War of Blood and Water

[Chespinlover23]

The sentinels of the sea lived deep beneath the waves, over a century ago. They were skilled in water magic, and aspired to create a way to help the mortals above the waves. Combining the purest water magic, and holy light magic, the water elementals of the past created Vesi Elyvetta, a magical water that could heal any wound. They stored this water in a fountain, an unlimited source of healing, for all.

Word of this reached a clan of blood mages, a group obsessed with spreading their dark ideals and overtaking those who shunned them for using forbidden magic. Their leader investigated, and discovered the temple where the Vesi was kept. With evil intents, he began an assault on the palace.

The water elementals fought back against the blood mages for days on end. The casualties were great on both sides. The sea became crimson red with the blood spilled both by death, and by the blood magic. It became selfish, unbountiful. The mortals on the surface found their fishing to hold only bones, found their boats destroyed, their fisherman drowned. The war continued until only two remained- the leader of the blood mages, and a lone guardian of the water elementals. Desperate and injured, the guardian took a final measure-he flooded the temple briefly to cast the blood mage out, and sealed the path to the temple from all. The blood mage, weak and outraged over the loss of his allies, fled. None know where he went, but some say he lives yet. The sea returned to normal over a long seven years, and the war of blood and water has become like the temple that yet exists-sunk, beneath the waves, forgotten by all on the surface.