer strike and began killing bandits.
Ulrich was fighting Valerian with his staff and fire bolts, Valerian had his sword afire and broke Ulrich's staff with it then spun and knocked him to the ground. Mia had a bandit come up with a crossbow but she was to fast for him and he fell with a knife in between his eyes. blood and sweat covered the cave ground, Valerian had his fire sword to Ulrich
"Burn in hell Lizard lion" Ulrich said..and it was the last thing he said as Valerian plunged his sword into his chest.
Mia walked over to Eleazar and kicked him, he started coughing blood and Mia drew a knife.
"No Mia" I say "He's worth some gold"
"Fine..but if he kills us in our sleep...." she began
"He wont, not if we keep an eye on him".
we donned our clothing and armor and tied Eleazar's hands behind his back. We started walking from the cave with cuts and bruises when a voice called out to us "Wait" it said, we all turned. It was that little girl "Please...I want to come with..." she had tears in her eyes.
Valerian kept his blade out as he stood next to Eleazar, Mia answered for us. "Yes, you can come with us. Come here" the little girl held onto Mia's hand, I smiled at that.
It was dark outside and we were tired, so we made camp and rested. I watched Eleazar this night, next night Valerian will watch him I thought to my self as eventually Eleazar slept. Tomorrow things will be discussed but for now we need to rest.

The girl had some scratches and bruises, but nothing serious. I tend to her wounds and lay her down to rest afterwords.

I don't like this 'Valerian' man, he's brought us nothing but trouble since he's arrived. Plus he's a showoff! We could have easily put out the fire and saved the little girl without him, but no! He had to jump right in and say
"I'll stabilize the fire for you so you can save the kid because I'm just that awesome!"
But what really annoys me is the fact that he and Sergius have become such fast friends. THAT is what makes my blood boil!

Perhaps I should sleep in a tree tonight. The feeling of foliage under my back seems to help my frustrations dissipate, and the view of the stars doesn't hurt. But first, I'll go talk to Sergius. I suppose he'll like the company.

"How's the babysitting going?" I ask timidly, half-hidden behind a tree. He turns to me rather surprised.
"I could ask you the same." He smiles, making my heart jump happily.
"She's asleep, and from the looks of it, so is he..." I reply, trying vainly to hide my grin.
"Speaking of sleep, why aren't you?"
"I thought you could use some company..." I trail off, edging closer to him.
"Don't deprive yourself of sleep on my part."
"Don't take this the wrong way, but I could stay up all night with you..." I bite my lip as my cheeks warm rapidly. I'm unable to look him in the eye because in truth I did mean it in the way it sounded... but I don't think I should tell him just yet. Wouldn't want him to get the wrong idea about me.