08) Undercurrents

[General POV]

As a now Seq5 Edessak reached the capital of Loen under the autumn sun. He noticed something amiss. As a beyonder belonging to the Arbiter pathway, he had great instincts and intuition, and now he was noticing faint threats throughout the city. It meant that there were far too many beyonders in the city, the fifth epoch was known for its low beyonder population, and most ordinary people weren't even aware of the fact that mystical power existed in the real world.

So to review the situation in a better light, he told his Coachman to head to Building 9, West Borough. As he entered the building, golden mask-wearing individuals bowed deeply at his presence, as he made his way down to the office of General Patnek he noticed the obvious increase of staff.

In the Generals office, Patnek handed him the monthly report which was only available to staff with level 10 clearance. His instincts were not fooling him, the number of wild beyonder had increased by two folds. Even orthodox forces like the MI9, Nightwatchers, Punishers and the Machinery Hivemind had gone into a recruitment rush. As he read the report he noticed the names of people who have got MI9 on their back for one reason or another. The list housed names he was quite accustomed with in his last life,

*Xio Derecha:

Personality

Xio  has a great sense of justice. As a Beyonder of the Justiciar pathway, she has been busy administering justice around her. When persuading with words is not enough, she is willing to persuade those who are unjust physically.

Appearance

Xio  is very short, 152 cm in height. She has soft facial features, making her appear to be young and immature. Although her shoulder-length blond hair is messy and unkempt, she carries an indescribable look of dignity and a convincing charm. She has malt-colored skin due to her continuous forays out in the sun.

Background

Xio Derecha, formerly known as Xio Dere, was originally the eldest lady of the Dere family. Her ancestor served as an earl palatine before, and her father, Mason Dere, was the leader of the Household Guards Division and the captain of the royal guards, with Viscount Stratford as his deputy. However, six years ago, her father was accused of participating in a revolt and executed. Her family was deprived of their aristocratic title and fiefdom. Xio had to change her surname to hide, and left East Tucker with her mother and brother to live in East Chester.

Xio came to Backlund alone, looking for chances to improve herself and hoping to restore her family's glory and her father's reputation.

Xio has worked as a bounty hunter. She had helped many middle-lower class people to coordinate and mediate disputes over a long period of time. She was also quite famous in East Backlund borough among the working class and mafia. She had a lot of hidden channels.

Likely because of her family background, Xio was born as a half-Arbiter, therefore limiting her choices in Beyonder pathways to the Justiciar pathway.

*Fors Wall:

Appearance

She was about 1.65 meters in height. She has slightly curly brown hair and pale blue eyes.

Personality

NA

Background

Fors's father was a low-level military officer, went to East Balam to chase after wealth and power. Then he had a new family and new life there, abandoned his wife and daughter. Her mother fell seriously ill and died when Fors was in grammar school. Later, Fors graduated from an accredited school and her father introduced her to the Yosifov Clinic through the veterans' club.

***Likely an 'Apprentice', could be related to the Abraham Family

*Rosago

Rosago is a sequence 5 Beyonder of the Fool Pathway. He is a member of the Secret Order and also a member of the Intis Republic's intelligence organization.

As Edessak went through all the different names that sounded familiar to him, he realized that the undercurrents were all visible now. It was obvious now that all characters had also entered the stage, for its now the wait for Director of this circus to arrive and start the play that would span continents and decide the fates true gods no different from low sequence beyonders. For it was now time for Act of The FOOL.