Years ago, long before our Grandfathers were born, the children of the Fae lived within our world . They lived alongside the humans and the shifter Kin, proud and capable . Their magic was used to help humankind and provide for us . It was a joyous collaboration which left the land green and our kind without fear of the forests or what they held .
The magic the fae commanded could be used to make hard tasks easier or make a simple weapon so much more useful . Creating things that were beautiful and making tasks that took hours only take a few moments, that way the rest of the day could be used for leisure . The Fae shared their abilities with everyone however, humans were overcome by greed . They discovered a metal that could control and contain a fairy or a elf and the fierce burning pain could cause any creature to obey a master . Fae were no different . After several were tortured the Fae Kings and Queens were left with no choice .
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Realizing there was danger ahead, the Fae begged the King of the Shadow Realm, Morndrake for solace within the Kingdom of death . Being a friend of fae and beast, The Shadow King helped them build a alternate universe within his kingdom, a land all their own filled with music, beauty, and wilderness . Once it was completed two gates were formed, one to the human world and one to the land of Shadows .
The Shifter Kin were sad to see their friends go, but agreed to help them escape in secret, worried the humans will capture fae children and not let them go . Under the cover of night, the Fae disappeared into the void, locking their gate behind them . They left the Key with the shifters who helped them in their final moments on earth .
The Shifter Queen who I am named after, Kyera of the Falling Leaves, took the key and passed it down from generation to generation . Your Great Grandfather found out about the Key and demanded my kind give it to him so he could deal with the Shadow Veil Kingdom's threats . At the time the two kingdoms were nearly at war . There was nothing Shifter Kind could do .
That is when the war broke out, and rather than waging war with a neighbor, your king decided to wage war on the shifter kin . Murdering many of the Shifters before they were even aware they were at war . It was meant as a warning to the shifters, to give up the key or more would die . Realizing the hatred in his heart, the King at the time, a Tiger of great strength broke the Fae Gate Key into 5 pieces, and passed each piece to a different clan leader .
Seeing the pain of the Shifter People on their behalf, the Fae offered the Shifters protection against human eyes . There's a glamour in this woods, a magic mist and alliance of shadows that protect the shifters from human armies . There are so few shifter's left, maybe a couple hundred in the entire forest, and each and every one is safe as long as they stay within their villages because if a human wanders too close without the aid of a shifter, they will get lost in the fire from our border fires . The magic stones around the fire cast the smoke that leads them astray .
The key is mostly reconnected but, the one I have is the centerpiece, and is required to attach the others together . You see when the Wars got bad and the pieces were slowly gathered together, a dark force started killing off the protectors and taking the keys . Realizing this, the key's protector gave his Key to my mother, who later passed it to me .
Without this piece the Fae are safe, and has been since the day the key passed to my hands . Now the Dark Force has come again from the shadows and demands the key as they have done many times before . However, they can not retrieve it unless I come to them . You see they will not leave the forest till they are strong enough to face you and your kin .
My People will hide my whereabouts with their dying breaths because I was important to them . I am a healer but I am also a Keeper of the keys as every member of that old council was . We are loyal to the Fae who protect our forest . The Shifters who broke the key are also protected from the armies by Fae magic . As long as the Fae grant them the power of that shroud it is the duty of the Key holders to protect the gates to Our last breaths if need be .
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