Prologue.
Thousands of years ago, in a kingdom where beasts thrived, Nymiera was born to a beast father and a mermaid mother. She grew up to be the most beautiful woman in all the land, desired by men, envied by other women.
Men, beasts and wolves came from far and near to get a glimpse of her, but this soon turned into obsession, a deadly one that turned men against themselves. They all wanted one thing...to possess her. They were lust driven, they let their egos and lust control their decisions, and they didn't care what it did to her.
Nymiera tried to run, but she was hunted by these men, treated like a rogue, bounties placed on her head. She escaped to the outlands, buried herself in a cave, and cursed the very day she was born.
She could almost taste freedom, but her hopes were dashed against the wall when four brothers dug through the earth in search of her. Mighty beasts who have searched for her for years.
Unlike the others, they didn't fight over her, they shared her. They used her, abused her and made her bleed whenever she tried to escape. For years, she endured their torture, her body was theirs to use, and they would show her off like a trophy to those who cared to look.
"The most beautiful woman in the world belongs to us!" They would always say while she stood there naked, bleeding and brewing something stronger than hate.
Nymiera longed to escape, she prayed to the divine beings everyday without fail, and then one day, it happened. She escaped the abusive hands of the quadruplet beasts. When their kingdom fell into a crisis, she stole the opportunity.
Freed from her chains, she ran faster than ever, swam across oceans and ended up on a remote island. It was hidden, far from men; the beings she hated the most. It was difficult to start all over, but she did, she had to.
Her world seemed to end when she discovered that she was pregnant, she was carrying the beasts' offspring. Even though it hurt, she kept her baby, and she sustained herself with the island's abundant resources. She discovered ancient power sources on the island, stones forged from fire and magic with great powers that sustained her and her babies.
Nymiera gave birth to twin girls, and she swore then and there that she would never let them experience what she did. She raised them in solitude, to detest men and beasts.
They lived in peace, and as the twins grew, they discovered that the stones gave them reproductive abilities. However, they could only birth girls.
Thus, the daughters of Nymiera were born. A clan formed from blood, pain and sorrow, rooted in harmony, peace and togetherness. Years rolled by, more of them emerged, filling the island. They were beautiful warriors, a clan that always stood together.
Centuries later, Nymiera died, the mermaid blood running through her veins made her vulnerable to death. However, her legacy lived on, and the clan kept her memory alive, carrying on her teachings, birthing girls that feared and hated beasts.
Peace ruled the island, until the day of the attack. The beast clan attacked, the Zeknai. They were a formidable clan, feared by all, and they came to claim what didn't belong to them.
They needed breeders, and the fertile daughters of Nymiera were the target. A huge war broke out, but the Zeknai were powerful, destroying the stones, taking away the island's powers, and rendering the daughters of Nymiera weak. Those who tried to rebel were killed off, and others were enslaved.
The daughters of Nymiera fell, and Zeknai won, taking them not only as slaves, but as breeders. They were exhibited like goods, auctioned off to beasts, and forced to do whatever the Zeknai men wanted them to do. To have their offspring, since the Zeknai women were cursed with infertility.
However, one of the daughters of Nymiera hid her daughter during the war, along with a pendant which contained a power stone. When they were enslaved, she kept her daughter away from prying eyes, hoping that one day, they would be free again.
