An ending, and a begining.

Life went on like this for the next year and a half. Tiberius had made several new sigils that gave him a simple form of flight, boosted the speed he worked, helped plants grow, and could remove liquids. We had started work on building a new blood altar behind my home, finding that glowstone worked well enough to boost the altar past the four upgrade slot limit we had reached and that the basement wasn't going to hold a bigger altar. We had gone the extra mile to create runes that boosted how much LP we received from our sacrifices, using the same effect glowstone dust has on the altar. Then one day when I was helping Tiberius create the last few runes, there was a knock at the door.

	Tiberius went to get the door, and I thought it was just one of the blacksmiths asking to use one of his lava crystals he had started renting out. About thirty seconds after he left, he called back “Master, there is someone here to see you. They're asking for you by name.” It was rare enough that we got visitors, let alone ones that want to speak with me and knew my name. I walked to greet whoever was at the door and found three children. One had dark brown hair, a ragged shirt and patchwork pants, an old and somewhat rusted short sword, and looked to be the eldest of the group at fifteen. The second look enough like the first to be his brother, but not twins as his hair was lighter and he was a little taller. The third was a pale haired girl, so blood relation was probably ruled out. Her hair was long and a little matted, she looked to be the youngest at about thirteen, the dress she had on that looked a little too small for her was falling apart at the seams and it looked like she was trying to hide behind the other two. All three of them were painfully thin, dirty, and the eldest looked like he had a few fresh scars from at least three days ago. “You must be Magus.” The dark haired boy said as I walked up. “We've come a long way to meet you. May we come in?” he asked. I can't turn down anyone who needs help like these three do, so I told them to leave there boots at the door and have a seat.