William Aquailus 'Dark Prognostic'

Recollection

Patrick Grimes

15 November 2014

I’m finally dying. My name is William Aquailus, former legend and savior of all the world. I am 2489 years old as I write all of this down inside a cave outside of my hometown. I can feel myself dying even as I write this. I’ve been around a long time; too long, in fact. I’ve more memories that I’d like to get rid of then keep, as I’ve seen a goddess die, kingdoms crumble, religions rise and fall, a hundred million men die in vain, and a hundred revolutions. This is my story. The story of how I saved the world… as well as I can recollect it.

I was born unto this world as an angel, the servants of the goddess, Rocquella. Both the angels and Rocquella resided in Heaven, a floating land
She created us angels to help her with the protection of the world, as there was a great evil that constantly tried to destroy it. That evil was known as the Dark Prognostic, a book that contained the secrets to infinite power. However, being in possession of the book caused one to be overcome with dark power. There was supposedly a demon contained within the Dark Prognostic that would possess the owner of the book. Unsurprisingly, the Dark Prognostic was the cause of many wars among any and all
During my early years as an angel, I worked on tracking down the Dark Prognostic like a majority of the angels. See, when an angel reached the age of 15, they chose what they wished to pursue as a career. A good majority helped track down the Dark Prognostic, but others chose regular careers (i.e. merchants, teachers, etc.). And while I did help track down the Dark Prognostic, I was also one of the few that got to work in reconnaissance, which meant I was responsible to down to the world to find clues on the Dark Prognostic. We went along investigating, in the hopes that we’d receive a