Book of The Lightborn: Rise

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A story about beings of light, called Lightborn, this book explores their emergence on a planet called Erta. From the first steps they take into the world, to crucial discoveries and conflicts, the Lightborn become lords of the world gifted to them by their Creator.

A story of discovery, adventure, action and drama, it's all a most epic adventure set in a completely fictional universe.

Table of Contents

A step outside the light

Their armies stretched from the left side of the land to the other, going for many kilometers. The sea's waves are trying to climb the si... Read Chapter

The Shivering Lands

He didn't wish to waste a moment. He wanted to step beyond the light's reach. Yet, uneasiness surged within him given that those promises... Read Chapter

Taming the wilds

He steps into the snow. The cold almost reaching beyond the light, which protects him, but he isn't phased. He keeps walking, until the f... Read Chapter

As promised

"Three suns left. The valley leads further ahead, and I can't see it ending, but..." Kilon paused a moment and extended his hand forward,... Read Chapter

A way out

"And then? What did the beast do?" curiously asked Eharel, a slightly red glowing Lightborn. "He killed it I bet. It couldn't have su... Read Chapter

Only forward

 "Prepare yourself, Kilon, son of the Link. The light will lit up the heavens, as it will descend upon your brethren, disaster follo... Read Chapter

The Frozen Passage

"The storm is approaching, we should move on. That "forest" is not too far now."  Eraanel, a Lightborn with a slight yellow glow sai... Read Chapter

The Warm Lands

"Do you think this will be a problem?" Menoel asked Kilon, as they looked ahead.   "Yes. Definitely will be a pro... Read Chapter

A grave mistake

"Do you think we should talk with him at some point?" Eraanel wanted to know from his sister, his right eye still missing, the complexity... Read Chapter

The dangers of life

Kilon didn't tell anyone yet. About the effects of their presence. Their influence on the living things, besides them, was apparent when ... Read Chapter

Change

They ran for half a sun, their bodies barely holding themselves up. It wasn't that they didn't have energy, quite the opposite, the Light... Read Chapter

The road forward

"If our bodies are the exterior matter, and our minds are the interior, then a soul is the bridge between the two. It allows for the mind... Read Chapter

The good for all

"Not everyone is strong. That much I know." Orvus thought to himself, as he dismantled the tornadoes trying to form amidst the storm surr... Read Chapter

Beyond One's Reach

"So, who won?" Kilon asked Menoel intrigued, scratching his chin. He had to stay at the forefront, so he wasn't able watch the match, but... Read Chapter

Siblings Fight

"Did you get her?" Manna asked her brother, a small frown on her face. "I did. She's a handful I must say," Eraanel responded looking... Read Chapter

In Their Memory

The ground shook violently once more. Melonius knew what that meant, “More rootworms.”. His mind conflicted. “Should I save Efeehem... Read Chapter

Our Way Home

Three suns later "Has Kilon recovered?" Avaanel asked Eharel. She used two starstag antlers to the sides of her leg, to support her w... Read Chapter

Against Their Own

"I was afraid you two were going to take us all into that fight," Eraanel tried to lift his sister's mood with a bit of humour. He placed... Read Chapter

Enter: The Gargantuan Forest

“The sun will soon be upon us,” Eraanel told Manna, his left eye looking at every movement of her face from behind. The Lightborn wer... Read Chapter

Enter: The Lands Between Mountains

The sun was setting in the east. By the hundreds, the Lightborn made their way out of the valley. The mountains went to the left and righ... Read Chapter

Hopes Shattered

"Resources, seemingly unlimited. Creatures, also apparently unlimited, due to their reproductive methods, noticed back in the Shivering L... Read Chapter

Hunt

"Kill one of our own, can you believe it? I certainly can't," Eraanel supported his back against a tree, Piki ran around his legs, diggin... Read Chapter

Worth Living

In a world offered by their Creator, these beings of light, which dared step beyond the warmth and light of their home, find themselves t... Read Chapter

Everlasting Burden

'To have so much power, that even You, our Creator and Maker choose to speak with me. Show me things which the others can't understand,' ... Read Chapter

Lost Brother

'Impressive creatures,' Salvete meets the dawn of the third day since the hunt began with the scene of a sleeping shadow lurker. Standing... Read Chapter

Beyond Reason

They were given birth from the same point, the same matter and shaped by the same Creator. Since they stepped out of the Link, these bein... Read Chapter

Siblings Fight - Conclusion

The Link - Six Months Prior "So you catch it like this?" "Yes, but with more finesse, like this.". "Oh, yes, I see. Is this b... Read Chapter

Until We Meet Again

‘I send my prayer to you, Creator,’ atop a tree, the Blessed amongst the Ascended raises a prayer, ‘bring them back to me, for I mi... Read Chapter

Days of Peace

Avaanel   ‘How should we call this, graymatter? Hmm, no. Maybe greyearth? Hmm…no,’ Avaanel spent most of her tim... Read Chapter

Siblings Argue

“From the light we gain power, In its waking shine, do we cower? In the Creator we find love, Yet, nothing ever comes... Read Chapter

New Age

"Can you feel it? The strength which the beast once had," Kilon hands a spear to his sister, "is now yours to control. Use it wisely and ... Read Chapter

Purpose

The dawn of a new day was slowly approaching, and close to the Lightborn settlement, sunrays and moonbloom flowers touched upon stone pie... Read Chapter

Conquest

Kilon stepped inside his house. It was the first tree to be sprawled from the ground inside their settlement, which marked the beginning ... Read Chapter

We Meet Again

‘Do you see it, Avunaia? The view before us, one that challenges us. Creatures of flesh and blood that stand too tall in direct opposit... Read Chapter

Awakening

6 months prior ‘I’m losing consciousness. This isn’t good, where is my body at? Can’t feel it. What about my mind? Still here... Read Chapter

Siblings Talk

Kilon, wounded as he was still, could only focus on the vibrance from the lights before him. All of the lights that Manna possessed were ... Read Chapter

Beliefs

Coming down from the hill, Manna was deep in thought. The beauty of the place and the wonder it possessed, they all seemed too surreal... Read Chapter

Natural Calamity

'Is there such a thing greater than love, I wonder,' Orvus wandered the Gargantuan Forest, bloody steps behind him and little signs of li... Read Chapter

Storm Approaching

“Do you think we can survive this?” “I suppose so…my visions had nothing akin to this in them.” “We should have the n... Read Chapter


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