The Senate old-timers were filled with indignation when an elf of the common people, even though he was pure-blooded, came to their inner sanctum. An angry whisper crept along the hall, and their perfect faces became even more wry as the grand chamber was graced with the appearance of the tall and lean Kai – the stumbling stone that sent ripples across the stagnant waters of the Senate. Despite the scorn of his elders, he held his head high and day after day persisted in involving himself in Riversar’s life. Now, the most interesting thing is that he was quite successful in his endeavors. Aside from being busy with community service, Kai enthusiastically practiced magic. His interests went far beyond elven magic – he excavated the ruins of the orсish Santar, corresponded with the University of Strongford and kept up an acquaintance with the sages of the Adjalar Oasis. At all times, he was helped with this research by Thea, a young guardian of the Sacred Grove.

Less than three years passed like this, when the hordes of Darkness descended upon the Dominion with their full might. And all the mages somehow found themselves powerless against the dark sorcery. A new and extremely dangerous type of magic spread like cancer. Then one morning, the citizens learned that Kai had left the kingdom in a hurry, having informed Thea that he was going to study the magic of darkness. The Senate wasted no time in proclaiming him a traitor, and instead of searching for leverage against their common enemy, decided to focus on renouncing the defector. The people of Riversar went on and on about youngsters like Kai disrespecting elven culture, and warping the art of magic.

So, when six months later the wayward magician knocked at the city gates, nobody opened. Hero Wars Kai screamed his head off that the enemy was near, that he knew of a way to defeat them, that he had learned to counter dark magic, and that they had to present a united front… But the Senate remained silent, and instead deployed archers to kill the traitor if he even tried to use magic.

Then, several large deployments of the army of Darkness advanced from the forest towards the elven capital, with Kai alone standing in their way. The magician managed to cast a spell at the very moment a well-aimed arrow pierced his body. And had Thea’s healing beam not suddenly lanced out from the city wall, everything would have been over. Just as Kai’s explosive sphere burned several enemy troops to a crisp, and so pushed the attackers back, the fragile girl exhausted all of her power on that crucial spell, and fell from atop the walls of Riversar.

Kai easily caught Thea, and then threw such a withering glance back at the city that the elders became painfully aware and ashamed of their mistake. At that moment, they realized it was not ambition that made Kai turn to dark magic, but a burning desire to help his people.

Kai and Thea never returned to Riversar after that, even though they eventually let go of their old grudges. They’ve chosen the path of Guardians, and use their powers for the greater good!