The warrior of ashes: Tales of the chaos Chapter 4: Chapter 3: Sembou

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"There is nothing more painful than the punishments we inflict upon ourselves." A man had uttered this saying one summer day, barefoot on a beach polluted by the various wastes that the inhabitants of the coast of a secluded country carelessly dumped. It was a setting far from the epic and romanticized image one might associate with such a declaration. In principle, a chivalrous hero would have delivered this philosophical phrase while contemplating the setting sun. However, here, the man was far from being a hero, and those words carried the weight of a sad truth. For while it is true that, since the sembou became a tangible force for humanity, it has been able to shape the pleasures and desires of men, it remains an energy that builds itself upon the pain of the one who carries it. This must be one of the reasons why it marks its chosen ones with runes that carve into the skin and settle there like eternal scars. Pleasure and suffering—two sides of the same coin that generally cause the same effects on the world. And with the sembou, they have reshaped it and brought it to the brink of change, whether for a new dawn or a final twilight. Before Atemit, the sembou was in everything and everywhere, but it was only a near-dormant energy, existing in an intangible plane like all those myths and legends told by the fireside on beautiful summer evenings. Some could feel it and interact with it, and in a way, the sembou could respond in the physical plane in the form of the gods or spirits to whom people prayed. But it was with Atemit Sembe that the sembou, in all its forms, fully materialized in the world. Atemit became one with the sembou, and the sembou became one with him. Thus, like the sembou, he existed everywhere and nowhere at once; he had power over everything, for he was in everything, and everything was in him. He was the very first Boechin , the unique, the first one through whom everything began and everything must end. A global peace reigned for two centuries, a peace untroubled by any war or conflict. Humanity seemed finally to have achieved the tranquility it had long desired. This era was called the Djamm . Then, after two decades of quietude, Atemit disappeared. Numerous theories surround the sudden evaporation of the Boechin, and quite frankly, very few are true. However, there was an official story, far simpler and more logical than all the complex and fanciful speculations fed by conspiracy theorists to feel important. Is it the truth or a clever lie? What does it matter? Knowing the pure truth at all times is a most unpleasant burden. It is within this uncertainty, however slight, regarding the facts imposed upon us, that humans search with the most fervor in life. ...My apologies, I am wandering a bit. The role of a narrator is to tell the story as objectively as possible. It is up to the reader to draw any morality from it. Thus, here is the continuation of the legends according to historical sources: Atemit transcended. His body eventually fused with the very essence of all things, and, like the sembou, he became an existence that evolves both everywhere and nowhere at once. His presence became too heavy for a single plane of reality. When Atemit departed, someone else was entrusted with the task of continuing to maintain peace for humanity. The Boechin's only son, the Heir . He was half-human, so unlike his father, he could maintain his existence within a single reality. He was thus closer to men and was loved by all. He was called the Boechin of Creation, and his era was named Yaakar , meaning " Hope ". During this indeterminate period, the sembou wove itself even further into the lives of men, becoming more present and intimate under the Heir's influence. By his will, mythical creatures were created, gods revealed themselves, and above them sat the circle of Boechins, a circle born from the division of primary and primordial essences. The Heir first quantified the foundations of r