From the Dark Into the Light (WIP Open)

No one remembers how exactly the Nightbeings nearly exterminated the human race. It was said that they bided their time, rallying together to completely take over. They came from the dark and into the light, fleeing from their diseased, dying world of Eytrion. Some humans, the healthy or younger ones, were taken as slaves to serve under these beings. They took over the cities and lived this way for a while, oblivious to the fact that the disease that had infected their world previously had been carried into this one.

This disease, Efa, was a manifestation of darkness itself. It attached itself to a host just before the Nightbeings fled and began its infection. It either took over hosts and changed them into Shadowbeings or took on a form of its own and terrorized the towns and cities of the Nightbeings. This infection could not be combated with ordinary medicine or with simple fighting strategy like with the humans. No, Efa was in fact impervious to any sort of method used by the Nightbeings. Frustrated, they purged their cities of the Shadowbeings, throwing them out and walling off their cities, creating a magical bubble that blocked everything out. The land outside these cities and towns became a desolate, shadowy wasteland. Trees turned ebony in color, the dirt became cracked and dry, and waters became murky. Yet they still needed to trade with other cities in order to provide for themselves. Because of this, they sent out a batch of humans to do the dirty work and deliver their goods. This was hugely unsuccessful as humans merely died with their goods and, again, they became frustrated.

However, there was one human that had come back unscathed from the outside. Though he was very exhausted, he was made to explain his means of survival. And this is how the Nightbeings learned of a very special component of the human being: the Essence. It was a unique power source found in all humans, yet only a few had access to this power and could bend it to their will. With this knowledge, Nightbeings went to researching the Essence and what made it work. They sent out more humans, took babies from their mothers to experiment upon, and much more. Many humans failed, yet the overall research was successful. They were able to integrate technology into the humans with strong Essences and allowed them to unlock it to combat the Efa. They became the e'Light.

Now, humans who are willing to give their children away to the Nightbeings to become e'Light are given special privileges. They are trained until they hit the age of eighteen, where they are then put into divisions to work on different tasks, ranging from delivering goods to killing off a Nightbeing who is rumored to turn into a Shadowbeing. It is rare, however, to find a True e'Light, that is someone who naturally can use their Essence without the need for technology. They are all brought up to devote their lives to helping Nightbeings without another thought. Yet will this remain as is?

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