PIERRIE MILLER
The Age of Lumeria: The Thirteenth Bloodline
In the age of Lumeria, when the world still bore the scars of ancient magic and forgotten sins, the earth itself told the story of its breaking. It was Judas, the dark wizard whose name had become synonymous with betrayal and shadow, who wielded the forbidden arts that would forever change the face of creation. His magic, born from the deepest wells of malevolence and nurtured by centuries of accumulated hatred, reached into the very core of the world and tore it asunder. The breaking was not merely a physical catastrophe but a spiritual wound that would bleed for generations to come.
From the center of the earth, a great split emerged, spreading outward like the leaves of a massive clover, each division marking a new realm of power and dominion. The world, once whole and unified under the natural order, was now carved into four distinct territories, each governed by its own house of power. These were not mere political divisions but fundamental alterations to the fabric of reality itself, where the very laws of nature bent to accommodate the new order that Judas had imposed through his dark sorcery.
Each of the four governing houses was granted dominion over three families, creating a network of twelve bloodlines that would serve as the earthly administrators of Judas's will. These families were not chosen for their virtue or wisdom, but for their willingness to pledge unwavering allegiance to the dark wizard who had remade the world in his image. They were bound by oaths that transcended mere words, sealed with blood magic and reinforced by the constant threat of annihilation should they ever consider betrayal.
For three centuries, these twelve families ruled from their island strongholds, hidden deep within foreign oceans where the common people could not reach them and where their true nature could remain concealed. They operated as the ultimate landlords of existence itself, controlling not just the land and its resources, but the very destinies of those who dwelt upon it. Their power was absolute, their reach unlimited, and their cruelty legendary among those few who dared to speak of them in whispered conversations behind closed doors.
Yet even in the darkest of ages, hope persists in the form of prophecy. The ancient seers, those who had glimpsed the threads of fate before Judas's breaking of the world, had foreseen that this reign of darkness would not endure forever. They spoke of one who would come, an individual unlike any who had walked the earth before or since. This chosen one would possess the extraordinary gift of remembrance, not merely of his own life and experiences, but of all the lives that had come before him. He would carry within his soul the accumulated wisdom of his predecessors, the knowledge of great teachers, and the understanding of truths that had been lost to the world for generations.
The prophecy spoke of this individual being born into the thirteenth family, a bloodline that existed in the shadows of the established order. This family was indeed of royal blood, their lineage stretching back to the time before the breaking, when nobility meant something more than mere political power. However, their history was so stained with wickedness, so thoroughly corrupted by generations of moral decay, that they had been deliberately excluded from the division of power. While the twelve families ruled openly from their island kingdoms, the thirteenth family was condemned to remain in the shadows, offered no piece of the world to govern, no territory to call their own.
The divine abilities that would mark this prophesied child were unlike anything the world had witnessed since the time before the breaking. His gift of remembrance would manifest not as mere memory, but as a living connection to the accumulated wisdom of ages past. Through this sacred inheritance, he would possess an intuitive understanding of the natural order that existed before Judas's corruption took hold. The child would be able to perceive the original design of creation itself, seeing how the world was meant to function before it was fractured and divided.
His power to heal would extend far beyond the physical realm. Where others saw only the surface wounds of a broken world, he would perceive the deeper spiritual injuries that had festered for generations. His touch would not merely mend flesh and bone, but would restore the very essence of things to their intended state. Plants would flourish in barren soil at his presence, poisoned waters would run clear, and the sick would find not just relief from their symptoms, but a return to wholeness they had never known was possible.
Perhaps most significantly, the prophet would possess the ability to reveal truth in a world built upon layers of deception. His words would carry a power that could strip away the carefully constructed lies that held the corrupt system together. When he spoke, those who heard him would find themselves unable to maintain their self-deceptions, forced to confront the reality of their choices and the consequences of their actions. This gift would prove to be both his greatest weapon against the darkness and the source of the most vehement opposition from those who profited from the world's brokenness.
This exclusion bred a resentment that festered like an infected wound, growing more poisonous with each passing generation. The thirteenth family watched as their peers wielded power and influence while they were forced to scrape and scheme for even the smallest measure of recognition. When the prophesied child was born into their midst, their resentment found a new target, for this child represented everything they had failed to become. He was the embodiment of their lost potential, a living reminder of what they might have been had they chosen the path of righteousness instead of corruption.
The family presented themselves to the world as followers of the divine, speaking words of faith and righteousness with practiced ease. Their public faces were masks of kindness and piety, carefully crafted to hide the rot that lay beneath. Behind their kind eyes and gentle smiles lurked a history of sexual misconduct that had become as much a part of their family tradition as their coat of arms. The lies they told were not merely deceptions but a way of life, spreading through the family like a contagion, jumping from one generation to the next with the ease of a common cold passing through a household.
They had become masters of manipulation, thriving on their ability to twist truth and bend others to their will. Their power lay not in honest strength or noble purpose, but in their capacity to make others believe in illusions, to see virtue where there was only vice, to trust where there should be only suspicion. They had turned deception into an art form, and their greatest masterpiece was the facade they presented to the world.
As the special child grew and reached his seventh year, the gifts that marked him as the prophesied one began to manifest in ways that could no longer be hidden or denied. Even at such a tender age, his spiritual abilities were so profound that they struck fear into the hearts of adults who had lived decades longer than he. Teachers who had spent their lives studying the mysteries of existence found themselves humbled by the wisdom that flowed from this child as naturally as water from a spring.
The young prophet did not simply accept the world as it was presented to him. Instead, he began to see through the layers of deception and corruption that had been built up over centuries of darkness. His young mind, unencumbered by the cynicism and compromise that comes with age, could perceive the fundamental flaws in the reality that surrounded him. He saw through the lies that others accepted as truth, recognized the manipulation that others mistook for guidance, and understood the true nature of the evil that had taken root in the world.
This ability to see truth where others saw only illusion was both a gift and a burden. Every piece of information that the child absorbed became like a brick in the wall that was slowly being constructed around his mind. Each revelation of corruption, each glimpse of hidden wickedness, each moment of clarity about the true state of the world added another layer to his defenses. He was building within himself a fortress of understanding that would eventually give him the power to foresee untruths in the very fabric of reality itself.
The child's approach to problem-solving was unlike anything the adults around him had ever encountered. Where they relied on established methods and accepted wisdom, he sought his own path, guided by an inner compass that pointed always toward truth and justice. This independence of thought and spirit was both inspiring and terrifying to those who witnessed it, for it represented a fundamental challenge to the order they had worked so hard to maintain.
As the young prophet grew and his abilities became more pronounced, he began to attract attention from foreign countries and distant powers. Word of his gifts spread beyond the borders of his homeland, carried by travelers and merchants who had witnessed his extraordinary abilities firsthand. This growing recognition was exactly what his family had feared, for it threatened to expose them to scrutiny they could not afford and attention they were not prepared to handle.
The family's jealousy, which had been simmering beneath the surface for years, now boiled over into active hatred. They could no longer pretend that the child was simply an oddity or an embarrassment to be hidden away. He had become a threat to their carefully constructed world of lies and manipulation, a beacon of truth that threatened to illuminate all the dark corners they had worked so hard to keep hidden.
At this crucial moment, an evil uncle within the family stepped forward with a solution that appealed to their basest instincts. This uncle, whose own history of sexual misconduct had made him desperate to avoid exposure, saw in the child's growing fame an opportunity to eliminate a threat while simultaneously protecting his own secrets. He proposed a plan so audacious and so thoroughly evil that it could only have been conceived by someone who had completely abandoned any pretense of moral constraint.
The uncle's plan was to sacrifice the prophesied child, to eliminate him before his power could grow to the point where it might threaten their way of life. But this was not to be a simple murder carried out in darkness and secrecy. Instead, the uncle proposed to turn the child's destruction into a spectacle, a carefully orchestrated campaign that would involve entire cities and countless individuals, all working together to bring about the downfall of the one person who might have saved them all.
To accomplish this monumental act of evil, the uncle employed tactics that would later be recognized in secret societies and shadowy organizations throughout history. He tempted the family with promises of riches beyond imagination, while simultaneously threatening them with death should they refuse to participate. This combination of greed and fear proved to be a powerful motivator, and one by one, the family members fell in line with his plan.
The recruitment process that followed was like something out of a nightmare, with entire cities being converted into what could only be described as micro movie scenes. The uncle and his conspirators moved through communities like directors casting for the most elaborate and evil production ever conceived. They identified individuals who could be bought, threatened, or manipulated into playing their assigned roles in the destruction of the prophesied child.
The methods they employed were sophisticated and far-reaching, involving networks of influence and control that stretched across vast distances and penetrated deep into the fabric of society. They created a web of complicity that ensnared everyone from the highest officials to the lowest servants, each person playing their part in a grand conspiracy that few of them fully understood. The likes of such organized evil would later be seen in groups such as the Illuminati and other secret societies that sought to control the world from the shadows.
As this vast conspiracy unfolded, the world watched with a mixture of fascination and horror as the young prophet was subjected to physical and spiritual battles that would have destroyed lesser individuals. The forces arrayed against him were not merely human but included dark spiritual entities and corrupted powers that had been summoned specifically for his destruction. Yet rather than being crushed by these overwhelming odds, the child seemed to grow stronger with each challenge, his light burning brighter in response to every attempt to extinguish it.
The conspirators had expected that their combined efforts would be sufficient to dim the prophet's light and eventually snuff it out entirely. They had calculated that the sheer weight of opposition, the constant pressure of attacks both physical and spiritual, would eventually wear him down and break his spirit. What they discovered instead was that their efforts were having the opposite effect. Every attempt to harm him, every act of cruelty directed his way, every lie told about him only served to add fuel to the fire of his power.
This unexpected development should have served as a warning to those who opposed him, but their hatred and jealousy had blinded them to the true nature of what they were dealing with. They could not comprehend that they were not merely fighting against a gifted child, but against the very forces of divine justice that had chosen him as their instrument. Their continued attacks were not weakening their target but were instead calling down upon themselves the attention of powers far greater than anything they had ever imagined.
As the prophet's trials continued and his power grew, he began to receive backing from sources that transcended the earthly realm. The gods themselves, those divine beings who had watched in sorrow as the world was broken and corrupted, now stepped forward to support their chosen champion. They gifted him with spiritual powers that went far beyond anything that had been seen in the world since the time before the breaking, abilities that allowed him to not only defend himself against his enemies but to begin the work of healing the fundamental wounds that had been inflicted upon reality itself.
The family that had sought to destroy him now found themselves facing the inexorable force of cosmic justice. Karma, that universal law which ensures that all actions eventually return to their source, began to manifest in their lives with a vengeance that was both swift and terrible. The very powers they had sought to use against the prophet were now turned back upon them, magnified by the divine authority that stood behind their intended victim.
Unexpected deaths began to plague the family, striking down members who had seemed healthy and strong just days before. These were not natural deaths but clear manifestations of divine judgment, each one serving as a warning to the survivors that their actions had consequences that extended far beyond the earthly realm. The deaths came without warning and without apparent cause, leaving the family members in a state of constant fear and uncertainty about who might be next.
Alongside the deaths came a wave of professional and financial disasters. Family members who had held positions of power and influence for decades suddenly found themselves stripped of their jobs, their reputations destroyed by revelations of their true nature that seemed to emerge from nowhere. Businesses that had thrived for generations collapsed overnight, their foundations revealed to be built on corruption and lies that could no longer be hidden from the light of truth.
Perhaps most terrifying of all were the incurable diseases that began to manifest among the family members. These were not ordinary illnesses but spiritual afflictions that seemed to attack the very essence of their being. No earthly medicine could provide relief, no doctor could offer hope, for these diseases were the physical manifestation of the spiritual corruption that had taken root in their souls over generations of evil choices.
It was during this time of divine retribution that the prophet made a discovery that would forever change his understanding of Lumeria's true history. Hidden deep within the forgotten caverns beneath the ancient mountains, he encountered the Keepers—descendants of those who had lived before Judas's great breaking of the world. These survivors had spent centuries in secret, preserving the knowledge and wisdom that had been lost when the dark wizard's forbidden magic tore reality asunder.
The Keepers revealed to the prophet that the twelve bloodlines' claim to divine appointment was nothing more than an elaborate deception. They showed him scrolls and artifacts that proved the original civilization had been one of unity and enlightenment, where power was shared among all people rather than hoarded by a chosen few. The breaking had not been an act of divine will, but a catastrophic result of one man's hunger for dominion over others.
Through these ancient texts and the oral traditions passed down through generations of hidden guardians, the prophet learned the true methods of healing and restoration that had once flourished in Lumeria. This knowledge became the foundation for his growing power, as he understood that his gifts were not anomalies but echoes of what all people had once possessed before the world was broken. The Keepers' revelation gave him not only the tools to challenge the corrupt bloodlines but also the vision of what Lumeria could become once again.
As the towers of their power began to crumble and the truth of the prophet's divine backing became undeniable, the family found themselves facing a reality they had never imagined possible. The world that had once feared and respected them now turned away in disgust and horror as their true nature was revealed. The carefully constructed facade of respectability and piety that they had maintained for so long was stripped away, leaving them exposed and vulnerable to the judgment of both heaven and earth.
The family that had once dreamed of ruling alongside the twelve chosen bloodlines now found themselves shunned to the most inhabitable corners of the earth. They were driven from their homes and their positions of influence, forced to flee to places where the very land itself seemed to reject their presence. The comfortable lives they had built on the suffering of others were torn away, leaving them with nothing but the bitter taste of their own medicine.
In their exile, they discovered that the seeds of discord they had spent so long sowing in the world around them had taken root in their own hearts and relationships. The manipulation and betrayal that had been their tools of power now became the instruments of their own destruction. Family members turned against one another with the same viciousness they had once directed at their enemies, each one seeking to save themselves by sacrificing the others.
The curse that had fallen upon them was not merely a punishment but a perfect reflection of their own nature. They were doomed to experience firsthand the same kind of treatment they had inflicted upon others, to feel the sting of betrayal from those they trusted most, to watch helplessly as their own children learned the lessons of cruelty and deception that had been passed down through generations of their bloodline.
The prophesied child, now revealed as a true chosen one of the Universe, stood as a testament to the power of divine justice and the ultimate triumph of truth over deception. His victory was not merely personal but cosmic in scope, representing the beginning of a new age in which the broken world might finally begin to heal. The family that had sought to destroy him had instead become the instrument of their own destruction, their downfall serving as a warning to all who would dare to stand against the will of the divine.
As the age of Lumeria continued to unfold, the story of the thirteenth bloodline became a cautionary tale told in whispers around fires and in the quiet moments before sleep. It served as a reminder that no matter how powerful evil might seem, no matter how thoroughly corruption might appear to have taken root, there remains always the possibility of redemption and the certainty that justice, though it may be delayed, will never be denied.
The young prophet, having survived the trials that were meant to destroy him, now stood ready to fulfill the greater purpose for which he had been born. The memories of his predecessors, the wisdom of the great teachers, and the power of the divine all flowed through him as he prepared to take on the monumental task of healing a broken world and restoring the natural order that had been shattered so long ago by Judas's dark magic.
The age of the twelve families was drawing to a close, and a new chapter in the history of Lumeria was about to begin. The thirteenth bloodline, once thought to be the most cursed and corrupted of all, had produced the very savior who would lead the world out of darkness and into a new dawn of hope and possibility. The breaking of the world, which had seemed like the ultimate triumph of evil, was revealed to be merely the first act in a much larger story of redemption and renewal that would echo through the ages to come.
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