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This part of my journal is devoted to my on-going fantasy story "End of Evil." I plan to make this one of my hobbies over the summer. It will include random friends (names and possibility personalities) from Gaia, but if necessary I will make alterations.

I hope you enjoy!
Feel free to leave a comment!

-Souljura
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Abbreviated History
[MMZ30]

1. Eternal Conflict:
Since the beginning, mankind has been under constant threat from external and internal forces. Trapped on a balancing scale where humanity is either pushed to the verge of extinction or expanded further than it can sustain itself. The rise of great evils and heroes, to the fall of hated dictators and deaths of champions. This process continues on...

2. Eulogy for the Fallen:
Courage, strength, honor... sacrifice, some of the few attributes found in all heroes, champions, and leaders. From their youth and upbringing, they followed the "righteous" path, urged to do what was "right." Yet in the end, their accomplishments, their goals to bring about peace would only be temporary. That is, only if they were even successful. Though a hero's aspiration to bring justice is self-determined, it is not alone. Several young men and women walk the same path with the exact same justice in mind. Yet out of the hundreds that walk the righteous path, only a select few make it all the way to end. And in end, they are never truly successful. And what of those who fell? fell on the path of the righteous? all their sacrifice... for naught, lost and forgotten in the face of greater legends.

3. Souljura's Wish:
Like the millions before him, Souljura dreamed of a safer world... traveling with several companions he brought hope and justice to those who could not defend themselves against selfish entities that exploited the lives of the weak for their lust of power. In particular, Souljura sought to bring down the the Dark Lord, Vulganis. However, Souljura fell victim to unexpected foe. Betrayal within his own ranks cost him his life, sending him to the abyss. Ending the "hero's" noble journey. His memory was soon forgotten as he was replaced by many others who succeeded in taking down the Dark Lord.

4. Edge of the Void:
The rewards of leading a righteous life did not find Souljura in the afterlife, he found himself wandering aimless through a barren desert, with nothing but miles of sand in every direction. In this realm, human flesh would deteriorate, even if one was still "functional." Disillusioned with the path of the "Hero," and with a strong will to live, Souljura managed to slay a few of the void's inhabitants and don their remains as his own flesh. Turning himself into a living doll.

4b. Doll War:
The void's cruel and harsh environment allowed only certain types of entities to exist and survive. Dolls are one example where rapidly deteriorating creatures were quick enough to graft on the incredibly durable parts of the voids natural wild life onto themselves. The process commonly cause problems mentally and spiritually, thus after the complete transformation, most were left completely mindless. Those who retained their own individuality automatically stood out, and could easily control the mindless. Souljura understood this very quickly as he amassed a sizable force. Likewise, many others who survived the transformation had their own armies, each varying at strengths, battling each other for dominance. Time fluctuated inconsistently within the void, no one could trace the beginnings of the Doll wars, let alone how long the they wandered the void. Whatever time it took, Souljura managed to exert supreme dominance over all of the void's dolls with a stroke of luck and tactical skill. Conflict would not end there, constant battles would emerge between Dolls and the other classes that roamed the void. Souljura clawed his way to the top as a powerful deity amongst those who resided in the void. All new dolls that retained their individuality after transformation were quickly recruited by Souljura as ranking officers in his doll army, or quickly eradicated if they refused. With generals and other individual minds controling the hordes of dolls for him, Souljura could focus on developing and expanding his mind and soul with forbidden knowledge buried within this plane of existence, hoarded by his conquered foes. Souljura became adept with the nether magi and with utilizing a collective consciousness. Having to constantly re-asses and redevelop new strategies to counter and keep up with the rival classes forced souljura to constanly upgrade the durability of all his dolls armor and attack while at the same time researching new spells and knowledge to give his army and edge. The war would never end in a realm were time simply did not exist.. or even matter. Those who could not keep up would be erased from existence.

5. Demon/Angel Wars.:
Back in the mortal realm, the forces of Light and Darkness began meddling more and more with human affairs, fighting "proxy" wars. Soon the war became full bloom as heaven and hell directly stepped onto the mortal plane to engage one and other. A young, but extremely gifted witch had been deemed by the Light as dangerous for practicing forbidden magic. Fearing that the young human may join ranks with the demon army, Four arch-angels were sent to dispose of her. However, the young witch was prepared for this day well in advance. Before the Angel's arrived, she sacrificed 100 souls to summon forth a void-champion. And through a random selection of the most powerful deities residing in the void, Souljura had been chosen. With his emergence he quickly disposed of the four angels and ran off with the young witch into hiding. Together, they constructed their own realm and began establishing their own society away from the demon/angel wars.

6. Hell's Gate, Closed.:
The young witch eventually died of age, but Souljura could live on forever being an entity of a void that could not deteriorate through time. Rather than allowing lost souls to fall into the realm of the void, Souljura's society capture them and placed them into dolls, giving them a second chance in the mortal realm. After a decade of remincing, Souljura emerged back into the human world disguised as a young human hero, joining a promising band of champions who were intent on closing the gates of hell forever. Their journey was long, but in the end Successful. Their group was small of to be largely ignored by the demons, but strong enough to take down the gates.

7. Demonic Genocide.:
After the gates of hell were closed, all pure bred demons were exterminated, any half breeds such as Secondary vampires, Lycans, etc were banished to the southern half of the planet, erecting a massive wall along the equator. Centuries later, the northern lands became overcrowded, expansion was necessary. Judgment was carried out that all forms of demons should be wiped clean off the planet. And thus another war erupted as the half breeds desperately defended themselves.

8. Heaven's gate, closed.:

As the war waged on in the south, Souljura's army swelled with the loss of human life. Capturing more and more souls. At the verge of victory for the forces of light, a black portal emerged near the great wall, and Souljura's dolls poured out like a wave of nightmare and destruction, piecing the wall, as Souljura forced his way to the stairway of heaven. Unable to defend itself, Souljura severed the link between heaven and earth by collapsing the stairs itself. Now, neither Heaven or Hell could never interfere directly with mankind's destiny again. Afterward, Souljura attempted to claim the northern lands for himself to rule over all humans. Unfortunately a large band of human born champions over powered him and banished him back into his realm.

9. Fall to Anarchy.:
The world plummeted into complete anarchy with no centralized leaders. Returning mankind back into centuries of warfare with each other for dominance.

10. The Moon and the Prince.:
A skilled scholar, a world historian, and the young prince of "Zeal" had gathered at their ritual chamber within the castle. They were the last royal remnants of their civilized country, which was being over-run by barbarians. The scholar had played a vital role in banishing Souljura, but after a long debate with the Historian, the three agreed that the achievements carried about the Doll Witch were done to protect mankind, therefore the prince sacrificed his body and soul to resurrect Souljura back into the mortal world. With the ritual complete, Souljura walked the mortal plane in the body of the Zeal Prince. As the barbarians charged into the castle, Souljura struck them down, ripping their souls from their bodies with merely his finger. Soon the Prince's country was safe as Souljura resurrected his Doll army to fight off the barbarians.

11. Unification.:
A new king had been established, and Souljura had become the Zeal's new Champion. With an army consisting of both humans and dolls, Souljura swept the world bringing down tyrants and liberating oppressed nations. Soon the flag of the Zeal waved over every nation. Justice and Peace had been firmly established across the globe. The king was eventually replaced by an elected republic, and Souljura became their tool to dispose of any opposition to Zeal's world peace. Massive strides were made in science and technology as well as Mana research.

12. Endless War.:
Centuries passed, and evil still managed to rise up to challenge the status quo. Yet time after time Souljura, and a new breed of humans, stood victorious. The Human population had evolved into two. Pure-Borns and Mana-Born humans. Pure-Borns are regular humans born without any links to Mana, thus only able to receive its effects. Mana-borns on the other hand were born with Mana infused into them, able to control the flow of Mana. All mana-borns, as instructed by Souljura, were to be trained to become Guardians of humanity. To serve and protect the pure-born humans. Human Champions began to emerge beside Souljura the never ending fight to subdue those who would try to conquer the peace that they had work so hard to establish. As fighting continued, the losses became more personal. Souljura's heart became harder, colder.

13. Burning the Mana Tree.:
After long research, Souljura had declared the Mana tree must be set ablaze. Though much controversy revolved around this idea, it was in Souljura's belief that the roots of the Mana tree shot bursts of Mana (Mana Flux) to random areas of the world. Giving certain people far too much power, or creating powerful beasts that threatened the world balance. However the republic forbade this action. Yet, Souljura marched off with his closest allies towards the Mana tree. In doing so, the republic declared Souljura and his allies as a threat to Humanity. Disregarding their orders, and bring down those who stood in his way. Souljura burned down the Mana tree, and harvested its core. Souljura returned to the republic and handed over the core as he was arrested and placed into custody.

14. Fall of the Republic.:
Decades passed, as peace prospered along with technology. Research such as the "Mana convertor" allowed the deceased to be transformed into packets of PURE mana which could fuel the nations demand for Mana since the fall of the Mana tree. Peace had finally been established, with no villain or terrible beasts emerging after several decades. Souljura's research was right, and now the nation cried out for its wrongly accused immortal champion who fought so hard for humanity. The republic was dismantled by popular vote and gave Souljura Sovereign Lordship of "New Zeal."

15. Mana Crisis.:
Souljura's first duty as the Sovereign Lord would to be fixing the Mana Crisis that emerged. With the Mana tree gone and the ever expanding human population increasing Mana demands, action needed to made immediately. Fortunately, after burning the mana tree, Souljura extracted it's core. However, its massive power could not be harnessed with current technology. Working along side the New Zeal's top scientist, no conventional solution could be made without sacrifice. As the crisis grew, Souljura found no other choice but to sacrifice himself. In order to use the Mana-core's energy, Souljura gave up his body as a container, which could house the highly concentrated energies of the Mana-core. Using similar methods as the Mana-converter, Mana could be easily transferred to feed New Zeal. This sacrifice/operation was kept secret to a few. The operation proved to be a success as a stable flow of mana filled the New Zeal. As requested from Souljura, his memories and knowledge were transferred into a Mana Seed (extracted from the ashes of the mana tree), which was placed into a Human-Doll copy of Souljura. Thus, the iconic immortal figure of Souljura could continue to govern over New Zeal and maintain a lasting peace, despite being a mere copy.

16. Pulling out the Weeds.:
Although the mana-tree had been burned down, there were still many pockets of mana left outside of nation and civilization. Under orders of Lord Souljura, Mana-borns were sent out to extinguish these pockets of mana and any creatures benefiting from this power. decades of weeding out outside sources of mana lead to a human dominated world, with mostly non-mana animals roaming the wild. Without threats, human populations exploded and soon the Mana-core was not enough to sustain man kind.

17. Mana Dependance.:
Mana provides PURE HUMANS with...
- Good health
- 500% to food production
- Knowledge, talent, and skills
- sustaining essential technologies.
In general, PURE HUMANS and MANA-BORNS are far too accustomed to mana to exist without it.

18. Ex-Mana Born Trials.:
Eventually, tensions began to grow between PURE HUMANS and MANA BORNS. Mana-borns require three times as much Mana as regular humans do. And with growing shortages, animosities between the two types of humans grew. Soon, fights began to break out where regular humans often found themselves severely injured or killed by Mana-borns. As a result from the increased violence, Lord Souljura began arresting Mana-borns, (whose duties are to serve and protect PURE humans). These trials often ended concluded with Execution, where guilty Mana-borns were sent to the Mana-Convertor to be transformed into packets of Mana. The term "irregular" became associated with any Mana-Born who would step out of the Jurain doctrine that dictated the sole protection of pure humans. These trials became more and more prevalent while at the same time becoming less debatable of the whether the mana-born was actual innocent.

19. Resistance.:
Some of the Guardians (Mana-borns) became disillusioned by Lord Souljura's Rule, breaking off and moving underground as part of a resistance movement that had mixed desires of a PURE MANA BORN human world or PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE with pure humans. Though Lord Souljura is recognized as immensely powerful, the resistance finds hope in a older legend of an ancient hero who wields the strength to challenge Souljura's Power.




(Work in progress)
[Neorii before court trial disscussion w/ friend of the case]

[Ex-Mana Born Trials]

[Neorii after the case] -- can't understand Souljura's reasoning.