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A comm for @fluffyhare that took me a second to get to, but I'm really happy I got it done C:

Siege of the Crystal Citadel: The Beginning

Welcome to Tealloch- or more commonly known as the Wall. A quaint name for a land as old as the mountain it protects, with a history deeper than it’s roots… and a land at constant war. Siege of the Crystal Citadel is a post-apocalyptic fantasy story following the lives of Bifford Dirkstone and Velir Skyehawk, a wolfdog taur and a storm elemental hell bent on changing the world they live in.

The Wall is a sizable military-controlled country cut off from the rest of the world. Three of the great walls remain standing as layers of defense between the citizens and the Wastes, the long-fallen sections of land riddled with their enemies, the ever hungry Scaith. Those who fall to the creatures, become them, joining their ranks and fighting against the people they once fought for. And what of the people unfortunate enough to live through the falling of their land thousands of years ago? Wilders. Driven to extremes so they could survive, left to evolve in darkness alongside the Scaith, forsaken by their ancestors and the land they were a part of. No light reaches this place. Little natural life thrives.

Biff and Velir meet and begin their journey in bootcamp at the age of fifteen as volunteers to join the war effort. Biff- because that’s what you’ll want to call him if you want to keep all your teeth- is from Brandt, a section at the very edge of the Wall’s borders notorious for their brash personalities and ties to the Underground. If you're not military, you’re probably into something illegal- or both. With a stoic stare as sharp as any blade and a temper to match, he comes to bootcamp having already seen combat with the monsters first hand. Velir is just as intense. Aloof, battle scarred and quickly nicknamed “perfect little soldier” by the other recruits, acting and talking like a seasoned soldier by the start of training. No one knows where she is from, other than the Front. Both are young but far more advanced than their peers, and at first form a friendly rivalry.

Who can run the fastest? Biff. A test of raw strength? Velir. Hand to hand combat? A tie.

However both have far more in common than they know… They have secrets. Biff has elemental magic. And Velir is not from the Wall, but from beyond the Wastes. Both are incredibly powerful- more than any individual on Ithiir. And the more they learn of the other, the more they are drawn together, driven to the same goal: to put a stop to the endless war.