Legends and Warriors

Mandy Lynn

Description

Virmont Taylor is a teenaged boy who wakes up one day and finds out that he is the Chosen One of a prophecy to the Seven Realms he never knew existed. In a kingdom known for their legends and warriors, he meets a young warrior named Anthony Taus, who tells him about the prophecy and the role Virmont is to play in it. Virmont is understandably freaked out. But then he discovers his elemental powers, and realizes he really is the hero who's there to fulfil the prophesy. Because of the bonds of friendship he's made, he is more willing to accept his fate. After taking on a dragon that attacks the kingdom and defeating it, he finds out his mission has only just begun. Readers who loved The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are sure to enjoy this epic adventure. 

Sujets

• Adventure novel
• Fantasy literature
• Adventure
• P

Informations

• Publié par: Palmetto Publishing
• Date de parution: 13 juillet 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781638375159
• Langue: English

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LEGENDS AND WARRIORS
Legends and Warriors
THE CHOSEN ONE
M ANDY L YNN
Charleston, SC www.PalmettoPublishing.com
Legends and Warriors Copyright © 2021 by Mandy Lynn
All rights reserved No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means–electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or other–except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without prior permission of the author.
First Edition
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-63837-513-5 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-63837-514-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-63837-515-9
THANK YOU
Anonymous Fan
To my best friend and first online fan. I’ve known you online for years to the point you already seem to know my people better than I do, sometimes. I don’t know how we met or became long time followers of each other, but your never ending support and interest has kept me going. You have no idea the impact you had on my world and in my life. So thank you for being there when I felt like I had no one!
Maria … (The Girl)
To my best friend and first real fan. I’ve known you since you were twelve; I took a chance to share with you my world and since than you became my biggest fan. So thank you for supporting me on this journey without thinking I’m crazy, or that I lived my whole life in the clouds. It means so much!
Geriann
To the first person I told my world to outside of friends and family. You help me through my stressful moments in college and outside of college when I never even thought college for a person like me was even possible. Thank you, for sitting and listening to my crazy when all I could talk about were my characters in my world in place of stressors in life. It meant a lot, more then you know!
Elena Slepova
To the one person I go to for the best art work on the planet. Thank you so much for all the love and devotion you put into making my book cover and characters. Your art really brings my people, my world, and my creation to life! It means so much to me to see your hard work at such affordable prices. I hope that someday we could meet, so I could thank you in person. Keep up the amazing work!
And to everyone else who believed in me …or simply didn’t… Thank you for all your motivation and pressure to get this done!
CONTENTS
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Prologue
During the very beginning, seven realms were created, each with their own purpose; solely to please the guardians of the universe. During that time, the Great Mother Creatia, creator of all that was and is, had sent forth five elemental Ahmainians, who were animal-like creatures, to protect and serve the seven realms while maintaining the harmony throughout. Each Ahmainian controlled and ruled over their own elements to ensure peace and life remained as happy and healthy as it was created to be.
The first Ahmainian controlled the element of water. Its purpose was to provide fresh drinking water to all life as well as create a home for all the fish and creatures that now dwell within the depths of the seas. The second Ahmainian controlled the element of earth. Its purpose was to provide natural food and nourish the land so vegetation could grow and offer shelter. The third Ahmainian controlled the element of fire. Its purpose was to provide warmth and maintain steady temperatures throughout the seven realms. The fourth Ahmainian, who controlled the element of air, also worked to maintain steady temperatures and provide oxygen to all that lived and breathed.
Last but not least was the fifth Ahmainian, who, unlike the others, had a special kind of element, the element of souls. It was given the privilege from the Great Mother to bring forth life to all the living creatures including the race of mortal humans who were created to be friends to the Ahmainians. As a result, humans were allowed by the Great Mother to obtain elemental powers by possessing energy called Tyren, which was needed to kickstart and ignite the type of element given to selected people at birth; only those, who were suitable to handle Tyren throughout their body would be selected.
Therefore, humans worked alongside Ahmainians to help maintain the seven realms by passing through dimensional gates, which remained opened so that all could come and go as needed. As time went on, things began to slowly change. Before long, the Ahmainian of Souls, who brought forth the start of human life, began to grow envious of them. They not only were able to possess elemental powers like the other Ahmainians but also were able to reproduce life on their own without having help of any kind.
Therefore, because of its jealousy, the Soul Ahmainian’s power darkened and became corrupted. From it, the Ahmainian created Dark Energy that spread rapidly across the lands and into the other realms. It cursed many unborn human children with a new breed of powers, making it the first element to have no host or ruler.
Once this began, the Great Mother descended into the realms to try and stop the Dark Energy from spreading farther as she used her powers to seal off all the gates from every dimension. But despite her effort, all but one realm was cursed by the Soul Ahmainian’s Dark Energy. Therefore, to protect that one realm from future disaster, she placed a permanent protective force field around its atmosphere, making it the first among the seven realms to have no Ahmainian power or Tyren Energy living within its environment.
This meant any humans who once had powers would no longer be able to use them. As a result, those living in that realm now had to thrive on their own, independently from the other realms. To make sure that nothing else happened, several universe guardians, known as The Four Winds, were sent to protect the four corners of their atmosphere. Once all of the realms were sealed off from further harm, the Great Mother Creatia temporarily defeated the Ahmainian of Souls and imprisoned its Dark Energy deep below the land of the realm it had first corrupted.
Next, she protected it with a seal that was told would not hold forever, since the Dark Energy was far too great for her to wipe out all at once at this time without destroying everything from existence. Thus, she warned the people of that realm to keep in mind that someday the seal would break, and prior to that day disaster and chaos would rein.
“Do not be discouraged,” she said, “for in time, a hero will come and save your realm from destruction. He will be of his youth and you’ll know not where he came from, but he’ll be armed with a power so great that he’ll have the ability to defeat the dark energy once and for all.”
Though, as years passed, the concern of that day ever coming slowly began to fade and what was once history soon became a legend. Before long, only a few still believed and lived as though the day that they’d been warned about would arrive.
Chapter One
T he afternoon air and sky in a small kingdom of Vernum, was warm and bright as people from across the land came together to partake in the evening’s annual celebration festival: which happened to commemorate the 100 th anniversary of the kingdom. It is recognized as the day that Vernum became its own individual kingdom, in order to function separately from all the others despite being the smallest kingdom. It was even thought by the people, who still believe in the legend, that the Ahmainian of souls was locked and sealed away by Mother Creatia, under its very soil. Yet despite those rumors, Vernum’s population did not lack in size.
This was because Vernum was the first kingdom to have and be known for its high-level training academy, which was meant for young male warriors once they reached age eighteen. In fact, Vernum was the only kingdom to have such a training academy where a young man, either by selection or by family ties, could get in and start basic training even as young as age sixteen without having to wait until eighteen. Therefore, as the number of warriors grew, Vernum became one of the strongest empires to ever rule over a small portion of land. This gave the people, who still had faith in the legend, hope that they would become powerful enough to fight and defend their land, as the kingdom later became known for their Legends and Warriors.
However, the only time people came to Vernum was either to train in its academy or to check out the land to see for themselves if the legend about the soul Ahmainian was real. Otherwise, Vernum was not a place people liked or wanted to call home. Many believe it’s because of the legend and its stigma it made no one want to live there, but actually, the locals could tell you that the legends had nothing to do with it but rather the King. King Jay Admen, a man who had reigned for a few decades, was practically a child when he became King at the age of only fifteen; after his father, the old King, was killed in battle over an area of land that they now possess.
Therefore, given that he was only an immature teen, and a spoiled one at that, Admen made some unwise decisions throughout his ruling that led a lot of his people to their doom or even death. Some would even argue that he intentionally made those decisions to try purging the weak to bring in only the strong. Others would say that he was just lazy and chose not to respond in crises, given that he had shown favoritism to events that would later benefit him.
This has meant that during these last thirty years, the people of Vernum have had to live with an unstructured King who rules out of pure randomness; never knowing what the next day would bring them. The only good thing about having Admen as King was that if any man had what it took to pass the wa