Midheaven

## Overview

Midheaven is one of the seven living worlds in the 4th dimension. It’s a mystical paradise littered with castles, waterfalls, mountains, and magical creatures of all kinds. Midheaven was a living entity… Starting off as just a vast system of roots, it continues to grow and evolve.

Midheaven can be broken down into six major regions, The Forest, The Jungle, Mountainside, The Valley, Beaches that surround the whole plane, and The Waters. Beyond the waters, there were islands, but they weren't technically a part of Midheaven.

The waters between the island and Midheaven were a part of the Deluge. They were full of creatures from the Abyss… beyond the islands was a Volcano known as Mount Krakatoa. It was a wormhole to a realm known as Draconta, manifested by the dark matter that existed between the worlds.

Although the Island was visible to Midheaven, it was only accessible to certain creatures. They could enter the Volcano and be transferred to Draconta. A backdoor of sorts, Most of the worlds had a gateway like this. A physical formation that they could enter and be taken to another atmosphere.

The Nomads who inhabited Midheaven weren't advanced enough to access the island but as more and more Quantroids fled from the Abyss the barrier thinned.

## The Fae

A lot of these Quantroids were already too conscious to take the form of a Nomad, This resulted in the Fae…  winged humanoid beings who possessed great power. Less pure Quantroids manifested as lesser beings, but they were still far from the original Nomad. Gnomes, Centaurs, Ogres, Trolls, imps... they came in all shapes and sizes. Even with all the new creatures entering Midheaven, The Fae were unlike any other creature in existence. They were incarnated from high-frequency souls; this gave them access to frequencies that the Nomads couldn't perceive.

As they arrived in Midheaven, they quickly took a liking to the Forest, it was the least inhabited region at the time, and the fae could sense the large energy signature that lay at its center. The fae had no one leader; they were led by a council of elders… these were the oldest and wisest of the Quantroids that had manifested into the plane earlier. Midheaven was quickly turned into a war zone as the Fae and other beings manifested into the realm; the Nomads were hostile to all the new creatures in the beginning.

This caused a lot of beings to go into hiding; most of these creatures spent their first generation hidden away from the Nomads. As their numbers grew, they began emerging again, but this time they fought back. The fighting would last for another generation before an Era of peace and coexistence, even after the fighting stopped, the fae remained hidden away in the forest, under the counsel of the elders.

Until the fourth generation, a young Fae woman named Aine was exploring a large system of tunnels  that connected the forest to the valley. These tunnels shot out in every direction , it was a labyrinth of passageways that ran through the mountain, some of these paths ran directly down into the ground. Aine could sense something guiding her but she didn't know what, she ventured deeper into the tunnels entering a sub-level deep beneath the forest. There she stumbled upon a large cluster of roots, it didn't take her long to tell these weren't normal roots. These roots connected all the living things within the dimension.

## The Sixth Sense

This connection was different from the collective conscience, it gave all the beings and creatures a sixth sense. This Sixth sense allowed them to interface with anything that originated from the roots and experience Midheaven from its perspective. Trees, insects, birds, anything with a torus field connected to the plane, for the average person this sense was subtle. A feeling… like when you know someone's staring at you, it allowed you to sense when another torus field was focusing on you.

You could feel the intent of the focus, and get a general idea of where it was coming from. When two torus fields focused on each other, you could feel what that other person was feeling physically or emotionally. The sense developed uniquely to each soul manifesting in a number of abilities amongst the different species, when refined the sense gifted the user with the ability to be anywhere or anything, allowing you to see anything within a person's field of awareness. This went for plants and animals as well, the sense allowed communication between the many different species of the plane

## Heart Energy

Aine was one of the first Fae to fully tap into the sense and synchronize with Midheaven, it gave her powers, unlike anything the fae had known before. They were already enchanted, their high frequency allowed them to weld the sorce with ease, but Aine abilities were of a different nature. She became able to speak with the animals and plants, she could see through their eyes or channel their abilities… command them even. All without using a sorce code or mantra, this elevated Aine amongst the fae people.

As she got older and her powers grew stronger, people began to follow her, She called the great power "heart energy", insisting that anyone pure of heart could possess the power. The council foolishly ignored her, insisting that no power was greater than the sorce itself. Aine was becoming a problem for the council, they feared her growing influence. She was fearless and inspired the people… she believed the Fae was supposed to lead the new world in the age if peace and harmony

The council on the other hand wanted to keep fae kind out of the wars and affairs of the Nomads. They feared they would get sucked into the next war the Nomads decided  to start, growing tired of the council Aine decided to leave the forest.

## Six Hearts

She could sense Midheaven’s other hearts, they called out to her… she knew she had to go. Aine set out by herself, flying over the Mountainside into the valley. She was amazed by the view of Midheaven from above, she never seen the plane in its entirety. It was really a sight to see, as she flew over the mountains she saw a huge castle built on top of one of the mountains.

Aine could sense a large energy signature within the structure, she was surprised by how high the energy oscillated. The Fae assumed all the Nomads were of low consciousness and that's why they resorted to fighting. All she really knew about them was that they misused the sorce… Aine traveled across all of Midheaven,  meeting all the different species along the way.

She followed the roots from region to regions until she found herself on an endless beach. It had taken her seven years to complete her quest, and when she returned to the Forest she had become a legend, "The Spirit of the Forest" Aine had been the first Fae to not only leave the forest, but she returned with tales of the outer world. The younger generation embraced Aine, calling for her to lead them. This was the final straw for the council… they would gather their followers in the middle of the night and leave the center of the forest. Aine was made queen of the fae the following morning, As queen she made it the Fae’s duty to protect the forest and the root system from any who would misuse this great power.

## The Root System

The root system ran through all of Midheaven, Each region stemmed from a cluster of roots. The roots were the veins of Midheaven, within them coursed endless amounts of pure aether. These root clusters were the various hearts of Midheaven, the heart of the forest sat at its center. It was the point from which the forest had originated…  the roots lied deep beneath the Great Gemel,  a huge tree that grew from the roots.

It was composed of a series of trees where the branches from one tree grew into the trunk of another tree. The Great Gemel was composed of multiple layers of trees all connected together, forming a dome of branches and trunks. This prevented any light from entering this part of the forest, causing the plants and animals to adapt. The lack of sunlight forced the plants to harness the power of the Aether. This made the leaves and flowerings throughout the dark part of the forest glow. Tree and mushrooms grew to abnormal sizes and bloomed strange fruit.

The whole region had been terraformed, this included the animals too. A mutated animal could have up to six hearts and was able to interface with aether. The hearts acted as energetic bodies for creatures of lower consciousness; animals who had six hearts were capable of transforming into a humanoid form. Everything near the heart of the forest was transformed by the aether. The Fae learned to coexist with these beasts as they embraced the oneness of the forest, unlocking all the secrets of the root system. This gave them a great understanding of all the beings of Midheaven, They lived in harmony with all the plants and creatures of the forest…

## Fairyland

But Aine dreamed of one day taking the fae to their own land away from the forest, but she knew they could never abandon the heart. As their numbers grew they began terraforming the deepest parts of the forest…. Aine had devised a plan that would protect the heart and give the fae their own home. She wanted to create her own realm in the center of the forest using the power of the heart. She understood how the roots created all of Midheaven and theorized she could create her own realm.

Aine had visited each heart, tapping into their power, she now possessed more than enough energy to do it. She used the heart's power to create a realm inside of Midheaven; these were considered metaverses. These were small pocket dimensions that existed within material realms; they existed in an alternate reality that had no effect on the larger realm. They occupied the same space just at a different frequencies. This metaverse became known as Fairyland.

## Fae vs Fairy

Aine had pulled the whole area around the heart into her metaverse, phasing it out of the perspective of anything outside of fairyland…. it still existed in Midheaven just within the new fairy realm. The council had no idea what happened to the Great Gemel, they could still sense the massive energy signature, but they could no longer perceive the tree. The council didn't understand the power of the root system; they had refused all the knowledge Aine had shared with them.

They believed the roots grew from the Great Gemel, and when it disappeared they saw it as a sign to move farther away from the center of the forest. This created two classes of Fae within Midheaven; the elders and their followers remained "Fae", while Aine and her followers became known as "fairies". The council feared that one day Aine and the fairies would return to the forest as an army, seeking to claim the land for themselves, the Fae felt it was necessary to prepare for if that day ever came.

They obsessed over the need to become stronger, practicing different styles of sorcery. They mastered one after another, ultimately combining the sorces to create a new form of sorcery. They called it Light Sorcery; they had learned how to manipulate the light Aether that flowed from the heavens. This made The Fae very powerful, Light Sorcery was far greater than any of the sorcery that existed in Midheaven at the time.

Even still, they wanted to grow stronger, so they began developing techniques to use on Aine if she ever returned. They created rituals that enhanced their warriors with the Light Aether. The Fae stayed hidden in the forest, strengthening their forces, This left the rest of the plane to the Nomads and the creatures that had been brought into existence by the less pure Quantroids.

## The Druids

The Nomads of Midheaven were spread out all across the plane; they were the first beings to incarnate into the realm. They populated the entire plane… There were Nomads settlements everywhere but none like the one the Druids had built across the mountainside. They used the sorce to construct whole cities within the mountains, ruling over the smaller Nomad settlements.

Their power only grew as the Quantroids began manifesting into Midheaven. The average Nomad was terrified of the thought of a fairy or Centaur… as these creatures began to appear it sent a surge of Nomads running to the Druids looking for protection, the Druids were the greatest Sorcerers of Midheaven at the time. They had learned from the information passed down from the Seers, a lot of them being descendants of the Nomads who were altered by the Creative.

It was their great power that kept the creatures of the jungle from crossing Mountainside. Out of all the Druids, there was one who was a notch above them all, this was a man named Deimos; he was a descendant of the Seers, gifting him with great power.

## Deimos

He became known as the Demon Sorcerer because of the way he seamlessly blended fighting with the source arts. Deimos was Druid royalty; he was nephew to Darius… King of the Druids. Deimos began practicing the arts at a very young age, tapping into the heart energy as just a boy. He spent most of his childhood training under the greatest Druids and Sorcerers in Midheaven…Deimos would surpass them all.

Darius had no kids, Deimos was like a son to him… he shaped him to one day rule the realm. As Deimos got older, his connections to the roots grew stronger, he began sensing the hearts. Deimos would follow the roots deep into the Mountains, where he found the sorce of his power. He also would meet Aine, who had been following the roots as well. Deimos had never laid eyes on a fairy before, he thought Aine was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Instantly falling for her, the two would spend some time together before Aine had to leave to finish her journey.

Aine had told Deimos about her life in the forest, so when he yearned to see her again… that was the first place he went. Deimos arrived in the forest, finding no trace of Aine; he was greeted by the Fae… who quickly took a liking to him. He decided not to bring up his true purpose for being in the forest, instead telling the fae he had come there following the energy signature of the root system. The Fae were fascinated by his power and pure essence; his energy oscillated almost as high as theirs. When they found out he could sense the Heart they brought him in as one of their own.

The Fae would teach Deimos the secrets of the Sorce; they showed him all that man could comprehend. Deimos quickly rose amongst the Fae, mastering every skill they taught him,  they decided that they would teach him the secrets of Light Sorcery. But before they could do this, they had to make sure Deimos was worthy of the gift. They arranged a series of tests that Deimos participated in unknowingly; he passed the first two trials but fell the third.

The third test was a trial only given to the highest ranking of the Fae before they could move up in statute; it was a test of character. The Fae sent one of the high priestesses to seduce Deimos, and he fell to temptation… not only sleeping with her, but he impregnated the High Priestess. The Fae were devastated… not only did Deimos betray their trust, but he also tainted one of their most sacred women. The fae swore to erase him from existence itself, using a sorce code they created to battle Aine, the fae banished Deimos from the realm by altering his frequency, which removed him from existence.

## The  First Elf

Deimos’s betrayal resulted in the creation of the first elf; from the moment he was born, elves started manifesting into existence. The council would have killed him if it wasn't for the energy that radiated off the newborn. His mother named him Sparta and raised him in the Forest, The council wanted him separated from the Elves that were manifesting throughout the realm.

As a boy he was taught of the magical root system and all its wonders, he was taught that it was the Fae’s duty to protect that system and the balance it held. As he grew he excelled in everything from sorcery to fighting, he was indeed Deimos’s son… and with the blood of the fae coursing through his veins, he had the potential to surpass his father. The Fae believed Sparta would be their champion; they taught him all the sorceries that made up light sorcery.

And when he came of age, they planned on teaching him the secret to bending the Light Aether. But like Deimos before him, Sparta would have to be worthy… the fae would give him the same trial that was given to his father… When Sparta's mother learned of the council's plans, she warned him of the trial and told him what happened to Deimos. Sparta became unhinged, demanding the fae answer for what they did… So at the start of his trial, Sparta attacked the council, killing two of its members before escaping into the valley.

## Fate

Where he would meet a Quantroid named Kolvar, the two became friends instantly through their shared hate for the Fae. Kolvar had manifested into Midheaven as a Druid, skilled in sorcery and battle; he was made head warlock… second in command to the Druid king Darius. Kolvar had convinced Darius to help the Elves, telling him of Deimos’s fate… and how the Elves were brought into existence by his actions.

Darius welcomed Sparta with open arms, Vowing to avenge his nephew… Darius attacked the forest. Starting a war with the Fae, as Darius turned his focus to the Fae… Sparta and Kolvar were free to do as they please, putting no effort toward the war. They traveled across the plane recruiting Elves for the coming battles… Their army grew slowly, most of the elves had no reason to fight.. growing impatient, Kolvar told Sparta of the Quantroids and how they could manifest and change form.

Over the next cycle the two would conspire, building an army of elves that doubled the Druids… All thanks to the Quantroids. With the help of Kolvar and Darius, the Elves quickly rose to power, raiding the Nomad settlements across Midheaven. Sparta despised the Nomads; he felt they were beneath even the lowest of the Mystical creatures…. Only raiding the Nomad settlements. These were settlements that were previously under Darius's protection but with the war raging on… Darius couldn't afford to attend to such matters.

## Darius

The Druids had spent the last cycle battling the Fae; it was costing him a lot gold and man power. Even with the sorce, Darius's men were no match for the Fae, They were evolving at an even higher rate since they created Light Sorcery. Especially in the forest, the fae had all types of magical traps hidden throughout the region. Running out of options, Darius did the unthinkable… he traveled to the heart of the mountain

Using the knowledge that the Seers had forbidden, Darius tethered his torus field directly to the heart. The Druids were losing the war, but Darius, so consumed by hate, refused to give in. Darius's hate tainted the heart of the Mountain, causing a shift in the energy generated by that heart. The energy terraformed Darius, mutating his vessel and darkening his essence…He had broken the pure connection between Midheaven’s hearts, lowering the frequency of that heart and the plane.

This caused a shift in the plane's energy field; all the creatures in Midheaven that resonated at a lower vibration were able to give in to it and use the tainted energy of the heart. With each soul that gave into the darkness, Darius grew stronger, but cause of the mutations, he could no longer face the Druids. He would leave the mountain kingdom, never to be seen again… the Druids found a letter he had addressed to his sister Laena. Telling her it was now up to her to save the Druids from this war… The fae had been preparing for war since the day Aine disappeared; the Druids had no chance of taking the forest.

## Sparta

Not until Sparta and the Elves arrived Sparta knew their tricks… he knew how to move through the forest. As the Elven army charged the forest, the fae began to flee, leaving the woodland area. They thought of the elves as younger siblings and didn't want to spill their blood. The Elves took the woods, but that wasn't enough for Sparta, He wanted to harness the energy of the root system… it was the only way he could destroy the fae.

Sparta had Kolvar build a castle in the area, making Kolvar the first Elven King of the forest. Kolvar wanted to combine the kingdom in the Mountains and with the Forest kingdom to show gratitude for all that the Druids had done. He would marry Darius's sister Laena the warlock high priestess. Forming a bond between the two kingdoms. Druids and Elves living and building together; it was a good dream, but as the Elven empire grew stronger and stronger, Laena began distancing herself from the Elves.

She started noticing how Sparta treated the Nomads; even the Druids were looked down upon. Sparta had promised the Druids land in the forest, but with each victory, the spoils of the battle were awarded to the Elves. This created tension between the two factions; by the time the fifth castle was constructed, Laena and the Druids had returned to the mountain. That didn't stop Sparta, he was on a warpath headed directly to the center of the forest. He attacked the sacred areas where he knew fae gathered in large numbers… seizing the land in the process.

He built great castles to taunt the Fae, each one bigger than the last… he gifted them to his generals. Kolvar, Bati, Draug, Balin, and Edric were all made kings by Sparta as he divided the forest. With Sparta quickly advancing through the forest...  The Fae decided something had to be done; he was a clear threat to the forest. He had managed to make it a good way into the forest, building the castle he gave to Edric in the marshlands. This meant only the swamplands stood between Sparta and the part of the Forest the fae occupied. The Fae had no choice but to respond; they would send one warrior into the swamp while the rest of the Fae moved Deeper into the Forest

## Zephyr

His name was Zephyr; he was a result of the experiments conducted by the Fae. Shortly after creating Light Sorcery, The elders took young fae kids and forced them to learn it. The Council had become blinded by their thirst for power… they began taking newborns who radiated like Sparta once did. Zephyr was taken as a baby and raised as a son of the Council. Although they didn't treat him much like a son.

Zephyr spent every waking moment of his life training; when he failed to connect with the heart energy, he was punished severely and then forced to train even more. Zephyr was forged to be a weapon; he was shown no love or affection, just sorcery and how to kill. This manifested darkness inside him; he was filled with hate and rage… Zephyr couldn't weld the heart energy until Darius tainted the mountain heart…

This meant that Zephyr was now powering Darius.. the more power the fae gave him the stronger Darius became. Zephyr's heart only grew darker as the Fae continued to beat him into perfection. When Zephyr came of age, the council imbued him with light aether and bound him to the Wind, terraforming his vessel. This gave him the ability to take an Elemental form. As he grew stronger, so did his hate for the council.

Which strengthened his connection to the tainted heart and Darius; Darius could now manipulate Zephyr using the heart's energy. He spied on the fae through Zephyr… as much as he wanted to see them destroyed, he realized he couldn't allow Sparta to get his hands on the heart of the forest. Darius would use the heart to influence Zephyr to retrieve a mushroom that only grew in the jungle, where he would meet Zephyr in person and persuade him to betray the Fae.

It didn't take much persuasion at all, Zephyr hated the fae as much as anyone. The two plotted away, Zephyr told Darius that three more fae like him existed within the forest… he had met them all some time ago when they were younger. Darius wondered why the other three souls hadn't been drawn to the black heart of the mountain. Darius and Zephyr both agreed the elves have to be dealt with before the fae could be destroyed.

Darius gave Zephyr a scarletshroom, a mushroom that, once planted somewhere, would invade the area. The scarletshroom released spores that, once inhaled, caused a person to hallucinate and become delusional. They could be infused with spells and other forms of sorcery… Darius taught Zephyr how to create a curse that would deal with Sparta and all his followers. Zephyr took the mushrooms back to the forest, planting them in the swamplands. Little orange mushrooms began to sprout all throughout the area; he warned the Fae not to enter the swamps under any circumstances.

Zephyr waited in the swamps for Sparta and his men; when the elven scouts entered the swamplands, he used his elemental form to infect them all. As the Elves charged through the swamplands they stepped on the mushrooms releasing the curse. Clouds of spores filled the air cursing all who breathe in the dust; the spores called the Elves to see things that weren't really there. As the rest of the army arrived, they were attacked by their own scouts, This sent the army into a frenzy, trying to avoid the incoming attack. They darted every which way, trampling across scarletshrooms as they ran.

This created a huge cloud of spores that filled the air, Sparta realized he had been set up, but it was too late, Zephyr shot through the cloud as the wind, causing the spores to spread even farther. Poisoned by the mushrooms, Sparta’s men began fighting amongst themselves. Even Sparta felt the effects of the scarletshroom,  he killed hundreds of his own men before the effects of the spores began to fade. When he came to his senses, he was covered in blood and surrounded by dead Elves.

The whole army had been massacred, still in a state of shock… he couldn't believe what he had done. He immediately blamed the fae… Sparta couldn't face the shame of his men killing each other. When he returned, he told a lie about a fierce battle that ended with him fighting off hundreds of fae. Sparta had no idea he had been cursed; he moved into the swamplands, building a castle for himself.

It was the first of the forest he had claimed as his own; after the last battle with fae he would need to proceed carefully. Not long after he settled, the effects of the curse started to plague his kingdom. The inhabitants began mutating in form, and Sparta mutated as well… he began experimenting on the creatures trying to find a way to stop the curse. When all else failed, Sparta decided to try to swap bodies; running out of time, he transferred his essence into his sword. This left him in a weakened state, and as the news of his experiments traveled across the forest, the elves began to question Sparta’s rule.

Kolvar had witnessed the state of the swamp and felt something had to be done. He journeyed there to speak with Sparta, but he found his old friend transformed into a humanoid tree. All the inhabitants had been; these new creatures were known as Dryads… although they weren't really new. Sparta told Kolvar what actually happened that day. He told him of how the Fae poisoned him with mushrooms; Sparta asked Kolvar to help him place his soul in the blade. Kolvar assisted Sparda; it was the least he could do… when it was over, Sparta instructed him to destroy the castle and let Noone enter the swamps until they figured out how the fae had done it.

With Sparta gone, there was no one to lead the assault against the Fae, and the war fell into a cease-fire. Over the next few cycles, the elves and the fae would learn to coexist in the forest, there was never any official treaty or peace agreement. The two factions just stayed in their respective territories… with Sparta, out of the way, Zephyr was free to end the council's reign over the Fae. But when he tried, he was stopped by the three other enhanced fae, Zephyr was forced to flee the forest, barely escaping with his life.

## The Jungle

He returned to Darius who awaited him in the Jungle, Darius had been hidden away there since he abandoned his kingdom in the Mountains. A plethora of souls had connected to the black heart since then; Darius embraced his curse to the fullest. Tapping into the heart of the mountain had mutated Darius's vessel turning him into a Dryad, he was the first and only of his kind to be created by a curse until Zephyr cursed Sparta and the Swamplands.

Dryads manifested naturally in Midheaven, they were extensions of the realm's consciousness. The first Dryads were sentinel but they had no souls, and were child-like. As Midheaven became more complex it began to manifest living souls as Dryads.

## The Dryads

The Dryads were humanoid plants and trees, that took many different forms, depending on how they manifested. Some Dryads were more plant than human, this enhanced their ability to manipulate the Earth element. Naturally, they had a wide range of powers that varied between Dryad. Natural Dryads didn't follow Darius, they were pure of heart and born of the root system.

These Dryads lived in the deepest parts of the Jungle and lived in harmony with the plane. Darius on the other hand did the exact opposite, causing him to fully mutate; he made the most out of his Dryad body. Pushing the vessel to new limits, he became able to reconstruct anything made of earth. Darius's knowledge would lead to a new class of earth sorcery, When he first arrived in the jungle, it was controlled by eight wolf tribes.

## Isilo

These wolves were descendants of the Nomads that the Creatives had altered; they were Nomads able to take the form of wolves. There was a wide range of these altered Nomads, all able to take different forms..  they came to be called Mammoids.

The Wolves protected the Nomads who lived in the jungle; it was overrun with the lesser Quantroids that had manifested into Midheaven earlier. The tribes formed a large settlement known as "Isilo". Isilo was like a treehouse paradise... houses, shops, and even bridges, all built up in the trees. They had structures on the ground as well; Isilo was divided by a river that ran through the center of the village. It was a Mecca for all the Nomads and Mammoids who lived in the jungle, there Darius would meet a Quantroid woman named Mbali.

Mbali had taken the form of a Mammoid when she manifested into Midheaven. She was pure of heart, but cuz she was a Quantroid, she couldn't experience the full power of the Sixth Sense. This drove her to break her connection with the Abyss.. she gained the 6th sense but lost all her Quantroid abilities. Mbali regretted her decision and began looking for ways to reestablish her connection to the Abyss.

Darius would trick her into tapping into the heart of the jungle, destroying her vessel in the process. Mbali regenerated as a Dryad, but unlike Darius, she could reconstruct her form to anything that existed in Midheaven. M'bali acted as a conduit for the heart energy, this allowed Darius to siphon energy from the heart without tainting it, and his powers grew even greater.

Darius was already empowered by all the souls connected to the black heart, but now with the heart of the jungle, the range of creations he could interface with widened. He was now able to control the creatures of lower consciousness that manifested from the fae. These creatures were an anti fae of sorts… They became known as the Goblins, ruthless violence prone savages who thrived off pillaging and war.

The Goblins were a mixture of the most heinous creatures Midheaven had to offer. Trolls, Ogres, Cyclops, and all kinds of horrible monsters and beings too wild for society. Darius built an army with these creatures; he began raiding across the jungle, taking anything in his path… claiming it for himself. Darius started calling himself the Folklord as stories of his crimes traveled across the plane.

Darius dreamed of crossing the mountains and destroying the Elves, and with his power steadily increasing it was becoming more and more possible. The whole realm felt the presence of the Goblins; all the factions of Midheaven took notice of the Folklord. He was corrupting the natural balance that existed between the regions. This lowered the frequencies of the realm allowing even worst beings and creatures to exist in Midheaven.

Kolvar would use this to his advantage conspiring with the folklord. They used the fear the vampires brought to manipulate the realm. The Vampires' existence was unnatural; they were undead creatures who fed on the vital essence that flowed within all the living creatures. They brought life to a new type of sorce called Blood Sorcery; this new sorcery involved using blood as the sorce of power

## Vampires in Midheaven

There were three classes of vampires in Midheaven… vampires who had been born, these were the Vamps conceived by mating. They were considered pure blood... Then there were the vampires who manifested into the plane; these were lesser Quantroids and other parasitic beings that manifested into Midheaven. The last and lowest class of vampires was infected, the gene could be passed along to anyone, making the mutation unpredictable.

Most of these vampires were solely driven by a lust for blood. Blood held the essence of beings; it strengthened the power of the Vampires… the more they consumed, the more they evolved. Vampires took a variety of forms depending on the quality of the blood they consumed; the stronger the soul, the better the blood.

They began feeding on the Elves in the fifth kingdom, evolving at alarming rates, The Vampires fiend for their blood … it brought them to new levels of evolution. The blood gave them access to Light Aether, giving the Vampires the power to lay siege to the jungle. They continued to evolve, bringing life to a new creature made entirely of blood energy called a Hemoglobin.

## Hemoglobin

These creatures were the highest form a being could take in Midheaven; they were evil in nature from consuming the life essence of other creatures, the Hemoglobins were anti-life… consuming all they came in contact with.