Ashes of the Forgotten : Rewritten History

Isenor said mockingly: "all of this was an illusion, I didn't even have to lift a finger for all of this", Riven and Sylvren stood frozen in disbelief, then Isenor stepped forward, smirking. "Now, for the finale, I prepared something a little personal", Isenor opened a tall, blackened door, behind his throne, inside it was Vanya and Torrin (Riven's family), Riven's voice cracked with fury. "don't you dare lay a finger on them", then in a split second, Isenor's sword pierced through them with cold blood, their bodies fell, and blood filled the room, Riven fell to his knees, the scream caught in his throat, tears blurred his vision, but Sylvren told him that he shouldn't let his feelings control him, gripping his shoulders, and that was what Isenor needed to beat them, Isenor chuckled darkly. "do what you want, either way, you are dead", Isenor walked towards them, the castle started to shake violently, the walls started to crack as a sign of the start of the fight, Sylvren and Riven fought with immense power, they gave in everything they got, the blade and staff were moving as one. Light and fury against still, grinning enemy, they used every attack known to them scarlet redemption, truth reversal, truth flash, but Isenor stood still, blocking their attacks with only one hand, then he smirked. "Now I will show how to fight", with immense speed and power, with his sword igniting: "flame of the forgotten-Scorching flame", in a blink, a slash, blood came out of Sylvren, he fell to the ground, Riven caught him. "No, no, no" didn't understand what happened, why he was holding his friend and why he was fading, Sylvren coughed blood, his voice trembled. "I am sorry, I couldn't be a better friend for you, everything now depends on you, you are the chosen one, take my sword and fight for us, forgi…", Sylvren faded, and Isenor's hair darkened to black as he absorbed Sylvren's spiritual power, Isenor said calmly. "So, you are the chosen one", Riven rose, and held Sylvren's sword in his right hand and the staff in the left, power surged through him, Isenor and Riven fought like no other, Isenor grinned. "that is more like it, that is the real fun", they clashed again, but this time, Riven was winning, the staff, the sword started to adapt to Isenor's fighting style, then Isenor laughed and said "now this is your power, this pendulum will end this, right now", the pendulum glowed in white to go back in time, Isenor's hair turned white, Riven jumped to grab Isenor to go back in time with, They went back in time, their wounds vanished, the battlefield faded, they went back to the land of Zertha before the ruin, the great division, when there was no one, only the chest, Isenor said: "here Riven, here is where everything began, all of this, the war, the lies, Durnkhall, Eloria, all of this was a part of my plan, I am the one who brought chaos to get you out without me, you wouldn't be born in the first place, with me Kirael met your mom, without me they wouldn't have met each other, without me, you wouldn't exist, in the first place, shall we continue my plan", Riven stood in shock and tried to summon his weapons power, but nothing came, something was off, the staff and the sword were lifeless, they didn't give Riven the power he used against Isenor, Isenor scoffed: "heh, do you want to know, what happened, The staff and the sword don't remember you, how would they remember you, if you were not born yet, even no one has been born, my sword unlike your stuff, doesn't have a mind or a will, it only sees if you are worthy or not, mine judges, yours await", Riven panicked, trying to dodge Isenor's attacks, Riven felt desperate, but remembered that Sylvren said that every time, one changes an event in the course of time, an orb appears in the chest, Riven tried to get to the chest, Riven got the orb, Isenor scoffed: "do what your desperate soul tells you, I want to have some fun", Riven dove to the chest, got the orb and embedded it into the staff and the sword, weapons awakened, memories surged, Riven attacked, Isenor was just smiling, they clashed, the fight made the ground tremble, Isenor had the upper hand, Riven tried to use every style and combat possible, but Isenor knew all of them, Riven even tried to use Isenor's style, but Isenor said mockingly: "the only one who can defeat me is me", Isenor deflected Riven's attacks, Riven felt desperate, but suddenly, some memories interrupted Riven's blade, staff, and his mind, these memories were from the maker's, Riven saw his style, and tried to use it against Isenor, Isenor felt great joy, they fought, Isenor was trying to adapt to that new fighting style, Isenor started to understand the style, and was only a few seconds away from adapting to it, and get to Riven, but then Riven shouted: "now the greatest attack in history, Sanctus scar, Divinora- The Great Beyond", this attack was bright to blind everyone, so accurate at Isenor, Isenor was close to dodge but it hit the mana source near his heart, Isenor dropped his sword and laughed: "hahahahah, this is the first time someone has surprised me, you destroyed my mana resource", Riven still holding the staff and the sword, Isenor smirked: "I know that I lost, any attacks would mean my death, I am not an idiot, I know when the situation is a lost situation, as a last thing, do you want to know how to save this world", Riven nodded lowering his defenses, Isenor: "then you have to beat me in a chess match", Riven was confused, Isenor said that was the only way for him to save the world, they agreed, Isenor made the chess table, the pieces, even the chairs with the eye of illusions, the game started, Isenor opened: e4, Riven responded with e5, Isenor proceeds with the king's gambit with f4 and said: "Riven, do you know, what the purpose of all of this for me", Riven played exf4, replied with: "to accomplish your delusional peace", Isenor played kf1. "you got it all wrong", Riven played b5 in response, Isenor plays Bxb5, and voice darkned and said: "I didn't seek war or peace, I sought something personal", Riven played Nf6, and said mockingly: "oh the great emperor did all of this for a personal matter", Isenor laughed it off, and played Nf3: "I once had a family, I married the love of my life, Solena", Riven responded with Qh6, and listened carefully, Isenor played d3: "I fell in love with her, I was a commander at that time we were together, she didn't leave my side, like one soul two bodies thing, until I became a general, we had a beautiful daughter Elarian, I could remember my daughter calling me papa, my wife calling me darling, I promised myself that I would keep them safe all my life, until that fateful day, I have been a general for eight years, my daughter was seven at that time, a terrorism attack struck the kingdom, dozens of people died that day, and guess who were from them", Riven replied: "Your family", Isenor continued: "correct, I found about the chest, the prophecy the rules, I tried to get the pendulum, but Orrin tried to stop me, but in the last second, I got the pendulum and used it to save my family, every time I tried to save them, they would be killed same time different ways, I was even a hero of the world or a king or even a normal guy, I tried to break the rules, I tried over and over", Riven asked how many times, Isenor said: "I lost count after one million, I watched them die over and over I tried every possible way, until I realized that the chest rules couldn't be broken, so I tried to fill the prophecy, I brought chaos so you would come out, all of this was my plan, I divided Zertha into Durnkhall and Eloria, I became the first king of Eloria to deliver chaos, I transferred my consciousness to my younger self with all my power and memories, I cracked and destroyed the orbs, I made myself look the hero in front of Durnkhall, I wanted your power as the pendulum has a limit, for you no limits, I wanted to go back in time, and make the chest rules myself", Riven was shocked, the game continued Riven played Nh5, and the game went during the conversation Nh4 Qg5, Nh5 c6, g4 Nf6, Rg1 cxb5, h4 Qg6, h5 Qg5, Qf3 Ng8, Bxf4 Qf6, Nc3 Bc5, Nd5 Qxb2, Bd6 Bxg1, e5 Qxa1, Ke2 Na6, Nxg7 Kd8, Isenor played Qf6: "Riven, would sacrifice the world for the ones you love, if you were told there is a slight chance, a one in a million chance to save them, would you do it", Riven looked devastated, played Nxf6, and shaked said no, Isenor: "and I said yes, and that is what made you the hero and I the villain, You tried to protect everything, and I sacrificed everything like in this game, I win" and then Isenor played Be7#, Isenor relaxed calmly as his soul was starting to fade because of his injury and said: "but life is not like chess, If you take the two kings, what would the rest of the pieces do, just live with each other, and for this world, we are the two kings and how to end chaos is to prevent it in the first place, you have to kill the younger me destroy the chest the orbs and its stuff so no one could have magic, but you wouldn't ne there, because if I wasn't there to bring chaos, your father never met your mother, so you wouldn't be here, I won't blame you if you are afraid, everyone wants to be at least remembered, but if you truly seek peace, you would sacrifice yourself, destroy the sword, staff, the pendulum, the chest, the source of magic, this is the only way for peace, the way with both truths and lies, I will take my family photo from the pendulum, and you shall have the pendulum, Isenor tossed the pendulum for Riven, and said: "maybe, when I die, I will get to live in my heaven", Isenor died, the eye of illusions broke in half, Riven was left alone, he no longer knew what was right anymore.