The surrounding sea is all that can be seen from all sides as the boat is pushed by the waves to no particular direction, Faine lays down and stares off at the horizon. She had just woken up after recovering from the fatigue, the wind softly kissed the skin on her face whilst the sun rays were blocked by clouds.
After slowly sitting up to straighten her back, she looks around to find no land in sight, the whole body of sea is vast and open with only the grey sky and the sound of water splashing against the sides of the boat.
Her blue eyes glaze over in deep thought as she continues to stare at the line separating the sea and the sky in the distance. At the time her father had touched her forehead with the faint glow of yellow from his essence, he had in fact passed on parts of his memories and those of her mother to her, the sudden influx of both her parents' memories was what calmed her down, because she finally had a grasp on most of the situation.
It turned out she was the daughter of a princess and her father was from a tribe that had been thought to have been killed off forty years ago, her mother was the youngest princess of a kingdom from the far southern continent, it had the most extreme temperatures that normal people could not inhabit.
Her mother's kingdom was called the kingdom of Glass and Ice, located in Xeraph, the farthest known continent known to a few who dared to venture past the treacherous seas and frozen wastelands. It was called the kingdom of glass and ice because all that could be seen in the place was snow and ice palaces, it was a wonder how the inhabitants managed their agriculture for eating.
But food is not necessary for those who have achieved a high level of elemental control, since the people specialized in water and ice elements, their bodies became sturdy, they only needed to take in the water and ice essence around them to nourish their bodies, therefore food was not necessary.
Once a child stopped suckling, it would have natural talent to be able to take in either ice or water essence in its body to continue its growth.
One unique feature about the people of Xeraph was their distinct hair color which was grey, coupled with their frosty transparent blue eyes, their skin was pale from either the lack of sun or they naturally were that way because they practiced with only ice and water.
The Kingdom was filled with strong citizens, and bustled with only ice and water element practitioners. The talents of the Kingdom soared and was viewed as a threat by the neighboring kingdom-Warhoren, which was separated from Xeraph by a large body of water which could only be reached from either side by three months on a boat, or having to fly there using wind magic, but that was a daunting task for any practitioner because the person would have to be at the Mystic realm stage to fly that distance without collapsing and dying from overexertion.
The Kingdom of Glass and Ice was a peaceful place where social standings were not paid much mind, it was filled with harmony.
Until one faithful night when the whole kingdom had retired for the night.
A scream resounded through the kingdom, one by one the screams and shouts multiplied until silence was all that could be heard.
Her mother-Doliane was just 11 years old when it had happened.
Doliane's two elder sisters-Idetha Ata Palikova, and Quez Raenid Palikova, along with her brother-Arpe Yoen Palikova and her parents had all been killed, it was a brief fight that was unjust in numerous ways, they were not given a chance to fight back and the attack had come unexpectedly.
Since it was peaceful times their guards had been let down and had not been suspecting that they would suddenly be attacked because all the citizens were practitioners, it was a mistake to think they were untouchable for that reason.
The attackers all wore black clothes and used fire magic, after getting rid of her family, when the attackers looked for Doliane, her personal maid had taken her to hide in the dungeons in a secret passage and used herself as a diversion, the maid was slaughtered on the spot when she was caught after running in the other direction.
As the night passed by, the coldness of the dungeon did not bother Doliane as she was already honed to the cold environment, but she still felt chills from the screams coming from above.
Silence was what followed after, the attackers searched for the last princess for the following four days, during that time Doliane stayed in the dungeons, her silky grey hair covered a malnourished face, the countless screams from her family could still be heard echoing through the walls of the dungeon.
The blue eyes of hers at the age of eleven had lost their luster, when she couldn't sense the presence of the attackers anymore, she assumed they had concluded she had escaped from the country and had left their search of the palace to look for her outside the country and the surrounding area.
As she climbed out the hidden room in the dungeon and went to the upper levels of the palace, she was greeted with the headless bodies of her family, on spikes. The attackers had not settled for just completing their mission, it turned out that they had beheaded everyone in the palace, no wonder they had stayed extra days after the mass-scaled slaughter.
She damned the fact that she was too young and too weak to do anything but hide, even her maid had more courage than her to sacrifice herself for Doliane. Over the next few days she conducted burials for all the headless corpses she could find.
When she buried her sister-Quez Raenid Palikova, she cried over having to bury her because she had been one month away from giving birth, Quez was buried with her baby in the womb, both died a tragic death.
Quez was a genius in the family and would have been able to stop the attackers but she was heavily pregnant and couldn't move much, such a tragedy.
After Doliane buried her parents and wiped off her tears she left the palace, she decided to venture out and leave Xeraph, she had never ventured out to the outside world and was clueless.
Later on after some encounters, Doliane found out that her features were out of place in other parts of the world, she decided to hide her pale skin, her tranquil blue eyes and grey hair, these features were foreign and would attract unwanted attention.
From then on, she continued to venture out and investigate the murder of her kingdom, and what they had done to her people that they had been easily defeated that night.
She had left her kingdom in the body of an eleven year old drenched in blood from moving corpses, but she left with the mind of someone far more older and colder.
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