The First Technomancer - PREVIEW

Given I have not posted in a long time. Have a look at my latest project. A short story. This ties directly into Light & Fire, as you can see Iblis Jinn plays a central part in my version of Merlin.

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The First Technomancer

Chapter 1. The Devil Comes...

Who said Merlin is dead? If my discovery at Granith Tor is any indication, the man that history recalls as Merlin Emry's roams this universe still. Certainly the Lady Imogen Drake's recovery, and restoration of the weapon Excalibur to King Odin confirms the existence of the warlord Uther Pendragon, which implies also a King Arthur. Geoffrey of Monmouth and Sir Thomas Mallory just didn't get all the details exactly right. There is little doubt. Merlin was real! Born of a demon, he was both a would be Messiah, and madman of the forest glen.

– Oriole “Orin” Amirjeen, Private Correspondence With The Arclayht Triad

[653 BC Achaemenid Empire, Persia]

The pillar of whirling sand and white fire resolved itself into a form, that of a humanoid male, notably though, a winged being whose crystalline-like feathered pinions folded down and out-of-the-way to be hidden beneath a billowing black shroud. Glancing about, the sharply goateed man sighed, while he thought: Transmutation requires of me much too great power to build such a crude shell to contain a likeness for my code. He painfully realized without Araboth's resources he'd need be very careful with his matrix as well, no new pod awaited for him to hatch out of, no resurrection for an outcast. Though, that thought provided him a mirthful chuckle, what he was about to do here went against all Vril culture and teachings. Yet, it's the only way to interact with these creatures. And I have a goal!

Indeed, the newcomer to Earth did have a goal. His rebel Legion had gathered intelligence that El-Shaddai, his very own twin brother had begun to lay the groundwork for their father's master plans and that it somehow involved persuading these humans to join them in everlasting faithfulness.

Better to beat them at their own game. He thought.

The newcomer had a name. Actually he had many names. This was not his first time on Earth, and the humans who either feared him or embraced him applied varying terms of accuracy to his personage. Upon his expulsion from Araboth the title Shaitan stuck as a name, though his one and only proper appellation, Iblis Jinn would've been his preference to be glorified under.

Iblis Jinn realized hunger clawed at his newly materialized internal organs. Mortal coils are so fragile. Bodies born of sand and fire require nourishment. Ah, but he thought, yet only with a body can I father a Messiah!