The Black Sorcerer

20 Years Ago

The planet Magerius, home to many of the universe’s most gifted Sorcerers. It also serves as a bustling center for commerce. An important stop along many intergalactic trade routes. It’s prime position along these trade routes proved to be one of the driving forces of the planet’s economy. It is one of the wealthier planets in the known universe, and with so many Sorcerer’s protecting it, no sane being would dare make any move against it. Yes, many would call Magerius a paradise, and a paradise it had been…

No one was entirely sure what happened. All life on the planet disappeared, seemingly instantly. The structures that stood as a testament to what the planet had once been now lay in ruins… Marketplaces that once swarmed with merchant’s and buyers were now desolate with little evidence that they ever existed at all… Great castles that towered above were now little more that stony spires jutting out of the ground like broken and twisted fingers…Now, Magerius was a hellscape…Something or someone had functionally destroyed the planet…

A small orb of light descended from the sky. Slowly making it way to ground, it grew to the size of a person before slowly fading away. Out of the light stepped Crystal Thornheart, a black-haired, blue-eyed Sorcerer sent to investigate the ruins. Crystal could not believe what she was seeing, for she was familiar with the Magerius, having visited the planet several times in the past. Seeing this once great land reduces to…this…she did not want to believe it…”H-how is this possible…?” she muttered, still trying to take everything in. She walked slowly through the ruins, slowly taking everything in, wishing desperately to find someone alive…but there was no one… She did not want to believe it, but even if her eyes were deceiving her, even if this was some sick illusion that had been cast, there was no doubt that everyone was gone…

Crystal, like many great Sorcerer’s has the ability to sense magical energy. That magical energy is tied to a being’s lifeforce, and if there is no life…there is no magical energy. And Crystal could sense none… She continued through the ruins, tears forming in her eyes, her chest heavy with sadness. “They’re really all gone…”. Her denial had turned to acceptance. There really was no Magerians left… Crystal composed herself, ready to leave the barren planet until she felt something. It was faint and only for a second, but she sensed something! A possible sign of life! Crystal hurried in the direction she had felt it. Hoping that he senses hadn’t lied to her, and hoping that she wouldn’t be too late…