Tower Of Memories "Wake up Tyronis, you must wake up." Tyronis slowly opened his eyes, laying in lush green grass still wet with the morning hew. Tyronis inhaled the perfect air, rising to his feet he found himself wearing a white pair of pants and a shirt made of silk. The clear blue sky filled him with amazement, and yet he could not remember how he’d gotten here or who he even was. Strange words and incantations bounced in his head but no use could be associated to them. The docile voice returned, coming from everywhere and yet from nowhere, " Tyronis, I am joyous to see you have awaken." Tyronis looked up in the sky, placing his hands in front of his eyes squinting at the strong sunlight. Silver wind blowing in the wind he looked up, he could not help but love this place. Suddenly the air became dry, the grass, quickly dying as sand grew under his feet. The aromatic smell replaced by the harsh scent of sand and dryness. Sand allied with the force of wind whipped into his face, turning around he seen a giant leaning tower made of marble, looming over him like a giant monster, not even giving a shadow. A fear emerged inside him, the tower seemed frightening to him. Turning around he began to run as fast as he could, looking over his shoulder as he left the tower far behind him, leaving it out of sight. The grass regrew, the lush meadow finally replacing the hard deserts once again. Tyronis yelled into the sky, " What is this place!? What is the tower!? Who am I!?" Suddenly he heard gentle steps behind him, turning around quickly he found a man with brown skin and dread locks with yellow eyes. Arms wide in a host like manner he said, " Welcome to the land between death and life, you are Tyronis, you have a mission to accomplish but it is not here, your mission is in the tower, the tower contains all your memories." Tyronis did not recognize this stranger, then another stranger walked in beside the yellow eyed man. Dressed in the same white clothes stood a dark elf with blond hair and a strange arrogance to him. He said in the same voice, " You run from your memories, but if you only knew your importance." Tyronis howled back in defiance, " Screw my mission! I like it here, it is peaceful here! Leave me alone." Extending his arms words came to his lip from a strange language and two lightning bolts hit the strangers, sending them into a million particles as they disappeared. Turning around he began to walk nowhere in particular, his mind was a complete blank besides the strange language. The emptiness hurt is head, sending him falling to his knees in pain as the pain grinded within his head like two metal shields. The pain filled him, his eyes bulged and he felt like his skull was expanding, breaking through his skin. Blood began to dribble down his face, a cut forming around his face he realised it was growing. Now reaching the breaking point he yelled, " Stop!" He suddenly found himself laying in the ground where he had began, feeling the lush grass against his skin. He did not wish to get up, closing his eyes to relax he was transported yet again. Standing in the midst of a fierce sandstorm he covered his face with his hands, now bare the sand was burning against his sensitive skin. He began to walk, seeking shelter when the voice came to him, " Seek the tower, it shall shelter you from the winds of nothingness." Sensing the looming presence behind him he turned swiftly, the leaning tower there looking down upon him with its evil eyes. The sand was beyond tolerable now, hitting him like a hammer to a nail He cried out, " Is there no other way, just show me a sample of my memories, please just get me out of this storm!" The storm disappeared, leaving him standing in a large chamber in some sort of guild. The memories came to him, he was in the first meeting with the International Council of Wizards. The guild leader was Merlin the great, his mentor. There was various other wizards, all apprentices of Merlin. Merlin spoke, " Tyronis my young mortal, I have a very important assignment for you. I know you wish to assist Ares and the insurgency, but that is not your top priority anymore. You may be my newest pupil but you show the most promise, and I send you on the most important mission of all." Tyronis watched as his younger self concealed his excitement, although failing miserably. What assignment could this possibly be, as though reading his mind Merlin continued, " I will tell you of a prophecy, it is..." Suddenly the chamber vanished, leaving him in the desert once more with one partial memory in his head he turned to face the tower, he had no alternative but to face this giant of a tower and dare whatever was inside. Walking toward the entrance the sand storm was slowing him down greatly, bent on slowing his progress. The tower was not far but the distance seemed to stretch out with every step. Reaching the tower entrance he stumbled in, the storm hammering at an invisible door, Tyronis was glad to leave the storm behind him but he hoped the tower held a brighter destination. There was not but a set of spiralling stairs leading up to a door. Walking up the stairs, every step echoed like a one thousand ton anchor on a steel floor, finally reaching the top he placed his hand upon the handle. Turning the knob he did not even need to enter the door as he found himself in some sort of amphitheatre. A large circular chamber with no doors or windows, upon the walls where billions of large squares, all playing parts of his life. His memories, as he watched the screens the memories came rushing back to him all at once, flooding in without mercy. Having absorbed all the memories the squares went blank, he looked around still not understanding what this place was when a door appeared in the wall, a bright light beamed in as the angel walked in. Dressed in a white robe this angel had long white feathered wings sprouting from his back, skin as white as snow with a golden halo over his head he said, " I am glad to see you are yourself again, I was afraid you might be too far gone." He remembered all the previous events, the discovery of Constatino’s immortality and how he’d been forced to erase his own memory, " I erased my memory, I should have forgotten all of this." The angel smiled kindly, "Yes it was, you wiped it pretty good I must admit. But I share your memories now, you never erased my memories. I simply had the memories copied and sent back to you in a tower, if you chose to see them." " You must resume your mission, now wake up to the real world." Then the hobo walked in, " Tyro, I see your awake at last. You look much better than you did, muttering in your sleep for several days. I have saved you, but do not feel the urge to repay me." Tyronis frowned, " Well thank you, but I must go now, I have an important mission to attend to. The survival of the world as we know depends on me protecting Adonis." The old man looked shocked upon hearing the name. Sitting down he said, " This Adonis fellow is a popular guy, when Ares was here he talked of the same exact person, although more bent on killing him than saving him, is he like a King or something?" Ares had been here, in this exact tent. Tyronis could not believe what he heard, getting to his feet he walked out of the hut, the old man behind him he turned and asked, " Who are you anyway? Why do you help evil and then turn around and help good?" The old man grinned, looking very malicious, " Because you are all my toys, you are my amusement. All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again." With that he vanished into the air, leaving Tyronis astonished at the sudden occurrence. He knew what he had to do, Constatino was summoning a large army therefore he had to get an army of his own, leaving the desert he teleported to pay an old visit to Queen Tania.



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