The Phoenix's Legion

Whilst the five spent their years in disguise and gaining knowledge from the vampire elders, Threant, Dracula and Ragan spent their time struggling to get any knowledge from the saber brotherhood. The brotherhood was a tight lipped group that never spilled a single secret, not even their long awaited king was given the secrets which were meant to help him to rebuild the ancient kingdom of his father. Ragan was greatly angered by the secrecy but Threant tirelessly worked to keeping him calm and helping the young warrior control his aggression, after surviving Ragna's attack, Dracula chose to keep his distance from Ragan, only appearing to him when needed, a situation that pleased Threant greatly.

Finally, after months of waiting the man leading the brotherhood had finally approached Ragna with a strange stone with a claw mark which appeared to have been made by a four clawed beast.

True Faith: "have you been enjoying your stay my lord?"

Ragna: "enjoying my stay? I have been trapped in this underground church city for months, I woke with hundreds of questions and for months they have been answered only with prayers and silence, I want some answers dam it and I want them now!!!"

True Faith: "of course my lord, I know how much you detest waiting but the brotherhood had a lot to prepare for. You see my lord my task as the true faith is to ensure that you regain your true power."

Ragna: "you saw what I could do didn't you? I already have all the power I need; I just want to know who I am."

True Faith: "power? Oh no my lord, that wasn't power, not even close. The only way to know yourself and your power is to shed your human form and claim your beast form."

Threant: "beast form?"

True Faith: "yes, you see the might of the ancient king and his people came from an ancient moon far from our realm, it is said to be the size of an entire universe. Now granted we know little of what is beyond our skies but the ancient king knew it all too well.

Threant: "such a moon is also known to me, it was said to be a mighty energy source that not even the titans could fully control, it devoured every star near it, turning its entire realm into a giant shadow. Am amazed that you knew of such a thing, it's never been found nor can it, its lunar energy is impossible to track or control, not to mention how far it is, how could the beast king use it."

True Faith: "by accessing the earth's moon, I don't know how but the ancient king somehow discovered a connection between the great moon and earth's moon. When the earth's moon would be full the connection between the two moons would be at its strongest point, granting the beast king the power to challenge the very heavens itself. Now the dark cloud has blocked you from the earth's moon but the ancient king stored many wonders, that stone Ragna is one of them."

Ragna: "what's so special about this scared stone?"

True Faith: "you see Ragna as time passed the ancients abilities in the beast form begun to gain magical abilities, one of these abilities aided our king to take a piece of the great moon."

Threant: "that's not possible."

True Faith: "oh but it is, that stone carries the key to you regaining your beast form, your father knew you would need it and I his loyal servant have spent all this time preparing the ritual to complete your transition. Come my king, it is time for your patience to be rewarded, it is time to reclaim your throne, it is time to resurrect your race."

The True Faith led Threant, Ragna and Dracula to a large open space surrounded by burning candles each held by a member of the saber brotherhood, they were all dressed in their white gowns singing a song in an ancient language that not even Threant could understand but Dracula knew. It was a song of praise, their time of shadows had come to an end, the labours have been carried and the burdens lifted, gone would be the form of man, giving rise to the beast that shall conquer the land, the king has come to his throne, the king has come to his people.

A large pool of blood was at the centre of this sight, the pool of blood was made from the c.h.e.s.t of the ancient beast king, Ragna was to enter it and claim his inheritance. The brotherhood grabbed Threant and Dracula and pushed them in a cell that sunk deep into the earth where no one could hear, smell, see or sense them, it was a safety precaution for them. When Ragan claims his power it will flow through every member of the brotherhood and they shall walk the beats path as their king does. Ragna was stripped n.a.k.e.d and led to the blood pool, as he approached it his rage and aggression would grow and grow, he would have gone mad if it wasn't for the true faith leading him forward, keeping him focused on the blood pool.

Ragna entered the blood pool and was immediately got s.u.c.k.e.d in, he was pushed into a dark realm where the man with the long black hair was waiting for him, he stared at Ragna with his golden eyes and smiled at our young hero. He slowly walked towards him and each time he took a step, Ragna's old memories would be surfaced. He remembered seeing this man picking him up as a baby and naming him, he remembered the vast temples of black stone and gold where his people would worship him, he remembered a beautiful woman with long black hair who he called mother and he remembered a little girl always holding his hand, frightened and scared, a girl he called sister. He remembered his father holding two reaper blades, one for him and one for his sister, he remembered how the heavens turned on his father and his kind and used the silver hunters to kill them all, he remembered seeing his mother cast his sisters to the skies and he remembered seeing his wounded father look to him as the brotherhood took Ragan away from the beast kings final stand against the silver hunters and said, "reclaim your world, find your sister and avenge the fallen, avenge the fallen" he said to him.

The blood pool had turned black and had hardened into ice, Ragan burst from the ice and shouted, "shed your flesh of men and rise as the beast's that shall claim vengeance on the heavens, our name has been restored for but one purpose, to brand the race that shall claim vengeance on whoever sits on the throne of realms, we are Lycan's!!!!". Hair soon begun to cover Ragna's entire body, his bones would break into the form of a four legged wolf, it was a wolf that was the size of an elephant, the brotherhood followed the transition and for the rest of the night the brotherhood clawed and howled in their beast forms, using the stone from the great moon to anchor the transformation.

Threant attempted to use a spell to reach the surface but the expression of fear on Dracula's face was an obvious sign that something dangerous was above them, something that had scared a vampire into complete shock. For the rest of the night the brotherhood in their lycan forms laid waste to all in their path, to think while all on the surface slumbered peacefully, the underground roared with chaos and wrath. As the dark cloud turned grey, marking the rise of a new day, Threant and Dracula made their way to the surface for what was once loud chaos had turned into silence. In the saber brotherhoods hall way they found Ragna sitting on an ancient throne that was not there previously, the entire brotherhood now carried golden eyes like Ragna, a dominative feature of the now resurrected lycan race.

Threant: "well you've certainly turned this place upside down, broken vases, claw marks on the floor, roof and walls."

Ragna: "it was a festive evening, there was a lot to celebrate but the time of amus.e.m.e.nt has ended, Threant you shall go back to Rovahn and tell the king that when the legion attacks the immortal lands, the brotherhood will be there to give aid. You may take Dracula with you, I have no use for a cursed creature like him, kill, enslave him, it makes no difference to me."

Dracula: "so now that you have regain this power you have found me worthless? No matter, I was just about to take my leave, good day to you, my king."

Dracula had disappeared into the shadows where no one could sense him, as he left a member of the brotherhood run in great distress demanding that Dracula be apprehended.

Saber Priest: "where is that damn vampire, we must capture him now!!!"

True Faith: "regain your senses, do you not see that you are in the presence of the lycan king."

Saber Priest: "forgive me Ragna but word has spread that the vampire Dracula had infiltrated the royal capital and taken the three tombs that were beneath Raziel's pool."

Ragna: "and what's so special about this tomb?"

True Faith: "the tombs carry the most powerful offspring of Raziel, how did Dracula take them."

Saber Priest: "our spies said that Dracula had swallowed the tombs using a shadow that he conjured, he then begun to use abilities that the children were famously known for."

True Faith: "so he absorbed their abilities, he stole them and came back here without suspicion and left in the same manner, he will prove to be a nuisance."

Ragna: "a nuisance that I shall deal with another time, for now we will begin our preparations for the coming battle."

Saber Priest: "there was one other thing."

Ragna: "what?"

Saber priest: "in all the commotion a legion spy had been discovered and has been on the run since, it will only be a matter of time until he is discovered."

Threant: "what!!!? Ragna if a member of that squad is captured then all we have done to prepare for the attack would have been in vain."

Ragna: "then I suggest you go and get him."

Threant: "you? Don't you mean we?"

Ragan: "I have enjoyed my time in the legion but I have a kingdom to rebuild, what the legion does is no longer my concern."

Threant: "you are bound by the oath of the legion to...."

Ragna: "I am bound to nothing and to no one!!!!! I am the lycan king and I have given you your instructions, now leave before your precious spy gets captured."

Threant storms out of the caves with a heavy heart, all of his fears have come to pass, the five have been discovered and Ragna has turned his back on the legion to rule the saber brotherhood, they may be our allies now but what happens when the task binding us ends, will they still be our allies? That's a question that shall have to wait for one of the five needs the aid of the wisest magi, more than ever.

As panic echoes in Blooddrain, Rovahn has seen the oldest faith rise from the ashes, the silver hunters have regained their youth and power, the silver rose has blossomed and echoed its song the ancient order. Bellarabi had arranged a meeting with the inner circle, he has gathered them all to announce a great Threant, the beasts that once ruled this world have returned, the Lycan's are back.