The Light of Crael

Overview: In the twenty-second century, humans invented machines and devices that enabled them to do more work in less time. Soon, space travel became prominent, and weapons became more advanced. However, several massive nuclear wars very nearly destroyed civilization, and wiped most of the modern weapons. Humans degraded to a more base state, still using the space travel technology, then gradually advanced to be able to use weapons such as swords, pikes and the like, and soon were back in the Middle Ages. But they decided to stay this way, because after reading documents written by the humans in the pre-nuclear war society, they were afraid it might happen again.

Setting: Our solar system, now called Mazthra. An organization of ten planets, lead by a king, Sibkal. Each planet is assigned to a lord, who makes sure there are no uprisings and protects the global inhabitants.

Summary: An evil entity known as the Blackness is threatening the existence of Mazthra. Its basic shape is a massive black mass that slowly devours star systems, and is threatening the very existence of the universe. It can take other forms too. Sibkal is able to view it in a human shape, but this is deformed, monstrous and dark. It is revealed by a wizard, named Salendir, that the only weapon that can defeat the Blackness is a power called the Light of Crael, located in distant star system. A young squire named Loman is chosen to find this power, since he has shown more bravery than any other his age in Mazthra. To aid him in his quest, Salendir will go, along with several knights and another squire, Lyan. But the journey is frought with many dangers, including great Space Dragons, a black hole, and the servants of the Blackness, the Fiends; humans that have been corrupted by its power and who have degenerated into skeletons, who wear black robes.

Chapter One
The sun shone through the hazey atmosphere of Jupiter, down on the lord Durman's castle. Jupiter had been a gas planet, but a special ray known as the Organizer had been used to compress it into a solid state. Now, it was a rocky planet, with a large ocean at its center and several great lakes scattered across its surface. The Lord Durman was the steward and caretaker of the planet, and kept the various civilizations scattered across it under control. His castle was located on top of the great hill of Zamran, in the middle of Lake Carmac.

"Lord Durman!" a voice shouted. "There's trouble!"