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Aurora

Frost Oracle
In the Land of Dawn, the first time that people heard the name Aurora can be traced to the last millennium, a thousand years ago. At the time, the Land of Dawn was nearing the end of a convulsive period. The forces of darkness were recovering in the shadows, and the once-great ancient Moniyan Empire was surrounded by danger.

As one of the strongest mages in the Magic Academy's history, Aurora not only possessed an unparalleled mastery of ice magic, but was also an oracle, able to foretell future threats.

At this time, mutations started spreading all throughout the Land of Dawn, and rumors of the return of the Abyss began to spread. Only the icy Northern Vale still enjoyed peace and harmony. Yet, Aurora knew well that the threat to the Northern Vale would not come from the Abyss, but from the sea, and an alien realm.

The spacetime rift above the Frozen Sea was like a long and narrow red scar spanning the sky. It had existed for many millenia after the Ancient Ones' use of the Twilight Orb led to an explosion. No one could approach it, and no one knew where it led to. Only Aurora watched it constantly, on guard against an otherworldly threat.

Just as almost everyone had forgotten about the rift, disaster struck. Through the rift, Zhask the Swarm King led his enormous swarm of mutant insects to the Land of Dawn, blotting out the sky. The bloodthirsty and sadistic race was one that traveled between universes, destroying civilization after civilization. The swarm's arrival brought a calamity upon the Northern Vale. Countless villages and tribes were annihilated by the insects, uprooting the people from their lands.

Although the Moniyan Empire was on the verge of collapse, it still had heroes who would stand forth in times of crisis. The Empire sent an army to the north, and the knights led by young Tobias fought valiantly against Zhask. However, knowing nothing about these alien creatures with their spines and razor claws, the Empire's army suffered heavy losses in just a few days, with only Tobias and a small troop of survivors holding out.

By this time, Zhask had already conquered all of the Northern Vale. Once Tobias fell, all of the Moniyan Plain would be under threat from the swarm. Zhask led his flood-like swarm to attack the imperial knights, aiming to be rid of this final remaining threat.

Within an endless sea of insects, Tobias and his men waged an arduous battle. Then, at a crucial moment, Aurora arrived, wielding an enormous blizzard. The powerful gales and freezing winds decimated the alien swarm. With Aurora's help, the imperial knights rallied, and drove back the swarm's assault.

Aurora's arrival was like the break of dawn into darkness, giving them all hope and strength. Led by Aurora, the imperial knights and the people of the Northern Vale began their counterattack. Aurora's glistening ice magic dealt blow after grievous blow against the swarm, allowing humanity to reclaim its lands.

Fighting side by side again and again, the like-minded Tobias and Aurora fell deeply in love. To Aurora, choosing love meant that losing the immortality that her ice magic gave her. Yet, eternal life paled in comparison to true love. The lovers promised each other that, after Zhask was defeated, the two of them would be married in the Northern Vale, and spend the rest of their lives together there.

Working together, their army managed to annihilate most of the occupying insects, retaking all of the Northern Vale. Only the powerful and evil Swarm King Zhask remained.

During the final battle, Zhask summoned swarms of insects that poured constantly over the land from every direction, whittling away at mankind's strength, and preventing their approach. Facing this endless swarm, Tobias charged headfirst into the sea of insects to clear a path for Aurora to reach Zhask, in spite of her protests.

The final showdown had begun. But Aurora and Zhask were evenly matched, and their battle was long and furious. At the last moment, Aurora focused all her power into her left hand, summoning a blade of frost that pierced Zhask's torso, but lost her hand in the process. The all-consuming swarm retreated, and the heavily wounded Zhask fled back to Kastiya with Aurora's arm still within his body, to await his next opportunity to strike.

Aurora returned from her victory, only to discover that her beloved Tobias had sacrificed his life in the battle. In that moment, grief and sorrow engulfed Aurora. All alone now in the world, her mind began to contort, as she abandoned herself to the agony of her loss, becoming paranoid and volatile.

When the dust had settled, the Magic Academy called upon Aurora to return and take up the post of headmaster. And, as per Moniyan tradition, the fallen Tobias was to be returned to the Lightborn Capital, where he would receive his final rites in the Hall of Valor.

To the now-changed Aurora, however, all these seemed aimed at separating her from Tobias. And she would never allow her lover to leave her side again. She declined to return to the Magic Academy, and summoned a terrible blizzard that swept the imperial knights' camp away, after which she retrieved her lover's body.

After that, no one ever saw or heard of Aurora and Tobias again, other than in the legends of ice magic. And on the isolated Queen's Peak, Aurora guards her lover, looking forward to the day when she might find a way to revive him, while watching the spacetime rift, awaiting a chance to take revenge upon Zhask.
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