When Sylvanas woke up, she found herself in a white and clean room, probably in a hospital. She heard voices coming through a door to her left.

"Are you sure she is worth the trouble?" A unfamiliar voice asked.

"Let that be my problem, if it pays off in the end everything is okay." Jack stated in a stern tone. 'Had they been talking about her?' Sylvanas wondered and remembered what the blonde woman had said to her before they went to the doctor 'Get away from Jack, if you value your life.'. Maybe the woman could tell her more, but where could Sylvanas find her?

"Oh, you woke up already." Jack said as he entered the room. "I have to go to work again, but I got you a information tablet, maybe you want to know a few things." He handed her the information tablet.

"Thank you, have fun at work…. What do you work?"

"I am a lead engineer in a development team."

"And what do you develop?"

"I'm sorry, but I'm not allowed to talk about my work."

"Ok, then have fun anyway."

"I'll see you later again." Jack said as he left. Sylvanas looked at the tablet in front of her and tapped on it. Not really knowing where to start she looked at the subjects that seemed relevant to her.

-Arena

The Arena was founded shortly after the arrival of the first settlers (~500 years ago), at first it was a way for fighters to earn money during peaceful times. Later the Arena was used as a easy way to settle disputes, this function is still used with slightly different rules.

-Gaia

Gaia is a large island to the east of Laria and Coria and is said to be the origin of life. It is the largest independent land and is ruled by nine families, constantly fighting for power. Since the great war the island has turned into one giant fortress and refuses contact to outsiders.

-Legendary Swords

Legends say that these swords were made in a volcano by the most powerful mages of all times. Each one has a different power and passive effect. Most of the swords were lost during the war after the discovery of Laria and Coria. On most swords the colour matches it's power, the only exception to this are the fire and the water sword, why this is, is still unknown.

A knocking on the door interrupted Sylvanas' reading.

"Come in." She said loudly. A woman dressed in white clothes entered the room with a tray filled with food. She handed the tray to Sylvanas and left again, before Sylvanas could react.

"Great, hospital food." She rolled her eyes, but started to eat anyway. The meal tasted better than she had expected. She resumed to read, and found a subject that interested her enough to read the 'more information'.

-Magic

The use of magic was only available to very few people, they were categorised into Magician, Mind-breaker and Detectant. The weakest and most common form was the Detectant, capable of sensing and often also defuse magical traps.

A Mind-breaker could read minds and strong Mind-breakers could temporarily take control over someone else's body, by breaking their mind.

Magicians could use magic to do whatever they want. They were the most dangerous fighters, as they could use a single spell to kill thousands of enemies. The only protection from spells were other spells. The longest fight between two magician was over three weeks long and left a large island between the two continents uninhabitable. This event lead to the sealing of magic, by the high Magicians (~350 years ago). The seal hinders humans from accessing the magic energy. Additionally the old language (not gaian), which was used to direct the energy was enchanted, to sound like mumbling to those who don't speak it. Even though magic was made unusable for humans it is still used in the form of the legendary Swords, a few other artefacts and Metal-berries.

'So the magic was sealed off, because it was too powerful, but already cast spells still work. So any magical trap is a permanent problem now? And that mind-breaking sounds a lot like my mind control.' Sylvanas thought. A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. "Yes?" The receptionist entered the room and said "Jack sent me a message to tell you that he can't come by, he has to work through the night."

"Why would he have to work in the night?"

"He said something about a deadline for the project. Anyway you have two options, either I drive you to his house or you stay here tonight."

"I guess I'll stay here."

"Okay then goodnight Ms. Windrunner." The receptionist turned towards the door.

"Wait!"

"Yes?" He turned to her again.

"How good do you know Jack?"

"A little better than most, why?"

"I want to know more about his past."

"Then I can't help you, he doesn't talk about his past."

"Don't you know a little bit?"

"All that I can tell you is that he is from one of the ruling clans in Gaia. And that he travelled with a circus for a little while."

"How did you find out?"

"His armor has the symbol of the central clan on it, a dragon holding something in both of his front claws. And he told a story about his time with the circus."

"Can you tell me Jack's full name?"

"No, his last name is in old language, another sign for being part of a ruling clan."

"Really? The doctor only said that he couldn't pronounce it."

"Well that's a nice way to say it."

"Indeed, thank you for the conversation. I think I should get some rest, goodnight…. Umm I don't even know your name."

"Ohh, excuse by bad manners. You can call me Sean. Goodnight Ms. Windrunner." He left the room, and Sylvanas fell asleep fast.

AN: If you find any grammatical or language mistakes please tell me. Any feedback is appreciated. Also if you have any questions about anything ask them, I will try to answer them within the story. If I don't do that I will answer them here.

consort

No, the decoration stays decoration. And the mentioned swords will be seen soon, in the arena. +Thank you for correcting me.