The Legend of Aerigroxiuos

Huh, what's that? You ask how I could POSSIBLY write more about Aerigroxiuos (The Divine Machine)? Well fear not dear friends, for this is the story of the man who forever changed Lomikrovi, and would ultimately inspire its downfall...

Enjoy!

= Chapter One =

"You are useless!"

His father's voice rung in his head. He was a pathetic man. Well into his twenties and wandering a barren wasteland, living in self exile in the harshest of deserts. It hadn't taken long to run out of water. In the searing heat the stupidest thing he had ever done, he decided, was not bringing more than one canteen of water.

He fell to the earth. Sand splattered everywhere. He would have been ready to die...

...had his face not fallen on metal of some sort.

"What the..." he sat up on his knees and shifted through the sand. After only a minimal amount of effort he found what he had fallen on. A metal staff. The man was no genious, but he knew enough to realize that a metal staff is an odd thing to find in the desert. He picked it up.

It was as light has a feather. Perhaps even lighter. He looked it over. At the end there was a bulge in the metal that held a green crystal.

"Huh."

The man stood up and proceeded to examine it more. The metal was without blemish and it was perfectly attached to the crystal. Inside the crystal was some kind of rune, but the man couldn't determine the origne.

"How strange..." he set the bottom of the staff down. At that moment the crystal lit up and the sand around his feet was molded into glass before his very eyes. He pulled it off the ground. The man's face quickly grew a smirk.

"How about water, can you get me that?"

He held the staff in the air and the crystal glowed once more. Water glided out of the sand and floated through the air. The man carefully guided the water into his canteen. After taking a quick sip he looked back at the staff.

"You, you will make me great! Show me your secrets, that I may prove myself worthy of the air I breathe!"

The crystal lit up and a green projection came forth. Several circles, with various runes inside them floated around him. Under each was the image of what it could do. He quickly spoted one that appeared to turn rock into diamond.

"That must be how I changed the sand..." he said to himself.

He hit the staff to the ground.

"I think it is about time I return home."