Temple King: Quest For The Sword - Prologue

Prologue
Zior, Farckonian Burial Ground, fortress 16000BC.
'No Victory Without Sacrifice'
Belazar Juda Ba'ir stands on a pedestal in the Centre of the Graveyard fortress as he looks at the ahurian prisoners he bought at the market, Outside the fortress walls a small band of warriors try to penetrate the fortress, the burial ground of the ahura's deadliest enemy, Ahriman, god of darkness.

with Belazar at the healm and his followers whipping the slaves until there backs turned red and eyes bloodshot with pain, it seems as though hope is lost, the deafining noise of digging, endless whipping and cries of pain heard outside the walls by the leader of the resistance Orion, 'Men, those are the screams of helpless men, women and children, Belazar will not quit until he reaches the tomb, we need to find a way in', he turns around to the 100 or so warriors as they gasp for breath and carry there dead, 'You have led us into a death trap, he has archers on the walls, we cannot enter' says an angry man who is carrying his brother to the pit, 'Seties, i am so sorry' says Orion, 'sir look out' shouts seties, Orion turns around to dodge an arrow launched at him by the head archer, he turns back to face the wall and stares at the man who almost killed him, 'Belazar Juda Ba'ir' Orion shouts, 'Who says my name', 'Belazar Juda Ba'ir' Orion shouts again, Belazar marches towards the wall as he takes a Bow from one of his archers, 'Who are you' says Belazar, 'My name is Orion, son of the man and woman you killed in your act of rage, i have been tailing you for 5 years, now i have you in my sight', 'so you look for redemption, well we have the higher ground young one' laughs belazar, 'so you have the higher ground, but we have the one man you cannot halt', Orion makes a passage for a man cloaked in a white robe who carries a staff, Belazar knows who the man is and turns back to his men, 'Men, take down that wizard'..........

The arrows haul toward The man who thwarts the efforts and sends a shockwave up the fortress wall cracking the stone that held it, with the archers falling Belazar falls back to the dig site, 'Master, we have found the Tomb' shouts a worried soldier, Belazar runs toward the man and they enter the tomb, Orion leads his men to free the imprisoned Ahura fighting the men Belazar left behind as the thousands become hundreds and the hundreds become nothing.

'Thank you, Wesirt, you have proved to be a great help' says Orion, 'It is not about spilling Blood young one, it is about doing what is right instead of easy', Orion glances at his men who are yet to bring him Belazar, 'Men, where is he' says Orion, He turns back to Wesirt, 'where is he ?', With wesirt glancing at the tomb knowing what lies inside Orion also turns to the tomb, 'He's down there.......isn't he' says Orion, 'Yes, but what lies down there i cannot face with you', Orion frowns as he can't help but wonder why, suddenly a primal scream hits the ears of Orion and Wesirt, 'What the he.......', a flash of blue light blinds there eyes for a moment, as Orion hears more screams from the children and women of the ahurian prisoners they has freed, Orion comes to and is met by a force of dark magic cast by Draagon, Ahriman's second in command, with Wesirt Trapped by another spell cast by Draagon a few moments before, he is unable to help Orion, 'THE DARKNESS HAS RISEN, THE LIGHT DIES' says an ancient voice.........

The flash of light is seen around the ancient kingdom as far as Atlantis, the city of light Clarascophia, Garna city and the healm of Farckona where the king and queen watch there fate unfold before there own eyes, The king prepares his men, thousands upon thousands gather there weapons and armor and march into the open land joined by the remaining Ahura, Garnian people who wield pieces of wood, the Atlantian army lead by Posiedon, with the only ones not joining the battle being Clarascophia, who are sealed inside a light dome, protected from the darkness, 'It looks as though Clarascophia won't be joining the battle' says Firenze, 'No it doesn't' says posiedon, The king rides the defensive line on his horse as he does he see's scared men barely old enough to carry a weapon, 'You all know what awaits us, Clarascophia has abandoned us, we stand and fight to the end, it is up to us to stop Ahriman's army wiping through this land, it's up to us to save this civilisation from disaster, this is what we we're born for, we are the light, those of you who join our force we thank you, now onward to VICTORY....' The King shouts at the end of his sentence which is met by a primal roar from the soldiers of light........

With Wesirt Paused in time by the Frenzio spell cast by Draagon and Orion held by The Sikaro (army of the underworld) and The ancient deadly beasts Minotaurs ravaging what's left of the People, Draagon bows along with the followers of Ahriman, with Orion looking on into the tomb itself as a giant Winged Creature rises from the dark tomb, Draagon says 'My Lord, welcome...home', Orion slowly starts to look up from the feet to the head of the strange figure, as he reaches the top he glances toward Wesirt who hasn't moved a muscle since Draagon cast that spell, he then returns to his stance and is afraid to look into the eyes of the beast, The Sikaro pull Orion to his feet and a voice whispers into Orion's head, 'Look At Me, My Prince', Orion opens his eyes as he glances for a second into the cold red eyes of the beast, 'Your Ahriman, Aren't you' says Orion, 'You are observant Prince, now Draagon, give me my sword so i may end this' says Ahriman, 'Why did you call me Prince ?', 'Because, you wouldn't be alive if you were not', as Ahriman pulls his sword from Draagon's hands Orion says 'I am not the Prince, my family lived in the marsh lands, we farmed, i am here for Belazar, not you', Ahriman looks back at Draagon with a glance back he says 'Then why is the wizard with you', Orion looks at Wesirt who is still frozen in time then looks back at Ahriman, 'He saved my life in the forrest, nothing more', Ahriman begins to get angry and turns back to Draagon, 'If he is not the Prince, then why is he here ?' says Ahriman, as Ahriman finishes his sentence Belazar returns from the tomb he looks at the minotaurs who are ravaging the people's dead bodies, he looks to his left, 'My Lord, you have returned', Ahriman turns to face Belazar, 'Who are you ?', 'My Name is Belazar Juda Ba'ir, i am your servant', Orion struggling to release himself from the clutches of the sikaro says, 'You are not his servant, you aim to kill him to gain his power to take this world', Ahriman turns back to Draagon and then stares back at Orion, 'Is this the man that you aim to kill' says Ahriman to Orion, 'Yes, he killed my parents', Orion still struggling as Ahriman tells his men to release him, 'Then i give you this sword to kill this man', Belazar quickly turns his head to Ahriman, 'But i released you', 'Yes, You did', Ahriman stops Orion before he kills Belazar, 'A Duel, i think you should battle, i gather you know how to use a sword Belazar', Ahriman throws a sword to Belazar and the Duel Begins.........

as the duel between Orion and Belazar rages on Ahriman calls the rest of the sikaro from there resting place, he sends them into the battle grounds to meet the light warriors.........Ahriman turns back around to find Belazar swordless and orion with his sword to Belazar's throat, 'Bravo.....Bravo, Now finish him and i give you ultimate power', Orion with his sword to his enemies throat glances back at the frozen Wesirt, he notices movement and knows the signal Wesirt Gives him, 'Not Today Ahriman', Orion pulls his sword away from the throat which has a small pinhole of blood dripping from it and gets to Wesirt, Wesirt's wand then sparks, 'Stop Them, STOP THEM' Ahriman Shouts, but to no avail as the yellow light flashes and burns like the sun, blocking the sight of Ahriman and his soldiers, the light fades and Ahriman looks to where they were standing, but Wesirt and Orion are nowhere to be found, 'NOOOOOOOOOO', Ahriman grabs Draagon, 'Find Them, NOW', Draagon grabs his sword and takes a band of men to find Wesirt and Orion, Ahriman Turns back as he spots Belazar Trying to escape, 'YOU!', Belazar is forced into the air by Ahriman's hand firmly around his throat, choking the life from Belazar Ahriman says 'Tell me where they are and i will spare your life', with Belazar struggling for air he says 'Cambrio..........The Forrest', Ahriman releases Belazar who is then killed and mauled by the minotaurs, 'Cambrio', Ahriman has a flashback to the celestial war 1000 years ago when he was imprisoned, where in the vision he see's his brother Ormazd, the god of light in Cambrio, where Ormazd died and Ahriman lost his way, the vision ends with Ahriman standing on the broken bones of 10,000 men,women and children he had slaughtered, he shakes his head as he feels a slight second of remorse for the ones he killed and then sends Draagon a Message using his mind control ability, 'Men, We march to Cambrio' says Draagon............Ahriman sits back on the large stone chair and watches the unfolding battle through his mind ..........

At the same time Wesirt and Orion return to sight in Cambrio, 'what did he mean by ultimate power ?' says Orion to Wesirt, 'The Ultimate power is becoming one of his few, they are deadly forces who hold unimaginable power', 'so more then Ahriman', 'No Orion, Ahriman tricked them all into the power, the ultimate power is mindwipe, you will forever be his follower but you will not have your own mind', Orion Thinks to himself, 'Hold on Wesirt, has there ever been anyone to defy the power when they had it', 'There was one, but Ahriman made the power stronger and regained control over him', 'who was he ?', 'His name was fireheart, a great warrior who lost his family, he gave his soul to Ahriman in return for there resurrection, but Ahriman....', 'Let me guess, he took the soul and never returned the family' says Orion, 'You are wise my young friend' says wesirt, 'well when your parents want you to either learn, farm or read the ancient text what else was i going to do', Orion tells Wesirt with anger in his voice for not ending Belazar's life when he had the chance, as they move deepers into the forrest they are met by survivor's, 30 maybe 40 Ahurian survivors from the fortress, Orion and Wesirt look around as the people search for sanction and one approaches the wizard himself, 'Wesirt, my people and i need sanctuary' says the man as he turns to glance at Orion, 'you, you have to stop him', Orion looks around as the people begin to stare at him, he turns back and talks to wesirt, 'Why are they all looking at me', 'Because you were there when it began, it seems as though....but it.....', 'what are you stuttering at wesirt', 'I need to return to the burrow, if this true...', 'Wesirt, i do not like people hiding things from me, why won't you tell me now', 'because if the prophecy is true and you were there when he rose, then you......your the chosen one', Orion looks stunned as he is told of the prophecy by wesirt as they all gather around the burrow protected by wesirt's light spell, Wesirt reveals all about Ahriman, everything Orion never wanted to hear, Orion stands up as he looks at the people who cower at the fear of losing there lives to Ahriman.........

'Then How do i kill him Wesirt, tell me how' says Orion, 'You cannot kill Ahriman, only trap him, i fear that you are not the last Ahriman shall face', Orion enters the burrow as the people look on in disbelief as to what they have just heard from the great wizard, a farm boy who has revenge in his heart is the one to stop Ahriman's reign of Terror........

As the battle ensues and blood at boiling point the forces of light are met at the golden gateway between the Fortress and land of the gods, The King pulls his horse back and tells the men to hault, with the Sikaro and Minotaurs seething and patiently waiting for the battle to begin the king gives his men one final command, 'Fight well, Die Honourably', it is met by a huge roar as they charge towards the darkness, the clash of swords is heard by the queen who, with a tear in her eye knows she may not ever see her king again and that this battle may be the last he shall ever fight................men clashing with swords and all of a sudden Draagon appears from nowhere and begins to tackle the king's army with his blade covered in blood he approaches the king, but before reaching he is met by Posiedon who with his trident stops Draagon for a brief moment before the Rikta head of the minotaur clan unleashes his fury and breaks the energy of the trident, forcing it into the air and into the hands of Draagon who uses the trident to pierce through The King's solid gold armor and through his heart, The king's men look toward there fallen leader but continue to battle the forces of darkness, with every man fighting for his own life and for his own home the darkness grows as the bodies of the fallen light soldiers rise into the living dead corpses controlled by Ahriman, with the light almost defeated the king is transported back to the burial ground fortress by Draagon, 'My Loyal friend, you have brought me a gift' says Ahriman, with the king bloodied and clinging onto his breath Ahriman says the final words the king shall ever hear 'With the ending of the light, My world shall rise', Ahriman takes his sword and plunges it into the heart of the king, moments after his remaining soldiers are transported to the burial ground fortress who watch there king fall....for the last time, 'And Now it begins, my world rises', But the remaininf soldiers rise up 50 - 60 men grab anything they can find and attack Draagon and Ahriman's army, guarding the fortress with dead bodies and they surround Ahriman........

Wesirt gives Orion the book of Ormazd, where he reads a code which could trap Ahriman, after the sentence is read a Relic is given to Orion from the book itself, 'What is this Wesirt' says Orion, 'This is the key to the underworld, force Ahriman's body into this, he shall be trapped in the underworld with no way out', 'but is he got out this time, then he will escape again', 'No you are wrong, this amulet, this key shall split his soul into four pieces, the last time The spirit of Ormazd stopped him and trapped him, but he regained his entire soul, this time his soul will be split', 'But How ?', 'in ancient time Ahriman had four of the most powerful items in his possession, he got so attached to them that they became a part of him, one was a legendary sword called the serenity sword, another was a skull engulfed in fire, Posiedon's Trident and a mythical and dangerous Dagger, 3 items shall be placed in safe locations, 1 item being the Dagger has not been seen in over 300,000 thousand years, legend tells it lies in the Farckonian Temple, where the chosen one, being your descendant must earn it's trust', 'So i trap him and when he returns.....he will be weaker and my descendant will have a chance', 'Yes, it is the legend of this age, it must happen', 'then i must find Ahriman', Orion walks out of the burrow with the amulet and key to the underworld in his hand, the survivors of the attack on the fortress look and stare as they watch there king, there warrior and Wesirt Use the magic to return to the healm.........

Moments after the death of the king and the surrounding of Ahriman the force of Yellow light returns to the Fortress, with the sun like light burning the eyes of Ahriman's followers they are blinded, the light ends once more and Orion stands firmly at the base, 'YOU!', Ahriman goes to attack Orion but weakens at the sight of the Amulet, Ahriman lets out a yell as he cannot help but stare into the amulet, losing power he calls Draagon who is awakening, but the Light warriors force him back down, his army still trying to penetrate the fortress walls but unable to enter, As Ahriman weakens Orion tells him, 'Your Time Is Over', Ahriman replies as he grows weaker and weaker, 'I Will Return......you shall all bow to me', With Ahriman's soul crumbling and with his body shaking Ahriman hears his last words, 'Not Today...Ahriman', Orion forces Ahriman into the Amulet and like a sandstorm the Sikaro are sent into the underworld along with Draagon, the Minotaur's flee the land and hide in the forrest, Wesirt Forces his staff into the ground and a ray of light wipes the darkness from the atmosphere giving the land light once more................

The King's army look as one of them says 'My King', The all kneel in front of Orion as Wesirt tells him, 'You are now King of Farckona', Orion looks shocked and tells the men to stand up and return to there families, Wesirt Takes Orion to Farckona where he is crowned king and saviour of the land........The Former Queen says 'Orion...King of Farckona, Protector of the land, we honour you with gifts, a Temple where you shall reign and the throne of a thousand lights, Thank You'.....Orion stands up to be met with Cheers and gifts from his people, fruit baskets and wine from the farm lands and the one he thought he lost, Jaren finds him........

The Prologue's Epilogue
The Second Celestial War Lasted 274 Days, After Orion was teleported to the forrest over 253 days had passed, timetravel wasted days, but 21 days after escaping Orion learned a very important truth about Ahriman and was able to become the chosen one........this being the shortest celestial war in time it was sure to be a tale told over a thousand sky's, it was a legend and tale of Redemption turned heroism, a man who lost his family but gained a new one....

Over the course of the next 50 years of Orion's reign as King, the remaining Minotaurs and Dark Worshipers were found, killed and enslaved for betraying what is right, Orion and Jaren had a son his name was Dorel, he led the Farckonian land into a new era, a new age.

as for the soul of Ahriman, it was entrusted to Wesirt to find a safe place for the 3 items, all in different places, with the sword and skull already in place Wesirt found Posiedon's Trident and repaired it, he returned it to Atlantis where the guardian Firenze would watch over it for all eternity, Firenze is an elder-god with a long lifespan, The Dagger, still not seen was safe in the Farckonian Temple, where not even Orion laid his eyes on it, The sword and skull remained in there original locations.

Since then Wesirt has not been seen, many say he died, many say he left, few think he stayed but everyone remembers him.

Almost 10,000 years have passed since that day, over 130 generations have passed in Orion's Family Tree and at the healm of Farckona and Leader of the land was King Aristo and by his side, Queen Rimanu and there son, his name is..........Orion II........

The Temple King: Quest For the Sword

PLEASE NOTE, THIS PROLOGUE WAS PUBLISHED DIRECTLY FROM MY FILES, THE OUTCOME OF SPELLING MIGHT BE OFF THE MARK, THIS IS THE UN-EDITED VERSION OF THE PROLOGUE, IT HAS BEEN FIXED FOR RELEASE NEXT SUMMER, IT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ALL 6 PROLOGUES FREE OF CHARGE, IN A SMALLER BOOK.