In the dreamy and early twilight sky, there was nothing but silence, a woman cradling a child in her heartwarming embrace, shit sat on a marble stone, surrounded by ruins inf a forest, the women hummed a smooth and melodic lullaby soothing the child in her arms. The woman was around her mid thirties, with silky black hair and golden gem like eyes, in light steel armour, carrying her chile, she looked tattered and broken as the only thing that can be heard were the creaks of her bones and the silent droplets of blood flowing from the seems and slits of her armor.
The child seemed entirely newborn, with white hair and black sides, his eyes were similar to his mothers, although more vermillion then gold, he seemed to emanate in the forsaken land, as if touched by gold. Although, no matter how blessed, he stuck out like a sore thumb, an anomaly amongst this forsaken land.
As the two silently shared their last moments together in the ransacked city, suddenly metallic footsteps could be heard, drawing close to the nearby mother and child. Revealing from the shadows, a blonde man with striking emerald eyes looked towards the woman, a somber and dark expression slowly forming on his face. As he arrived to the knightly mother and her beloved child, he fell to one knee in a sense of honor and weakness, he sighed in a hoarse breath grimacing "its….it's all gone your majesty, your husband has fallen, the kingdom is now ransacked, and now we have nearly lost all of our forces, even with the Knights of terror falling to your hands…we won't last long…it's hopeless…" The woman sighed as she rested her arms and child on her lap, gently brushing her son's silky white hair "It's fine Astrid…you knew this would happen…all of us did, no matter how hard we tried there is no defying fate, all we can do now is accept it and our deaths." Astrid the knight and royal guard of the woman looked to the boy, a dark and grim expression forming "what about…your child my majesty…we can't let the only heir succumb to this fate, it's too cruel for a child."
The mother looked at him with a smile, before if her face was driven by despair, she now seemed to have regained hope, only now a new kind "do not worry astrid, he will not die, not here, not in this god forsaken place, this kingdom was cursed when we tried to defy fate, but my child will never succumb to it….because, for the first time in may years..look to the sky…he is born under the sun and moon, he will grow to be stronger than me and my husband both, but for him to make it out of here, I only have one request Astrid…take him, take him away from this hell that we have created, I could not bear to see my child be held down by what we created, he may not live with his mother and father, but atleast…atleast he will live.." Astrid looked at her with a startled expression, his face becoming somber every second "but your majesty, even if i were to escape, my injuries are to severe…I dont know if i will make it far, do you really have such trust in me…" A pale smiles appeared on her face as she slowly handed her child to the knight, she smiles as she brushed his hair one last time "yes I do…cus i will hold them long enough for you to make it, you wont have to fight, but id like to say one last thing…to my boy…"
The mother smiled as she kissed her child on his forehead making a bloody mark on it, she smiled whispering to his ear "I know I might not be there when you take your first steps, or when you speak your first words and im sorry, but please…no matter what happens Acacius…live, now matter what struggles or bounties you encounter, always live your life to the fullest…"
As the boy opened his eyes for the first time, as if a distant memory, he cuts back to looking straight into the bright hole in the dark mines, his ragged tunic and white hair covered in dust, soot, and his skin covered in the same with bruises, he sighs as he gets up "oh yeah…I still gotta fuckign do this, must have slept once I finished, ehh lets just get this over with before i get another beating.."
As he walked to the distance, he suddenly noticed with a grimace, what he saw was a new line of slaves joining the mines of the kingdom, their eyes somber with a haze, lifeless eve…except one family, with a boy around 15 years old the same age as Acacius, he looked to be lively. Acacius studied him with a curious expression as he uplifted his mother and sister with his father, for some reason Acacius found them sort of…intruiging? He didn't know why, but it seemed that some time in the near future…they would cross and clash paths together/ "Intresting….ehh, lets see if he doesn't die in this waste land…"