The History of the Manatonics

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Contents

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*         Table of Contents          *

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*Section:                      Page  *

* Preface.......................03   *

* Chapter 1: Creation...........04   *

* Chapter 2: War of the              *

*    Manatonics.................07   *

* Chapter 3: The Great Battle...09   *

* Chapter 4: The Aftermath......16   *

* Chapter 5: The Ethereal            *

*    Returns....................18   *

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* Appendix A: The Generations...20   *

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Preface

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*  Preface:                          *

*   The contents of this book have   *

*been gathered through word of mouth *

*and personal experience. Some of the*

*names have been omitted for obvious *

*reasons. This is also by no means a *

*complete history of the manatonics. *

*Many important stories have been    *

*left out due to a lack of           *

*information. One in particular that *

*I wish to study is the story of     *

*Eremon MacLeod. If you should have  *

*any additional information, please  *

*let me know. I shall try to keep the*

*volume up to date. I hope that you  *

*enjoy reading it as much as I       *

*enjoyed researching and writing it. *

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*             -Aesea MacLeod         *

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Creation

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*      Chapter 1: Creation           *

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*All are aware of the many gods whom *

*the mortals worship, but few are    *

*aware that there exists another     *

*being. This entity is the essence   *

*of our kind, the order of the       *

*manatonics. The one who I speak of  *

*is known as the Ethereal. The       *

*Ethereal watches over us, he is our *

*protector, our creator, and our     *

*mentor. Unlike the other gods, the  *

*Ethereal does not interact with the *

*other gods or mortals. His sole     *

*purpose is to watch over his        *

*chosen ones.                        *

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*The Ethereal chooses his followers  *

*at birth. Those chosen are then     *

*watched until they have reached     *

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*maturity, at which point the        *

*Ethereal bestows his gifts upon the *

*person. The gift is nothing more    *

*than an awakening of dormant parts  *

*of the mind. The person will find   *

*that they are able to use their mind*

*to do things previously impossible. *

*Of all the gifts given, eternal life*

*is considered one of the most       *

*precious. The details of the rest of*

*the powers will be explained in a   *

*later book.                         *

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* With the gift of eternal life, the *

*manatonics have become a race of    *

*watchers. With infinite time, comes *

*infinite choices. Most have chosen  *

*to watch and then act, as extra time*

*will not affect their outcome. I    *

*often like to think of the analogy  *

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*of the stream of life. Each person  *

*flows along his or her own course,  *

*be it a leaf on the stream, or a    *

*part of the current. The manatonics *

*are removed from this stream. They  *

*stand aside and watch as the current*

*flows past. Occasionally they will  *

*step in and disrupt the flow, but   *

*inevitably the stream will continue *

*to flow around them.                *

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* It is the watching and waiting that*

*led to the first of the manatonic   *

*wars in the first generation. *     *

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*  * See the appendix for a better   *

*    explanation of the different    *

*    generations.                    *

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War of the Manatonics

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*  Chapter 2: War of the Manatonics  *

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* For some time, the manatonics had  *

*been gaining power. Some soon       *

*discovered that by killing other    *

*manatonics, their own power would   *

*grow. What they did not realize at  *

*the time was that those who died,   *

*lost more power than was gained.    *

*Before long, a few manatonics       *

*emerged as the strongest. Many of   *

*the gifted ones went into hiding for*

*fear of being hunted down. Among the*

*most notable of those who gained    *

*power were Blake, Teufry, and       *

*Tenoyar.                            *

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* Of all manatonics ever recorded,   *

*Blake was the most powerful. Blake  *

*was the first of the manatonics to  *

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*develop his mind enough to study the*

*ancient arts of the monks. Blakes   *

*power grew to such an extent, that  *

*he became more powerful than even   *

*the firstborn of the gods. He had   *

*enough power to rival the gods. It  *

*was this power that the gods feared,*

*and thus the second great battle    *

*begun.                              *

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The Great Battle

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*    Chapter 3: The Great Battle     *

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* The gods (please note, all of them *

*except the Ethereal), fearing the   *

*power that these chosen people could*

*attain, sought to destroy them all. *

*A golden dragon named Pryzm, one of *

*the largest dragons to ever walk the*

*lands, claimed that the existence of*

*the manatonics was blasphemous.     *

*Their very existence was unnatural. *

*There is much speculation as to the *

*real identity of Pryzm. It was said *

*that he was as powerful as three    *

*dragons, and some even believed that*

*he was Necrucifer or Devion in      *

*disguise.                           *

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* I fear I must make a small comment *

*about how manatonics drew their     *

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*power in order to allow the reader  *

*to better understand the events that*

*transpired next. Throughout the     *

*world, there were special portals.  *

*These portals connected to the      *

*Ethereals plane. Through these      *

*portals the manatonics could draw   *

*upon the wisdom and knowledge of the*

*Ethereal, and it was these portals  *

*that all of Algoron focused its     *

*might against.                      *

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* At the time of this war, the leader*

*of New Thalos (who shall be unnamed *

*at this time to protect her         *

*identity) was threatened by the     *

*dragon to step down and remove      *

*herself from the city. As sultana of*

*her people, she refused to leave.   *

*Pryzm convinced the minotaurs from  *

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*Icewall to leave their homes and    *

*sail to Althania. Pryzms real goal  *

*was not New Thalos itself, but what *

*lay beyond. Past New Thalos was     *

*Dragons Vale, an ancient valley     *

*shrouded in mystery.                *

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* The other manatonics, realizing the*

*trouble they were in, banded        *

*together for the first time. Both   *

*evil and good, strong and weak, came*

*together to save their way of life. *

*Instead of risking innocent         *

*bloodshed, the manatonics came      *

*together in the Vale, where they    *

*would be most powerful              *

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*Pryzm, angered by the Sultanas      *

*refusal to leave, went on a rampage *

*through New Thalos. Many watched in *

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*horror as the great dragon sent wave*

*after wave of devastating fire      *

*breath throughout the streets.      *

*Within minutes, the once beautiful  *

*city of New Thalos was reduced to a *

*pile of smoldering ashes. The       *

*minotaurs quickly captured the      *

*destroyed city. The sultana, seeing *

*her city being burned to the ground,*

*left and joined the rest in Dragons *

*Vale.                               *

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* Many of the other mortals, caught  *

*up in the bloodlust, joined the army*

*that marched to Dragons Vale. The   *

*only thought on all their minds was *

*the destruction of the freaks of    *

*nature, something the manatonics had*

*been labeled ever since their       *

*discovery. The odd band of          *

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*manatonics guarding the portal      *

*stood, awaiting the onslaught.      *

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* Elf and dwarf fought side by side, *

*steel combined its efforts with     *

*magic, and light walked with the    *

*darkness. The manatonics fought     *

*valiantly, but after days of        *

*fighting and many deaths (mostly on *

*the armies side), their strength    *

*began to wane. Soon even Blake could*

*scarcely defend himself. The other  *

*gods, seeing their chance to strike *

*when the manatonics were weakened,  *

*called down their wrath upon the    *

*portals all around Algoron.         *

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* Seeing the skies fill with         *

*lightning and fire, the manatonics  *

*fled the Vale. None of the          *

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*manatonics had died in the battle,  *

*but each had barely enough strength *

*to either run or speak the words of *

*magic that would take them far away.*

*What happened next, few will ever   *

*forget. The heavens opened up and   *

*lightning of various colors rained  *

*down upon the portal. An unholy fire*

*sprang up in the Vale and scorched  *

*everything in its path. When the    *

*storm finally cleared and the sun   *

*shone its glaring light on the      *

*valley, the portal was destroyed. In*

*its place stood a blackened crater. *

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* Many of the other portals were     *

*reduced to craters as well, but a   *

*few of the smaller ones were well   *

*hidden, even from the view of the   *

*gods. The manatonics themselves hid *

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*in fear. Daily they could feel the  *

*great loss they had suffered. Their *

*connection to the Ethereal was weak *

*at best. They had no powers left,   *

*and many faded into nothingness, to *

*be forgotten in the vastness of     *

*time.                               *

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The Aftermath

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*      Chapter 4: The Aftermath      *

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* All of the manatonics were weakened*

*and began to go into a hibernation  *

*of sorts. It was during this time   *

*that I believe the Ethereal removed *

*himself from the plane of both      *

*Algoron and the other gods. Many of *

*the manatonics awoke to find that   *

*they had nothing left, and many     *

*ended their lives. A few remained to*

*search again for their powers and   *

*regain what was lost, but there were*

*too few and they were too scattered.*

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* The tales of the manatonics soon   *

*faded to history, and then to       *

*legend. A few of them still walked  *

*the land. Though their powers were  *

*gone, they still retrained their    *

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*everlasting life. They were soon    *

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The Ethereal Returns

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*   Chapter 5: The Ethereal Returns  *

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* After many years of being dormant  *

*and regaining strength, the Ethereal*

*returned to the plane of Algoron and*

*began to call his followers again.  *

*Those who were left found that their*

*powers returned, but many of the    *

*powers they once possessed were     *

*gone. Most notable of those were all*

*of the offensive powers. The older  *

*manatonics also noticed that there  *

*were new people who were gifted with*

*this power.                         *

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* Of these new chosen, a few stood   *

*out. One was Lysoryn who was the    *

*emperor of Althania for a short     *

*while. There was also Deykan, a monk*

*who was in Gareth Keep. He was the  *

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*first of the manatonics to lose his *

*powers in the Althania Gladiator    *

*League to Maxx in a championship    *

*match. Note: Deykan was the second  *

*monk to be among the clanned people *

*of Algoron. As suddenly as these    *

*manatonics appeared, they left.     *

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* As they left, I was born. It has   *

*been some time since I have seen    *

*another of my kind, and as of the   *

*writing of this book, I, Aesea      *

*MacLeod, am the master of the       *

*manatonics. Any questions pertaining*

*to this book or the history of the  *

*manatonics should be addressed to   *

*myself.                             *

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Appendix A: The Generations

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*    Appendix A: The Generations     *

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* I define the first generation as   *

*any manatonics born before the great*

*war in which most of the portals    *

*were destroyed. The second          *

*generation is those born after the  *

*return of the Ethereal. The third   *

*generation is those born after the  *

*disappearance of the second         *

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