Subj:   Wisp's Prolouge
 Date:   98-05-06 22:57:02 EDT
 From:   YUKIDRAGON
         There was little time left, he had to escape his perusers before they
 caught
 him.  They had already gotten his wife, he could not let them get him
 and his
 child too.  He glanced down at the little girl sleeping peacefully in
 his
 arms.  If he could just get to the Temple of Light, then they would be
 ok.

         He hoped.

         He quickened his pace as he took a quick look back the way he came.  He
 couldn't see his perusers but he knew that they were still on his trail.

         The man appeared to be elven, quite hansome in his appearance with his
 blue
 eyes and long blue hair, but the blood splattered on his face and
 clothing
 marred it.  One hand clutched a long sword, which was covered in red and
 green
 blood, as the other held a little human girl, who was adroned in
 ceremonial
 garb, firmly.

         His heart filled with hope as he saw the temple lights on the horizon,
 the
 glowing spherical lights served as a beakon all the time, wither it was
 day or
 night.  As he came up to the large oken doors he seethed his sword then
 pounded on them with all his might.  He yelled franticly, "Open the
 doors!
 Please someone help us!  Hurry!"  He stopped pounding after about a
 minute and
 looked behind him.  He could feel them getting closer, and his yelling
 most
 likely alerted them already.

         There was a light shuffling of feet coming from the inside then the
 door was
 unlatched and swung open to reveal an old priest.  The old priest
 regarded the
 man evenly and asked, "Sir, regular praying hours are-"  He paused and
 squinted his eyes at the man.  His eyes widened as her recognised him.
 "Oh,
 my!  Taiyo, what in the name of the goddess happened to you!?"

         "There's no time!  Let me in!"

         "Of course, of course!"  The priest stepped aside and let Taiyo rush
 in.

         "Bolt the door and baracade it quickly!"  The priest did as he was told
 and
 turned to the half-elf and the girl that was still in his arms.

         "What's going on Taiyo?  Why are you covered in blood?  Is your
 daughter ok?
 Where is your wife?"

         Taiyo started shaking as a few tears streeked down his face, and he
 hugged
 his daughter tighter.  "They killed her."  He finally managed to choke
 out.
 The priest stood there in silent shock.

         "No...  It's can't be..."  The priest finally managed to utter.

         "They killed her and made Wisp watch.  Those bastards made her watch
 those
 monsters rip her mother to pieces and eat her!!!"  He started shaking
 and the
 priest paled.  He could not believe what he was hearing.

         "It can't be true....  It just couldn't."

         Taiyo was silent for a moment then looked down at the girl he cradelled
 in
 his arms before he continued.  "I had to knock her unconcious...  She
 refused
 to leave her mother, even what was left of her."  He let out a sob.  "I
 had to
 fight through them to get to here as quickly as possible.  The whole
 town was
 in flames..."

         The priest walked over and placed a hand reassuredly on his shoulder.
 "I'll
 be alright.  They cannot enter this house of good."

         He snapped his head up and his face hardened.  "Don't be so sure of
 that.
 They were able to take down our best mages and priests, including my
 wife,
 fairly quickly.  I doubt the wards on this place will last long."  The
 priest
 paled further.  "We must hurry and perform the sleep ceremony on my
 daughter.
 We can't let her fall into their hands!"

         As Taiyo started to walk further into the temple the priest rushed in
 front
 of him.  "You can't do that to her!  She's only a small child!  She
 may-"

         Taiyo shoved the priest aside.  "I know what may happen.  But I swore I
 wouldn't let them get my daughter...  No matter what."

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

         Deep within the underground catecombs under the Temple the ceremony was
 performed and Wisp was sealed into a coffin made entirely of crystal
 until one
 with a good heart could awaken her.  The room that contained the coffin
 was
 also sealed away for extra protection.  That night the temple was torn
 apart
 and burned to the ground by men or creatures of unknown origin.  Yet
 thankfully the catacombs were left untouched as they were not discovered
 by
 them.  Thousands of years have passed and the temple was rebuilt anew
 over
 that very sight.  The fate of the old priest and Taiyo to this day is
 still
 unknown, as of the child who is still sleeping deep within the secret
 catacombs, waiting for her parents to awaken her...