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my name is rah tessalor, ruler of the akabian empire and ruler of tessa. by this books i shall tell some of the adventures i’ve lived in the past and, now that i am much older and wiser, i assume necessary to write down for the generations to come.
believing that possible readers of this tomes may not anymore be from my era, i will clarify some facts as the tales go by.
the tale i’m about to tell took place in esphera, fifth planet from the uria system, the only one with life and my homeland.
the planet is the home of two sapient races: the imotarians and the akabians. we akabians live in the great city-nation of tessa that spreads over 1/4 of the surface of the planet.
today i am the tessalor, supreme ruler and leader of my akabian people and i’m very honored by this title.
but when our story begins, i was just the heir tessalor and tessa was ruled by my father, set tessalor.
the great city is energized by the hipogeo, the purple mantle of energy that laid beneath the surface.
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my father was a responsable leader. a very spiritual akabian with virtuous and righteous ways. most of the time...
Nu dom, the spiritual akabian elite is responsable for the energy supply and for the great pyramids works as power plant and reservoir.
my people were always bound by tradition.
me, on the other hand, always liked to travel and discover new wolrds. When i was younger, i travelled for five years among the inhabited planets knowing cultures and habits, making new friends and learning new values.
i used to go out to the desert to meditate. one of this days, i was wondering in the garnet desert when it al began. the garnet desert is outside tessa. a tranquil and warm place where i can stay in the shade of an transmission obelisk and relax without undisturbed.
that day, the silence of the desert was interrupted by a very unfamiliar sound.
a veterran ship crossed the sky towards tessa. that couldn’t be good...
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our people has never been an ally of the veterrans. in fact, a few ever were.
we have never clashed with this violent creatures because we have always feared one another. there were a false peace between veterrans and the other cultures of the cosmos.
the veterrans first apearence was about 700 years ago and they brought war with them.
in that time, humans were able to defeat them easily and so they vowed revenge.
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about a century after, they returned and were ruthless...
they marched directly to the capital of sapien Empire: tivas.
so veterra earned it place in the maps. The army decimated entire worlds.
there the genocide began and only ended when the human race was almost extinct. those who were able to take refuge were thrown to the margins of society, treated as litter, since before the veterrans, they were the mercilessly tyrants.
mas nada se compara ao que eles fizeram com os humanos... in fact, veterrans are only parasites that lodge the body of the veterrions, another race from their home planet.
the host has his brain replaced by the parasite. He dies, but his body becomes stronger, more resistent and controled by the veterran.
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when i finally made it to tessa, i went to the tessalor palace to see my father. A veterran visit would not have gone unnoticed in the eyes of set tessalor.
father, did the veterran ship came to you?
what did they want?
yes, my son. unfortunately you’ve arride late, they are gone. it was only a messenger. he asked permission for the arrival of an ambassador.
said to bring good news about your grandfather.
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they say they have the cure, my son... they say they could bring your grandfather back.
the cure... it’s impossible!
how...
tessalor, reconsider...
veterrans have never studied cures for other people, and even if they did, why would they give them to us?
the messenger said that the ambassador will come to explain how it can be done and maybe even start the treatment.
You, more than anyone, knows how I wish your grandfather back...
for this an opportunity!
don’t try to tell me what to do, rah!
no matter if they are veterrans, vargas or even humans! since we take grande tessalor out of this diseased state, I'll take the risk!
go change . put something more suitable to receive our guest.
he should be arriving soon...
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and so he arrived... earlier than I would like.
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I dressed as my father asked. Also, I took some precautions about the long-awaited visit ...
i got some trusted friends and soldiers infiltrated to escort the guest .
some of the most loyal disguised themselves as nurses from my grandfather so they could follow the process closely.
one friend in particular, ain, infiltrated among the engineers responsible for the veterran ship.
I wanted to believe that they were bringing good news ...
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The ambassador gave me a strange feeling .
greetings tessalor! it is a great honor for me to be in your presence . I'm happy that you’ve decided to welcome us. I bring great news for your people , especially to your family!
you can call me ambassador raiko. I am at your disposal to help in the treatment and recovery of Grande tessalor.
welcome, Ambassador. Know that your visit brings joy to my people.
join me in the throne room so we can talk.
his speech seemed staged, rehearsed. something did not make sense.
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his gestures seemed almost robotic. he seemed to be following some sort of protocol to act informally.
My tessalor, Our doctors and scholars are intensely researching the bacteria from nyala.
we know it’s difficult to heal your beloved father because nyala’s biology has its own pace, evolving faster than it’s possible to develop a cure.
but recently the technology from veterra was able to generate a new type of benign parasite that can be injected into the patient, seek out and eliminate any life forms that is hindering its vital functions.
além de curar grande tessalor, nosso tratamento ainda o tornaria mais saudável e praticamente imune a doenças futuras!
it will not only heal grande tessalor, but our treatment will even make him healthier and virtually immune to almost any future diseases!
and the procedure is secure, ambassador ?
but what bothered me the most were his eyes. is much more difficult to read someone when we can not see his eyes.
com certeza! testamos várias vezes em diversos casos-controle. não há o que temer!
desejamos aprender, meu tessalor! será uma oportunidade de testarmos nossa cura em akabianos.
me diga raiko, por que oferecer para nós a cura?
o que deseja da cidade-nação?
além de ser uma oportunidade de nossos povos se tornarem mais próximos.
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well then. bring your doctors here to begin with the treatment.
My tessalor, everything looks normal in the veterran ship's supply sector. but they are really concerned about safety here ... the guards looks like soldiers.
my lord, Our parasite is hibernating in my ship and should be inserted in the patient immediately after it is released from this state.
I just hope they are not really soldiers. keep me informed Ain.
we need to treat the tessalor on my ship ...
My grandfather will be taken to the ship. remains close to him at all times.
hunf ... so be it. the nurses will help my father to get intoyour ship. My father was naĂŻve. he was blinded by the hope of having my grandfather back.
yes, my tessalor. i’ll be Escorting grande for the procedure room myself . he will be just fine.
grande Tessalor could not get out of the bed for ten years. lately, he could not even speak or hear very well. The disease had consumed his mind and his body, leaving him disfigured and inert. I could understand my father’s desire. grande was a beloved leader and an exceptional grandfather to me. i Also missed him a lot.
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But my lack of confidence in the veterran race did not let me rest. so i Decided to ask advice about this subject from some friends.
grande tessalor is entering the ship now, my lord.
i returned to my quarters while keeping track of my grandfather’s journey by the comunicator.
I'm wondering at the lack of veterrans physicians here, I see only one of them dressed without a soldier suit.
not even in the medical bay?
I don’t have access to the medical bay. I'll try to sneak in among them to get more information, my tessalor.
to contact a distant planet, we needed to send the message to the gearbox orbiting esphera. This box would open a wormhole to send the message to the destination.
I went down to my secret room to send a message of urgency to my friend: Raif Kalaran mob.
this process could take days ...
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Approximately 70m below the city, this room was my refuge inside the palace walls. there i kept, among other things, the communicator able to send a messege to Mob and other friends who were part of the guild of the dark shroud.
The guild was considered by many in the universe, a legend. magical stories about immortal warriors who could not be defeated.
Not even my father knew about this chamber beneath my quarters.
Establish communication with Paxória. Call me with Raif Kalaram Mob.
comunication: established. Mob, an veterran Ambassador visited my father today. He offered a cure for my grandfather and everyone believed him.
you know I do not like veterrans, so I put some infiltrators among them to keep me informed of what is happening, since grande Tessalor led into the ship to perform the treatment.
Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself, but how about gather the dark shrouds tomorrow? please, Contact the others.
The reality is quite unlike from the legends.
meanwhile, I think I'll check more closely what is happening out there.
End communication. Send to paxória in a state of emergency, i need this answer as soon as possible.
i’m trying to translate the veterrans. ain, how are things going?
something I should worry about?
i'm blind here, tessalor. I have no access to the procedure room.
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i managed to encode two soldiers talking, I will give you the audio. seems that--
I have performed my diplomatic role today. now I'll get on that ship and monitor this process closely without them noticing me.
the invasion has began! let's go to the bridge to take the that palace while they are still stunned.
are you sure that you will take that risk, tessalor? this ship is strangely full of soldiers and now they seem to move more frantically ... I think there's something going on.
time to wipe out that fat king-- did you heard that? you know me, Ain. i need to see it happening with my own eyes. got some updates?
i knew it!
I always hated using the formal clothes of the tessalor’s house. They had sleeves.
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tessalor, they’ve found--
Ain! answer me!
My tessalor, this is the head of security. We're being attacked! My warriors are protecting your father, where are you?
do not worry about me, jarha, just protect my father at all costs! I will mobilize our troops to hold this attack, evacuate the throne room!
pabasa, this is rah tessalor, what’s happening out there?
it’s mayhem, my tessalor! they are too many, we weren’t ready for this!
i was...
do it! jarha, is my father alright?
call me with the Nu Dom. i need to be aware of the power supply situation.
yes, my tessalor, they have not yet entered the palace walls, we are taking him to the EMERGENCY ROOM.
they can’t be reached, tessalor. we have to go up to the pyramid of the palace to reestablish communication.
...many.
by the gods...
GREAT, TELL ME when you get there. Pabasa, of how many veterrans ships are we talking about?
many, my tessalor...
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