Prologue
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The night was clear and cool. I was walking home from my now ex-girlfriend's place. I can taste blood coming from my busted lip, which I got when her new roid raging boyfriend saw me there.
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"I'm sorry Douglas," She said when I got there, "But I been cheating on you with another guy or guys really. You just don't satisfy me enough sexually speaking."
"Wait a minute, we haven't even had sex yet."
"Yeah that's what I'm talking about, when you didn't jump me after our first date, I thought you were interesting, but after the second, I got horny and bored. I mean I'm a cum slut, and you..."
"Hey babe are ya done with ponyboy yet, I'm ready... oh it's ponyboy, give it up ponyboy, she is too much woman for you to handle. She fuck me and all my friends in a gangbang, she couldn't get enough of us."
I had had enough, "You know what," I said, "I don't have to stay here and listen to this. So fuck you both, y'all really deserve each other." I stand from the couch and move to the door. Soon as I reached the door, the new man (whose name is Brodie, and happens to be the Chief of police's son, comes up behind me. Pulls on my shoulder, turning me around and sucker punch me across my mouth. I stumbled back against the door. Before he can grab me again, my instincts kick in and I fought back.
Brodie comes at me with another wild swing. I dodged it, step pass his guard, and punched him on the jaw. He goes down, out like light.
I breathe in and breathe out. Something was in the air.
"Oh Dana, you wouldn't happen to be late for your monthly visit," I smile a knowing smile at her, "I hope that gangbang wasn't recent, that will make finding out the father very hard."
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As I was heading back home I see Lighthouse Bluff. It is this old Lighthouse on the bluffs outside of town, a great place to go and sort through your problems, and since I just took down Brodie, and no doubt he has gone to his daddy, I will have many before long.
The lighthouse is still alight. I sit and watch the ocean waves slam against the rocks. The stars look beautiful tonight. One star is brighter than the rest, but I don't know which is, I never seen before. It begins to feel it is pulling me toward it.
"Hey you," I look over to see two police officers coming up the hill, weapons already drawn. "Hold it right there, don't move, raise your hands so we can see them." I do as told but when one of them goes to hit me with his police baton. I jump into action, knocking his weapon out of his hand toward the edge the bluffs. I rolled to the weapon. The other officer finally did something, pulls the trigger of his 9mm.
Suddenly there was pain in my shoulder, I fell back and down to the ocean. Soon as I hit the water I was like is this it, this is how I go out. I started thinking about that one bright star, as I began to sink down into the torrent dark waters.
Chapter 1
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Suddenly I wake I was underwater I quickly swim for the surface of the water, I was just 20 yards offshore of a black sand beach. When I made it to shore, I crawled up out of the surf, coughing up sea water. My hands immediately go up to where I was shot, but my skin was untouched.
Before I think more on that thought. A voice came from behind me. "Whew that was close, almost lost ya for a moment, I even had to give ya a new body." I turned to the voice to find a guy floating as if he was lounging in a hammock, and he was glowing, I took a step back, "Hey Douglas, you can call me Aquarius and welcome to Altolamir," Fireworks shoot up from behind him and spell out Welcome in sparkling letters. "You're probably wondering what happened; well you were shot, you fell, and I caught you, well your soul anyway, sorry I couldn't save all of you. I don't have as much power in your world as I do here, but I did create you a new body."
"Thanks, I guess. What do I do now."
"Well I want to change this world. Now there are good people, but they're vastly outnumbered by bad people, who are filled with malice and greed." Aquarius produces a glass orb, which showed images of war, murder, greed, torture, rape, and other injustices one could think of. "Many races and creeds call the lands Altolamir home, I can hear them all calling for the world to change."
"Aren't there any other gods, why don't they anything. Why are you the only one, wait are you the only one?"
"Too many of them are set in their ways and/or already have their cults making things worse. You see I'm relatively new among the gods and my godhood."
"Okay why me then,"
"No clue, you're the one I saw. Okay now your first step is to go and save an Orc woman who was captured by some sneaky bandits. You need to go that way." Aquarius pointed off to a direction I guess was west, "You will need some gear huh?" He waved his hand, and armor appear on me. It was a made of black leather armor. "This armor will serve you well in days to come. Now for your weapon, you prefer the sword right?"
Aquarius clapped his hands together. Light shines from between his hands. As Aquarius' hands separated, a sword form in the light. It was 2 feet long and made of a solid black metal. Single straight edge blade with etchings of some foreign language. The pommel was shaped like snarling lion.
With that done Aquarius disappeared. "Great job Dougie, looks like you are on another world." I said to myself. I move to a tidal pool and viewed my reflection. The face I saw in the water's surface was similar to my own, but it was sharper more refined. The eyes a deeper blue, skin a light bronze tan.
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I was soon running through the coastal forest in the direction Aquarius had pointed. The trees of this forest looked ancient standing a couple of hundred feet tall.
I found the bandits' camp that Aquarius mentioned in a large clearing in the forest. Now when I heard bandits, I thought of the unsavory types of humans that you see in RPG'S. That's not what I found. Instead I saw Lizardmen milling around a military style camp. They look like bipedal komodo dragons. While most wore leather armor, there was some in medium plate metal armor. I even saw one in expensive looking silk robes, I thought he was either a magic user, the leader, or both.
That was until I saw the guy that exited the pavilion Mr. Silk-Robes was standing in front of. He was huge compared to the others. He more muscles, and looked more akin to a tyrannosaurus Rex. His scales on back were a rusty red color, dirty white belly scales. His armor was also something different, it looked as though it was collected over many years of fighting, organically like gladiator collecting pieces to cover up vital areas, but keeping it minimal as to not to impeded the movement of his fighting style.
"Big Rex, the hunters have found a she-orc, alone in the forest, you will need to beat her in a challenge to break her." Silk-Robes spoke with constant hissing sound.
"No problems, Survex," Was Big Rex's replied as he picks up a wicked looking greatsword. With that most of Lizardmen left the camp, leaving only couple guards.
I sneaked my way to the area with the slave cages. These lizardmen must have not been here long as many of the cages were empty. That or they just sent a shipment to market. One of the cage did have an occupant. It looked like a Lion, but bigger. It stood over 4 and half feet at the shoulders, was 7 ft long from tip of the nose to base of tail. Black fur, ice blue eyes.