Post by ESM Admin on Aug 25, 2008 4:38:58 GMT -5
The Elemental School for Misfits
You’ve always been different. There’s always been something about you that’s different to other children. Something was always strange about you, perhaps even supernatural. You’ve always been special. You’ve always been a misfit.
Thousands of years ago, several long-forgotten races lived alongside humans. They worked together, rested together, fought together. They were treated as equals. The name of the most powerful of these races has been lost through time, but they are most commonly known as misfits. Each one of them had hundreds of different powers, all the same. They were suddenly wiped out by plague too long ago to remember. When their leaders became extinct, the other races fled.
Because there is only one gene with powers, it was rare for children born to human and misfit parents to inherit these gifts. The humans continued after the misfits were gone, and eventually they were forgotten. But the gene stayed. It weakened with each generation of humans, but it never quite disappeared. Children through the ages have developed supernatural powers due to inheriting this gene. No-one knew what was happening, so they were commonly labelled either mad, a witch or a heretic. The chances of the parents of these children having powers were almost impossible, so they could shed no light on the situation.
Nine hundred years ago, four Elementals – one of the weaker races that fled when the misfits became extinct – were disgusted with the way misfit children were being treated. They found an island somewhere in the Atlantic and started a school. Misfits from all over the world were found and taken to the academy. There they were taught to control their powers, to hide them form the rest of society. Because the gene had been weakened, each misfit had only one power. They could learn others, but their first would always be the strongest.
And so we reach today. The school is flourishing, and no human has any idea of its existence. Misfits from all over the world have become students here, and a few adults have been given the honour of teaching. Will you embrace your powers, or will you fear them? Will you use them to help others or for your own gain? The choice is yours. Welcome to the Elemental School for Misfits.
[/center]Thousands of years ago, several long-forgotten races lived alongside humans. They worked together, rested together, fought together. They were treated as equals. The name of the most powerful of these races has been lost through time, but they are most commonly known as misfits. Each one of them had hundreds of different powers, all the same. They were suddenly wiped out by plague too long ago to remember. When their leaders became extinct, the other races fled.
Because there is only one gene with powers, it was rare for children born to human and misfit parents to inherit these gifts. The humans continued after the misfits were gone, and eventually they were forgotten. But the gene stayed. It weakened with each generation of humans, but it never quite disappeared. Children through the ages have developed supernatural powers due to inheriting this gene. No-one knew what was happening, so they were commonly labelled either mad, a witch or a heretic. The chances of the parents of these children having powers were almost impossible, so they could shed no light on the situation.
Nine hundred years ago, four Elementals – one of the weaker races that fled when the misfits became extinct – were disgusted with the way misfit children were being treated. They found an island somewhere in the Atlantic and started a school. Misfits from all over the world were found and taken to the academy. There they were taught to control their powers, to hide them form the rest of society. Because the gene had been weakened, each misfit had only one power. They could learn others, but their first would always be the strongest.
And so we reach today. The school is flourishing, and no human has any idea of its existence. Misfits from all over the world have become students here, and a few adults have been given the honour of teaching. Will you embrace your powers, or will you fear them? Will you use them to help others or for your own gain? The choice is yours. Welcome to the Elemental School for Misfits.
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