A Father's Legacy

Sabotaged

To say that Eletha was unhappy would be an understatement, she was well beyond the boundaries of her anger. She paced back and forth, anger at the failure radiated off her like the rays of the sun. Her breathing was heavy with hatred. She had less than ideal options to achieve her goals.

Topping off her bad mood, shed learned that Callum wasn't even a full human, but a Half-Elf. She'd also learned that Malgath had failed in obtaining his niece's allegiance, she knew it wouldn't work, love was a strong bond. But it did give her another tool to use against the humans, especially against the hybrid freak and that young king of Katolis.

She quickly came to a stop in her stride, her gaze swept the room till her eyes rested upon the Chest of Aaravos. She made her way over to it, taking it in her hands with great care. It was said that the chest contained the greatest magical object of all time, an object of great power, a ring that contained a tiny fragment of each primal source within its gem.

Placing the chest down, she turned around to see Malgath standing at the entrance. "What is it Malgath?" She demanded, watching as the Moonshadow Elf Assassin raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you so obsessed with that chest?" He asked, stepping forward.

Eletha narrowed her eyes. "That is none of your concern." She answered bitterly, watching as her minion glanced towards the map of Xadia. "But what have you to report about our freak?" She questioned.

Malgath turned to face Eletha once more, the words that Rayla said to him, that he had a name echoed at the back of his mind. Shaking them from his thoughts, he replied. "The people have taken to calling him Olymsaruis."

"Sky Changer." Eletha muttered, her words tainted with disgust. "How honourable of them" She mocked.

"He's proven to be a natural with the staff. But he has also proven that he needs time to master Fulminis Frigis. He can only cast it when targeting a single foe but fails with more then two." He finished.

Eletha chuckled. "Expected for any mage in training, no doubt my younger brother is going to aid him in mastering that spell." She sat down upon a chair, her right hand came to rest below her jaw, her arm supporting the weight of her head. But it will not be enough. "He must fail at mastering the other spells so that we have time to make our move against him. Attempt to trickle in lies, I want them to question his true intentions in mastering our mystic ways."

Malgath nodded, leaving as quickly as he could. He often wondered why he worked for Eletha, she could be cruel and ruthless, and bitter towards those around her. But their shared goal of wanting humanity gone, their shared hatred. It was what kept him so loyal to her.

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"Fulminis Frigis!" Callum cried, watching as the spell once more failed to freeze any of the selected targets. Only managing to freeze a few parts of each dummy. He groaned in frustration, annoyance at the lack of being able to master the spell ate away at him.

He turned around and walked away, turning only slightly to cast another spell towards the dummies. "Fulminis!" He watched as the ice explode into several smaller shards. Standing tall, he closed his eyes. "Fulminis Iugum."

The lightning burst forth, zapping each of the targets one after the other. He'd taken up practicing the spells he knew to master them. Each time he cast them, he felt it was easier to do so. He narrowed his eyes, not exactly happy with the result. "Fulminis Iugum." He said again, watching the chain lightning surged towards the dummies.

"You have come close to mastering the few spells I've taught you already apprentice." Ibis said, entering the courtyard. "Yet I can't help but feel that you're annoyed at yourself." He added, coming to a stop before Callum.

The young Archmage in training glanced up to see his masters face, it was true that he was annoyed at himself. "Yeah, Fulminis Frigis is just..." He paused, glancing towards the dummies that mocked him for failing to cast the spell with more than one target with success. "Irritating." He finished.

Ibis nodded. "It is true that Fulminis Frigis is a difficult spell to master, but with practise, comes mastery. You will learn to master the spell in due time. However, I thought we'd try something different today and teach you a few more basic spells. Some movement and stealth spells that many mages use during battle." He responded.

Callum watched as Ibis drew a rune, a swirl of lines each curving in with one another. "Ob-Versor." Ibis said, his form hovering into the air as a cloud like substance formed at his feet. This spell is useful to move about when you must fight in the sky and lack wings like I do. It also makes a good platform to transport others once mastered. He explained.

Callum nodded, watching as Ibis returned to the ground. "You try." He said.

The young Archmage nodded. Drawing the rune before narrowing his eyes. "Ob-Versor." He said, watching as the spell took effect. He felt himself lift into the air, only to drop back down suddenly. He grunted from the impact, glancing up to see Ibis walk forward.

"Hmm, interesting. I have never known the spell to react like that before." Ibis said with great curiosity.

Callum dusted himself off as he stood tall. "Could have to do with my hybrid nature?" He asked.

Ibis shook his head. "No, any being with a connection to the Sky Arcanum or a Sky Primal Stone can cast the spell with the full result". He said, deep in thought. "It could do with the fact that you have wings and thus, the spell recognises that and sees that it isn't needed." He added.

Callum sighed heavily. "Great." He said. Turning to face the dummies. "Fulminis Iugum." He said, casting the chain lightning spell once more.

From the back, Eletha smirked a dark grin, an object rested in her hands. "Sabotage complete, inform Malgath that he may now continue with his mission." She whispered to another Skywing Elf, who nodded and took off, leaving her to observe the training.