Chapter 1, The Promising Metropol

The banned Filex

In Zusuknap progress had broken out, people from everywhere came here to start a new life in the future. Peace had been in the air for quite a bit now and humans of all kinds moved to the growing metropole. Lands humans just as many as sky and water humans, the gigantic cities that had just become one under the new contract advertised themselves as the future for everyone. Water streets for people with no legs but a fish tail, wide space between buildings for the wings of sky humans and enough space for the masses of land humans that traveled from a to b. Zusuknap was walking towards greatness if only... If only. The royal family, hat had united all cities into one through marriage and deals with the leaders, had only one more plan for perfection unity and equality. Set rules for magic, they acknowledged that it would be impossible to ban magic itself as it was culture in all of Oschata, but banning certain dangerous Filex { Magic } would be necessary to keep the metropole a safe place. They banned magic like poison and fire etc. it would be for the best interest only and these type of felix weren't necessary in survival in their anyway and would only cause and be used for harm and crime.
That of course would be correct, however besides anything being able to be used as a weapon with evil intentions, was a certain filex an important part of a culture near the forests. Fire filex had been sacred, honored and been cherished in Vultrend for very long, the foggy forests didn't allow much sunlight and so fire became a very powerful too to those living near or in the forest.
The royal family started quickly to spread the word and surprisingly many people started to agree or accept the new rules and regulations, weapons had already been victim of strong regulations so it was only reasonable to ban magic like fire from the nation but the people having fire as an important and loving element in their life wouldn't agree, in fact they argued and came up with suggestions such as fire being allowed in the own house hold or with a license, anything really to try and have at least a little fire magic left for them. But it all got denied, the royals did not see reason for fire magic when the possibility to just use a lighter was available, actually they should be happy they still allowed these, the family thought.
So, many people started using it less or illegally in private. Secret groups started to form but many also just wandered off to another country. The military wasn't blind of course and the royals not without power, they soon figured fire magic was still practiced and after several warnings they started to arrest people who illegally used fire just like any other person who illegally possessed weapons or did poison magic.
However it didn't stop with the royals and the military being strict about the magic, all kinds of people living in Zusuknap started being disrespectful against people who used fire filex. Some more so than others, many did so because they argued that they came here for a new safe life, others agreed with the royal leaders and others again sided with the majority because they had to stay safe and be on the right side for their own safety. These people were mostly water humans, they didn't had many places to go above the water because most cities simply weren't reachable or available for them.
The people who grew up wit fire magic and those who used it only with care stayed strong though, even when people started to get banned from the nation itself. Then some Filouxas (People who practice filexes) started to protest in the center of the metropole, showing off the beauty of fire, holding speeches as to why it should not be compared to poison and that they do not have evil intentions with the magic what so ever. But, as it always has to happen, a riot started by a someone against them to try and make them join him, to prove and show how dangerous fire magic was and that they were in fact going to harm people. And of course, many joined, out of rage out of pain and despair, out of hope and lust for change, nostalgia from the past when fire was as common as water filex. But that was all gone. And now they had let themselves down and destroyed the hope of many others. Of course the military immediately started to fight against the raging flames and started to arrest but also kill those who couldn't be stopped.
That day, a new regulation had been made. Bring those who practice fire magic to the fire stake and may they burn with their so called evil intentions.

Two years passed and the burning of fire Filouxas had become frighteningly common and accepted.