Kaji Everam

* Kaji Everam
* Kaji Everam Ingame

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 10 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘈𝘻𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 6 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺.

## Pre-Phytor

Kaji and Minah were a chaotic duo doing what they had to to survive on their own on the streets. Both never truly had a family to go to. Kaji’s parents died only 3 years after she was born in the great battle for the capital. Even though she forgot how they looked, Kaji knew they were brave people, who despite knowing the chance of failure was high, marched in the fronts to protect what they loved. They died, together with tens of thousands remaining fighters. Kruns marched into the city and killed anyone on their path and burned anything that resembled their culture. Kaji spent the next decade in hiding together with a group of survivors who were kind enough to take her in. In the group of five, one of them was Minah, who lost their parents in one of the nearby villages who were burned not long before Kruns marched into the capital. Who then seeked safety in the capital to no avail. Kaji and Minah bonded over their shared life experiences and surely became close friends. Their small group of survivors split up after the hounds discovered their small hideout place. Kaji and Minah were left to survive on their own.

During their time on their own, Kaji’s hatred for the Gods grew. She firmly believed that Minah and the entire Azureian race did not deserve the suffering they endured. They started to despise their way of living and dreamed about being happy and most of all free. They were tired of running and hiding. It was not a way to live.

Driven by a thirst for knowledge, Kaji resorted to stealing books from the grand library in the capital. Reading about the Astral gods and forgotten dark magics, hoping to find anything useful to protect herself and Minah, as well as thrive the Kruns out of the city walls. It was a dangerous process, trying to sneak past the Krun soldiers, but Kaji remembered all the secret passages that were made by the priests should the town be ever overtaken. One more reason for risking her own life is the fact that Kruns never really burned the library down. This fact alone told her that they had a reason to keep it alive. There is something in that library that Kruns wanted for themselves. Something powerful, for sure.

## The merge

That day Kaji and Minah were starving. The patrols around the town were getting more common. Leaving their small hiding spot meant danger all around. The risk of going outside was high, mostly because of the increased numbers of patrols around the city, but also because of the increased earthquakes that were happening. It started out small, nothing to worry about, they were usual in this part of the region. However *this* time, they were becoming more and more strong each time. It caused a lot of damage to the cities walls, which after the battle were already stable thus also causing much trouble for the Kruns. Their secret hideout hole wasn’t the safest place to be in when the earthquakes happened, yet it was much safer than being surrounded by tall city’s housing and walls.

Kaji was hesitant to go. Minah on the other side, was done waiting. Minah was stubborn, convincing him to stay was an impossible mission. Kaji stayed behind and waited until Minah came back. Minah promised to be back before the sunset, which did not happen. Kaji was done waiting and collected courage to go look for Minah.

Their search led them to the centre of the capitol itself. Kaji saw Azureians being dragged to the square, where they were most likely to be executed. Under them was Minah. Kaji alone couldn’t go against the hounds, she needed a plan. At that moment, the earth started to shake again. It was the strongest earthquake so far. Nearby building started to fall apart. The loud sounds of houses collapsing was the exact distraction Kaji needed to sneak behind them and untie Minah with her pocket knife. While Kruns were overwhelmed by the dust that had risen in the air from broken down houses, Kaji managed to get to Minah. With her pocket knife, she hurriedly sliced the rope holding Minah’s hands behind the back and they both started slowly walking away from the pack. The hounds didn’t need long to get back on their feet and quickly realised what was happening. Kaji and Minah started running, behind them an angry pack of hounds. The sun was already setting and soon enough the darkness hugged the inner city walls. This caused Kaji to take the wrong turn, Minah following right behind her and so were the Kruns. Soon they reached the dead end of the street, cut off by the thick brick walls and connected high housing design of the capital.

They were surrounded. Kaji froze in fear while Minah was frantically looking around for a way to escape. Suddenly Kaji felt the earth shaking beneath her. The sky started moving too, stars becoming just a smudge on the canvas. Kaji started to feel dizzy and fell to the ground. She was not the only one as all of the hounds surrounding them were having trouble staying on two legs. The surreal scene unfolding before her eyes wore no resemblance to anything she had ever witnessed or heard of before. In the days of their past survival group, an elderly member had shared tales of the bizarre and magical, but this was an entirely different realm of strangeness. Soon Kaji found herself enveloped in swirling particles of light, her last memory being a hound gripping her leg before she abruptly vanished and lost consciousness.

## World of Phytor

And suddenly, they jolted awake in a desolate expanse, surrounded by an eerie silence. There was no sign of soldiers, hounds, or Minah—nothing but emptiness. No one was there. Kaji felt weird, but mostly, they felt scared. Was this another trick of theirs? Is Minah alright? *Am I dead*? No, they were very much alive, well, alive as far as they think alive one can be. Every inch of their body ached and nothing made sense anymore.

The sun rays were hitting hard on her face, the brightness blinding to her eyes. The air felt extraordinarily dry. They stood up. The sand beneath felt like lava to their paws. Sand was everywhere. The desert seemed to have no end to it. There was nothing to do but to keep on and look for any trace of civilization or more importantly, Minah. In the desert they found another Azureian named Menzeies. Both soon realised that this was not a world of their own, but a completely new world worth exploring. Travelling through the desert, they found more and more lost Azureian people. Having been almost brought to extermination, both had plans of building a better future for the Azureian people. And so together, they founded Azurlynx. Kaji welcomed with open hands any new Azureian who stumbled upon Azurlynx. Soon enough, the so-called Living Gods of Azureian people showed up. The vessels of the Astral beings. Kaji was sceptical, but still let them thrive in the new world, as Menzeies had great thoughts about them.

Kaji never gave up on finding Minah, hoping that, somehow, they also were dragged into this new world. They occasionally travelled, asking people around the world if they saw an orange cat with a short tail. On their journeys, she continued collecting books and knowledge from different cultures and nations. It was as if different worlds collided creating a new one. It fascinated Kaji. Could it be the doing of Astral beings and living Gods? They surely claim so. Finding Minah was however the main priority. If Kaji could unlock the secrets of this “merge”, they could certainly use the knowledge to find out what happened to Minah and where they are now.

### Unexpected friendship

Few days passed from founding Azurlynx and Kaji was doing the daily expeditions around the town. When she arrived at the beach however, she spotted a wrecked ship not so far from the Azurlynx future docks. Not too far from her, she spotted an individual lying in the sand. Curiosity arose in Kaji's mind and she decided to inspect. The being looked awfully like the human race she encountered on her journeys across the Pythor, but the more she got close, she realised it had far more distant features than of your average looking human. Pathetically his ship seemed brand new, which means that he started his journey not so long time ago and crashed so early. Kaji expected no much use of this creature. Having taken pity for his unfortune, Kaji helped the stranger and guided him into the town of Azurlynx. His name was Yvin, an elf from far lands named Eldoria. The Great Merge brought him into the unfamiliar world of Pythor. Kaji soon realised Yvin seeked knowledge just like her and soon decided to take him under her wing and teach him about the world of Phytor along with guiding him through the Anjiereian Conclave. Their shared interests of pursuing knowledge made them close friends, and soon Kaji was not only teaching, but learning from him too.