I got bored in class yesterday and wrote this. Maybe I should have paid more attention to the teacher, but whatever.
Long ago on ancient Icarus, the two races of the Cthonian people lived in a constant struggle for power. However, there were two underground factions within both races, who wished to put an end to the fighting and work together for the betterment of both sides. These two “splinter” factions eventually met and formed an alliance, working secretly to end the war. This group was composed of scientists, philosophers and warriors, from both sides, all working together. When they realized that nothing they could do would stop the fighting, they decided to leave and create a new society, a hybrid culture of both Olympians and Hadeans, where all were equal, and, best of all, there was no fighting. The Hadean and Olympian scientists put aside their differences and pooled their efforts in understanding biometal, and together developed a new strain. Along with the “blink” property, the ability to travel through time was discovered. Upon attempts to build ships with this new biometal however, they discovered it to be very brittle, and thus, hull integrity suffered greatly. The new strain truly found its place when being used for portals. Because of the strength issues, these portals were not made completely out of this new strain. The portal ring was fabricated from the new strain, but everything was held together with Paternus’s “golden” strain.
These portals were controlled by “keys.” These keys would activate any portal, and destination coordinates were programmed into individual keys. In this way, any portal could go anywhere, if you had the right key.
When the Hadean Crown discovered this new Cthonian race and the technology they possessed, they decided to attack and take the technology for themselves (How better to defeat the Olympians than in their infancy?). When the new race (Name pending?) discovers this, they decide that they will fight to defend themselves, and create a diversion while they escape into the mists of time.
When they escaped into the first portal, they destroyed every other portal to keep the Hadeans from following them. However, a Hadean squad followed them through. The ______ closed the portal and sent the key with their destination to the Olympians, to keep the Cthonian balance of power in check (Hadeans control portal, Olympians control key). Once they discovered that the Hadeans had followed them through the portal, they began to create more portals. They would open the portal, hide the key, travel through it, then shut the portal. Every time they traveled, the Hadeans would follow them. This continued for years, many portals were created, and many ______ died. Eventually, they stopped. They said enough. They settled on a new planet (The location of which is lost in time), and built factories, documented their history and scientific achievements, and lived peacefully. Until the Hadeans found them. Once this happened, they realized that they could not continue running. In order to protect their technology, they waited until the Hadeans landed on the planet, and released an airborne toxin, lethal to animal-based life. Plants were not affected by this, so the planet retained an atmosphere, keeping the planet “alive” for when it would be discovered. If a person traveled through the portals and found all of the keys, they would arrive at the ______ planet and gain the technology of time. Their only hope was that the group that discovered the technology would use it for good, and not evil…
