chapter 1: old times will tell

(Amyrlin telling the ancient story to the amateurs)long ago people believed that magic never existed.magic was thought to be a myth or rather a fairy tale as well as the very existence of witches.witches were believed to be extinct uncanny creatures that only existed in the classical times although the oldest of all times were the spell makers.the spell makers made the spells in which the witches used ,they were called weavers.in the story of weavers they were unique witches with the rarest talent ,the ability to create spells by weaving strands of threads together to unravel the ties that binds nature and reality but weavers were bound to the true source.the true source was the only magic source and the loop that binds the cosmos.weavers tapped into the true source in order for them to use their weaving magic until dark times came ahead with the darkling the first male weaver to be born.the true source had two parts the light source and the dark source which was the bridge between the light magic and the dark one.female weavers could tap into the light source while male weavers tapped into the dark source so the dark source corrupted him making him the darkling and with his army he has invaded the earth and the only one who can stop him is the fate bearer ,a man born with power to wield the dragons blade and end the tales of darkness.Amyrlin after telling them the story sent them off to bed.the next morning a maiden of the gran torre found a baby floating on the water in a woven basket crying so she took her and presented her to the great one ,ruler of the gran torre .the great one sacrifices their weaving magic to occupy the ancestral throne of gran torre and rule amongst the maidens and the saints.the maidens are the workers of the tower while the saints are powerful weavers.Aurelian was revealed to by the ancestry spirits that the baby was going to become a great weaver so she ordered for her to be trained.she was named maeve dragdomill. maeve began to practice her weaving magic at the age seven while other amateurs were taught at the age of ten.the grande coven were the most powerful weavers(saints)so they were the ones who trained the amateurs.each saint dressed according to their elements ,the red saints were fire weavers the blue saints were water weavers the white saints were wind weavers and the green saints were earth weavers.the head of the grande coven was madrigal a tough and ruthless one.according to her,every weaver is born with one elemental affinity fire,water,wind,earth and spirit( the most complex element and most weavers are not born with)in their blood and only the weaves of those affinity they are able to create and shape other wise.a weaver before making a weave must reveal it first and the amount of weaves a weaver reveals determines their potent level as some weavers have higher potency than others. maeve had all the elemental affinities in her blood, making her able to create all their weaves at once, so she needed more training than others.madrigal was flattered and amazed that maeve was the first potential to be seen after so many years although madrigal was also jealous as she thought that maeve will achieve greater heights than she has.maeve was taught to shape her weaves and utilize them for her spells.madrigal was a powerful fire weaver so she knew a lot of fire weaving spells.maeve became 13 so she was used to spell bind male weavers who were captured using their powers for evil .

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