The Ancients were the original inhabitants of the continent.
Overview
The Ancients were the original inhabitants of Land's End and the rulers of the world.[1] Now extinct, their legacy survives in the new Kingdom of End and relics unearthed throughout the land. As the creators of Origin magic, they power the Empyrean Parasol and provide the energy that infuses the Land of Origin. Their technology and magic are the direct predecessors to the Homunculi and Attuner systems used by House Frost.
The signature ability of the Ancients was the power to freely manipulate souls, a skill sought by modern sorcerers and demonstrated by Abelia. It was this power that allowed them to create an army of immortal warriors who served the Ancient Priestesses. These entities were formally called Deathless Guardians, and were bound by a Deathless Pact passing from mother to child as long as their bloodline continued. As revealed in Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, the Blight and the Fumes are physical manifestations of their hatred and rage toward their conquerors, unleashed in an attempt to eradicate them and return to power.
Individuals
There have been at least fifteen Ancients identified (excluding the clones of Fretia):
- Priestess Aura
- Priestess Calivia
- Priestess Eldred
- Priestess of Guidance, Kilteus
- Priestess of the Dawn, Nymphilia
- Priestess of the Wind, Iris
- Priestess of the Fount, Fretia
- Priestess of the Frost, Abelia
- Traveling Priestess from a Foreign Land
- Manisa
- Ricorus the Ripper
- Eldred's Guardian
- Ferin
- Attuner Lilia
- Attuner Lilac