{"sf1_id":136467,"sf2_id":"0mvLrXW1","title":"The Continent of Shadows","author":"QimmiQ","words":380,"posted_at":"2010-04-03T22:42:00.000Z","tags":["Intro","Short"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/136467-the-continent-of-shadows","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/0mvLrXW1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/9c/fd/9cfdf524-db47-479d-b27f-2243ec0c1eb0","description":"","content":"I appologize how short this is; but its how I describe my world (howerever fictional)\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe Continent of Shadows\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nThe skies, the waters, the very earth died. It was irrevocable; all  \nlife was sealed.  \nSealed in darkness, fire, ice, rage and the Bindings of Shadow. All of  \na contenent was sealed in a cloak of Shadow.  \nSome say it sank, others say it was destroyed in a war of gods and  \ndemons. It has been sealed in the Power of Shadow. Since then it lived  \non in the shadows. Sometimes you can see it in the corner of your eye  \nin the eve of summer. In the last moment when the sun went down; you  \ncan see just a glimpse for a fraction of a second; water, deserts,  \ntowns and forests. Most think it is their imagination. Others see it  \nas it really is; they weep for the lives torn apart.  \nChaos ruled; nothing ever could be the same. Fires froze, waters  \nboiled, the air poisoned and the earth crumbled. Many people died;  \nthe ones who survived adapted slowly to the chaos around them. They  \nmade things anew; mending a damaged world.  \nThen a new generation of people were born. They weren't born the same as  \ntheir parents. They were different. The sheer mass of Shadow Energy  \nchanged them.  \nSome had powers beyond belief, others were cursed into beast forms and  \nothers still died. The dead could not rest; they became Spirits.  \nEither benevolent, others malevolent.  \nOrder was slowly rebuilt. Painfully slow things began to take a better  \npath.  \nStill the new generation of people remained. Most were cast out.  \nLabelled as freaks, murderers, filth and many other horrible names.  \nSome became bitter of people. Some stayed hopeful that someday they  \nwill find someone to love. Others became disinterested with the  \naffairs of humanity and left to hone their own talents and skills.  \nMany people said hope saved them. Hope for a better life; it is  \npowerful. Hope is the light that kept them from the dark.  \nThen a fateful event happened; the people born with strange powers  \nbecame accepted again. The hearts opened to everyone; they realised  \nthat they were still people with hearts and Souls. There were still  \nprejudices though; but there was peace between them.\n\n  \n  \n\n"}