Author Comment (AC): This is the sequel to Theb-Saar Scan and the main story.

I want to thank FollowerOfAnhamirak for giving some correction to the story.

Prologue: An Old Story

In my youth I was a simple guard who had sworn to protect the part of Kaizeph where my tribe lived during those dark times. My life was a simple one, spent guarding our quadrant and making sure that we had no trouble from the other tribes - or cause it. It was a peaceful life with few battles where I could show no one what I could do. Though the one battle I did have cost me half of my tail. Good times.

However, there was one stranger that appeared at that time. How? I never knew. He had nothing to reach the floating city.

It was an outsider. One that looked bizarre. Different from anything I've ever seen before. Someone lost in our besieged world.

Strangely, he was wet that sunny day. He appeared seemingly out of nowhere, drenched in water though there was not a cloud in sight, smelling of the rain and something else, something foreign. On one hand he carried a staff and on the other was the strangest tablet I had ever seen. One not made from stone but from a strangely colored substance that was softer and more pliable. Suspicious, I arrested and interrogated him.

He was confused and I couldn't understand the few strange things he said.

Then, it hit me. This one looked rather unique. Like an Overworlder, but not. The smell of his flesh was unique. His clothes were unique. Everything he had with him was unique. They were strange objects that didn't exist anywhere in Perim. Made of strange things.

It took a while, but eventually he talked a little. I realised it then. The weird words that came out of his mouth, the weird way he moved. This one who called himself a human. The one who became my friend….he wasn't born in Perim.

He denied it many times whenever I brought it up but his little words served only to convince me of one thing. This human came from the Cothica, no matter how much he tried to deny it.

Taffial finished reading the messages of the little tablet. He was a red bipedal chameleon like being dressed in a pale green like loincloth with a vest and hat of the same color with green eyes and large black irises and a long tail which he used to hold a brightly shining torch.

He was surrounded by many other researchers and Cothica Hunters from his tribe as well as several guards who were also present to assure their safety. They weren't the only tribe in the lost city. The others were also searching for the secrets in their own section of the city but some were spying, just to be sure that any significant discovery wouldn't be kept secret for one tribe alone.

They all wanted to reach the Cothica.

Taffial hands were lightly shaking. Stifling his excitement, he tried to control himself without much success. The simple tablet he had found was proof of everything he had always dreamed about. "This..." he whispered. He turned the tablet on the other side and saw a drawing sculpted on the tablet made of rock. The image of a Mipedian with a damaged tail and the other one. He gazed at it and recognised that the other one was a human. The face, the eyes and the absence of fur, scales or exoskeleton on his flesh were the proof. The chameleon took in the image of the two of them bumping their fist together with a small smile. Emotions of joy and sorrow were sculpted on the tablet, as if the maker were struggling to hold back his feelings as he carved. Without much success it seemed, as evidenced by the too deep marks.

Slowly the Mipedians approached the Cothica Hunter as they gazed at the drawing, the Crown Prince among them. One of guards whispered, "That's…"

Taffial nodded, "A Chaotic Player," he turned the tablet once again and handed it to Prince Iflar. They silently reread it and as they did, they to were also shivering.

"By the… they really came from the Cothica. It's not just a rumor," a soldier whispered.

Just then a loud sound interrupted them, that of an object that was either dropped or kicked. They turned around and spotted Danian who had obviously been eavesdropping on them was quickly running away.

"After him! Don't let him escape!" Iflar ordered as he pointed at the Danian.

More similar sounds echoed in the room. Iflar grunted as he realised that the bug creature had distracted them from the others spies, "And the spies from Overworld and Underworld! Let none of them escape!" The guards were already chasing them as he finished giving his orders.

"That's the worst case scenario," one of the researchers sighed.

"This is the greatest discovery of all time. We might actually witness it with our own eyes," Taffial looked down and sighed, "If we reach it first…."

Iflar nodded and gazed around. There were no more spies around. Absentmindedly Iflar noted that hey had left a little too quickly. It didn't matter though. He put his hand on the shoulder of the brave Cothica Hunter, "Do not worry about failing to reach it first. We already have an advantage over them. Father already had a plan ready for this, meanwhile they just discovered this fact."

The Mipedian nodded and gave him back the tablet, "Bring this to our king for safety. I have it all in my mind my prince. We shall keep researching and find more of its secrets."

"You will. I shall bring this to father immediately," and the prince left them to their duty as he went to do his own. A small smile appeared as this proved without a doubt why his father was so interested in Peyton.

AC: This is the end of this small prologue. It's not going to be a small story like the others and each tribe will have their own focus and the four main humans too.