Ancient past
“Elder I am not sure this is wise.” Said a young Witch to an Ancient Wizard who was overseeing the operation.
“I understand your concern, I share them but the council believes this is our best option.” Said the Wizard as he watched the massive crystal get lowered down into the underground vault. “We can’t have hundreds of thousands of shards of magical creature energy all out there in the wild. So we are combining them and putting the larger shards in Vaults around the world where they will sit for all time.”
“But sir, how will we know that no one will find them?” inquired the Witch “In a hundred years? In a thousand years? In a Million Years who knows what could happen to them.”
“I agree, but the same is true for any shard.” Countered the Wizard
“And what happens if one of these mega shards in broken?” inquired the Witch as the massive shard, it had to be almost 200 feet long and 50 feet wide get lowered down into the magical made tunnel and the stone vault which would hopeful enclose it for all time.
“Then it happens then every human nearby will find themselves no longer human and the shard this size could change everyone for dozens maybe even a hundred miles.” Answered the Wizard “But the grand council has chosen places where no human in their right mind would settle, they should remain safe in the ground for all time.”
“I pray to heaven you are right.” Said the Witch as the shard disappeared into darkness in the whole was sealed for all time….
Until the Modern Age when a mega shard will be broken and a major city of mankind will find themselves no longer humans but different types of mythical creatures.
Which City will soon become magical and the people there transformed into different mythical/magical creatures.