YEAR 157 - 165.1
A group of human explorers set out from the Kingdom of Streamland in the year 157 with the intent to explore the uncharted northern regions of the continent.
They traveled through the Sandstone Qhaganate, the newly formed 1st Crusader State, The Dorathian Kingdom, the lands belonging to the hamsterfolk shamans, the Slugman duchies and the HCE, before heading further north. They mapped out the northern shoreline, until they hit water on the east then began heading south. Soon enough, the sky began turning red and constant, distant sounds of thunder could be heard and even some flashes of lightning, but this wasn't normal lightning, it was completely blood red. In the year 165 they had reached the Aetherials' domain and unknowingly walked right into it.
it didn't take long for the explorers to fall sick one by one. And as the night fell, they were set upon by beasts, but these were not normal animals... they were changed. Some without any skin, some with too many limbs, some with many heads, some with spikes of bone protruding through the flesh, and all of them incredibly aggressive. The explorers stood no chance and they were too weak to run, except for one.
By some stroke of unimaginable luck, one of them managed to avoid the worst of it. He dropped everything he had and ran westward. With another stroke of luck and the monsters distracted, he got away and out of the twisted chaos lands. But he did not escape unscathed, the taint of Chaos had buried itself deep within him and the memories of the monsters tearing apart his friends haunted his dreams.
Thus, he kept walking back west, with the Chaos eating away at his mind and body every day. His hair began to glow red as did the scars that appeared on his body and his eyes began to glow bright white. But his body was stronger than ever before... Somehow, the light brush with chaos he had, had powered up his body significantly, made him not need any food or water and even gave him a degree of control over chaos energy. He had become the first Chaos Mage, Half human and half Aetherial.
(OOC: This is probably the worst render i have ever shown anyone else. Probably wont be the last)