*Zodiac Blood is an opposing faction of Fable comprised completely of Zodiacs and sometimes alien races. Zodiacs are Human like individuals that have animal like traits but are not humans. At birth Zodiacs have these marks located at random points of there bodies, marks that take the shape of a constellation.*
*Zodiac Blood territory stretches beyond a couple dozen universes and their home system/planet they're currently reside on is known as Eden. All Zodiacs originate from Fable itself, but due to obvious reasons they can't return to it. Eden is super a planet that's still a lot smaller than Fable. Yet Fable is by far the biggest planet in all of creation.*
*Not only even a couple hundreds of Gas Giants group together can even come close to it sheer. In comparison, Eden is the size of 50 gas giants put together. Yet Eden has a sentience to it similar to Fable due to the scientific and mystical efforts of Zodiac Blood.*
*Eden is still no god, let alone an Heir but it's still fully capable of defending itself and it star system like Fable. Just a month earlier it was under attack by another sentient planet called Vegus that was fully capable of annihilating Galaxies. Until Eden completely erased Vegus with a potent blast.*
*Putting it in a league far above it yet… Eden itself is still far far weaker then Fable. But this story isn't about Eden. It's about Fafnir and Cleo which the ship that they are on is above Edens orbit. Both Children were very confused, lost, upset and alienated right now by there surroundings and there situation. On the other side of the Source barrier, Genesis, Fafnir's adopted father and leader of Zodiac Blood was nothing more then a humble Chieftain of a village!*
*Fafnir had no idea that there was some Barrier in the middle of the planet, he no idea that there was other planets, hells he no idea his father was the Leader of Multi Universal Republic!*
Father-! This is-! I have no fucking words! I always wondered why you and big sister were always away for so long but this-!? It's only been a month and Im still not use to this!
This is fucking lunacy-! Absolute Lunacy! Gah! I think I'm having a headache over how insane this is!
*Fafnir said with a snarl as he places a hand on his forehead. His dragon wings flapping and twitch erratically due to to stress.*
What else!? Are we an alien race or something!? *Cleo asked as she paced back and forth in the room, her phoenix wings dropping plumes of feathers.*
No, rest assured we originate from Fable.
Oh, thank you so much for that wonderful fact Father.
Your most welcome, Son. I'm sorry for everything truly.
I accept your apology, Father.
*An awkward silence hangs in the air then Cleo Spoke up.*
Aren't you? Gonna say "Not." at that end of that last sentence, Fafnir? Like "oh thank you for thank you so much for that wonderful fact-! NOT!!!"
Cleo I am still very much distraught over all this but mocking Father with sarcasm is not gonna make this any better. An intergalactic Republic… Just how long have you been keeping this from me, Father?
Since I found you abandoned in wilds all those years ago, Son.
*Genesis could recall how he found and adopted Fafnir. Fafnir was a baby adrift on a river in its crib for who knows how long. At the time Genesis was enjoying a simple life of a clans chieftain for a time. Genesis and his neighbors were peacefully go about there days when he could hear a baby's cry. Fafnir's cry.*
*No one had the faintest idea where the boy came from our where his parents are. So Together with his Wife Eliza they took the baby in. This was at that time when Andrea was still 2 years old. Genesis requested Zodiac Blood to send out search parties for the boy's possible parents.*
*For back in the other side of Source Barrier they barely just developed technology and wireless communication. It would taken much longer to find his parents in any other way available at the time. They searched all around that side of the world, but they could not find his parents.*
*So they adopted him. He was different than any other Zodiac Baby. With pure white lizard like skin and draconic wings they easily took care of him. Fed him, bath him, shower him with tender love and affection. But as he grey he prove to be very special. At the age of 3 he was 100 times stronger than a ground man.*
*His perception 100 of times faster and his reflexes much the same. He was borderline indestructible due to his scales. But due to being from Zodiac Blood and the other side of the Source Barrier raising Fafnir proved to be no real issue to Genesis and Eliza.*
*The two were naturally even more capable as they were strongest warriors of Zodiac Blood, Genesis being be all to end all strongest ever. During his battle against Sapphire, Yin and Nero at the Source Barrier he had to hold himself back cause he did NOT want to commit blasphemy and kill the Zodiac's Gods. Yet in all fairness Nero himself was not going all out.*
*To give a rough estimate, they were only using 10% of half of their power. Which is why Genesis and his wife were such capable parents for Fafnir. In the past Zodiac Blood had slightly better relations with the Kingdom of Fragment. Not by much though.*
*Yet peaceful. But tragically not for long as the Architect razed hell the exact moment Queen Seraphim gave birth to Sapphire. In attempt to weakening their defenses he and his Minions attack all of creation. Heaven, Hell, the After Life, all the Realms of the Gods and beyond infested worst plagued like eons ago.*
*The Architects minions, the Gores. Primordial and Formless Abomination's that originate from his essence, from him. Within proximity of a sapient entity, object, concept they can corrupt and twist into more Gores. The process completely absolutely irreversible. Even permanently denying a creature an afterlife.*
*Not even The Heirs found a cure for Entities that become Gores. Yet they developed Equipment, techniques, spell and power to defend against the Gores. The Zodiac Blood weapons and Vassals being very first that the Heirs bestowed to the mortals. The Ablastru's being the first entities to be completely immune to the Gores corruption.*
*Yet The Architect found away to be rid of such wondrous people. A more heinous and heretical way that it made the Zodiac seethe to this day. That caused them to eternally loath humanity. That foiled there fervor to fight against The Architect mechanizations for several Millenia.*
*Genesis and Eliza donned their Zodiac Armor, safely sent their children to shelter that protected them from the Chaos and moved the Nero's and Seraphim's defense. To the City of Salvation.*
*The ounce great, peaceful and flourishing shining city now horrific apocalyptic war zone. The Gores incomprehensible visage driving the common person who are ill equipped to complete madness. They slain what ever enemy they came across as the make their way up to the divine castle.*
*The Gores barring path each time. Gores we're Capable of opening or becoming separate labyrinth like dimensions or domains. That are capable of amplifying the Gores already boundless powers while at the same applying banes or curses meant to weaken they're victims. Or outright stripping some of there abilities away.*
*Making it a brutal uphill war for everyone. The castle was withstanding the worst of it, as it was being to laid waste by The Architect himself. The Utopians were spread thin, needing to defend each of their respective realms but couple dozens of them wearing here, fighting on Fragment. The Monkey King, Sun Wu-Kong. Heracles, Achilles, Karna, Arjuna, Thor, Micheal, and several more.*
*The other Heirs as well were present in the battle. But one exclude Seraphim out of the battle, for even when she's delivering Sapphire she was perfectly capable fighting along side her husband. Unlike humans she is not completely helpless while delivering a baby. She was fighting off thousands of Gores and the Architect, with Avalon, yes the same exact Avalon that Merlin inhabits and he sword Galatine in hand!*
*Becoming natural born disaster as her power was enough to make fabric and laws of creation collapse! Her only concern was to protect Sapphire who is still in her womb. Even as a baby Sapphire has his mothers immunity to the Gores but he's still a frail and fragile baby. It would take no more then a thought for the Gores to kill Sapphire in her womb but both Nero and Seraphim never allow that to happen!*
*They gave both the Gores and The Architect no opportunity to do so. Even though the Architect is immortal. Not just immortal, both the Heirs, Seraphim, the Zodiac's and the Utopians have abilities that can completely strip or negate an entity's Immortality or what ever is granting them said Immortality. So what ever the Architect has done to himself nothing they can do can kill him for good.*
*Even Scathach the Heir of Destruction and War can't erase the Architect with her full power. And she specializes in erasing Entity's that can't die. So Nero try's seal him away. But as he begins The Architect mortally injured Seraphim, severing her lower body and upper body brutally!!!
*Seraphim grits her teeth to suppress her cry of pain but miraculously she managed to deliver Sapphire before it was too late!*
Beloved!
*Nero yells out to her.*
I'm fine-! Sapphire is fine-! Our beautiful boy is fine-!
*Seraphim said while Breathing heavily from the the horrid pain of loosing her lower body. Everyone moved to Seraphim's defense and trying to buy Nero as much time to Seal The Architect away!*
*Genesis struck the Architect with the combine power of all the Zodiac Vassals, manifesting they're silhouettes one at a time as well as they're weapons.*
Let this one strike buy you enough time, My Heir!
*Genesis says as he converges the combine powers of the Zodiac Vassals into one brilliant and vibrant strike!*
!Ultima Zodia!
*Genesis fired his strongest attack that tore creation in front of him asunder! Completely annihilating everything in his sight! Reality shattering like glass as The Architect took the billions of multi colored attack! In the aftermath the Architect was still standing but injured enough and stunned!*
*Seeing that his wife and son are safe he completes his sealing technique as swings his sword up leaving hundreds of trail's of golden ink. The ink converges and surrounds the Architect, spreading as far as all reality, Nero stabs his sword to the ground forming an ornate glyph underneath them all.*
I loathe you Architect. Now more than ever. The time will come when we will avenge all that are no longer with us. All that you ruined.
!A and Z, Converge and Bind!
*Nero made Ornate and divine constructs begin to incase the Architects boundless form! Nero raises his arms and chants! His hands radiating power! The construct begin to shrink as it successfully incased the Enemy of Entropy and Negentropy!*
!Repel, Pull, Begin, End, Embrace, Reject, Deny, Accept! !TRANSCENDENT SEAL!: !PARADOXIA INFINITHIA!
*It was done, the Architect was sealed away as it became the Ornate Construct that it is in the present. Nero then quickly went to tend to his wife and Son.*
Please hold on beloved! Sera Clad to me! We most move now!
*Seeing that the battle is resolved Genesis and Eliza depart.*
Will her majesty survive, Genesis?
We have to believe that she will. Lady Seraphim is the last of her kind, everything hinges on her. We need to see to our own. To Brynhelda and Fafnir. I… Have a bad feeling.
*Yet Genesis fears were well founded. Brynhelda was accounted for but Fafnir was missing due to the chaos attack. Thus began his tragedy of being deceived, abducted and enslaved by Humans. Fafnir still has nightmares to this day of the horrors that man was capable of.*
*Back to the present, Brynhelda sits on a seat nearby Fafnirs bed.*
I wanted to tell you truth of this for so long, Little Brother. But Mother and Father forbade it. Saying that they wanted you to enjoy a simple life.
*Fafnir hesitates a bit. Trying to find the right words to say to his sister.*
Cleo and I could have been left there if your plan didn't work. Trapped with the Human's forever.
*Fafnir shudders at that thought, even Cleo shares in his discomfort. Go through what they went through but in a timeline without Nero forbidding Zodiac enslavement sounds like a never ending nightmare to them. Brynhelda brings both her brother and Cleo in for a hug.*
But you didn't. We're your family, we would risk everything for you again and again.
*Fafnir smiled albeit faintly. Brynhelda is like an older sister that Cleo never had so she appreciates the gesture. Brynhelda then got up and gave the two some space.*
Thank you, Sister. But… I don't know about being this chosen one to our kind. I'm still at lost at even considering joining the military.
I second that. I don't want to kill people.
*Cleo said with a frown.*
That's fine, like Mother and Father said take your time. You two hungry? I can get you both something to eat.
*Brynhelda offered.*
Yeah I could do with a some food.
*Cleo said.*
I would appreciate it, Sister.
Right I'll get you both something.
*Byrnhelda said as door automatically slides open for her and closes. Fafnir looks out to the planet through the window's. Not sure what to do with himself yet. A part of him wants to help his people, yet the other part is still in mourning for everything that happened in the past. One day he will find the strength to move on.*
*That will be his Oath.*