• Prologue


    tab Once there was a planet that was wracked with war and destruction. These wars where started by the greed of the wealthy to further the growth of there power. But a resistance movement rose up from the destruction and put an end to the meaningless wars, and stripped the wealthy of all there power and riches. They formed a global government and tended to the needs of the people. 20 years pass, with the government holding strong, the people thought they had achieved Paradise, no war, no corruption, all matters where resolved in a civil manner.
    tab However the gods that watched over the planet, decided to challenge their so called “Paradise”, to see if their perfect government was indeed perfect. They called forth two spirits to send to the planet, but one of the gods had something else in mind and sent one of his spirits with the other two. They sealed the spirits inside of crystallized energy and dropped it towards the planet.
    tab When the people saw a large mass coming towards the planet they acted quickly and used the weapons from the wars and modified they to be launched into space. They launched everything they had at it, but they didn’t so much as scratch it. They found all the greatest minds from all around the world, and had them construct a canon far greater than any weapon ever built before, but they only had enough time to build two shells for it to fire, one shell alone possessed enough power to incinerate the planet. They fired both shells back to back to ensure the objects destruction, and broadcasted it all over the world. The first shell struck the crystal causing a cloud to form from the impact, the second shell hit shortly after. The people waited for the smoke to clear and hoped that only fragments remained, but to no avail the crystal broke through the cloud completely intact. With all hope lost the people awaited there doom.
    tab The crystal crept closer and closer to the planet, the people spending what they thought to be there last moments with there loved ones, but to everyone’s surprise the crystal shattered the moment it hit the atmosphere. Most of the crystal shattered into small pieces and were scattered across the planet, but three large pieces remained. Two landed together right outside of a heavy populated area, and the other landed in a dense swamp. The people gathered around the craters the two formed and saw a dragon in each on of light and the other of darkness.
    tab The people feared that the dragons would begin to fight with one another and destroy the surrounding cities, but the dragon rose from the craters and intertwined in the air, and spoke to the people;

    Both Dragons: “We are gifts from the gods,”

    White Dragon: “We were sent here to bestow the power to control Light and Darkness.”

    Black Dragon: “As a test to prove weather or not you have truly reached paradise.”

    Both Dragons: “If you can coincide with one another with these powers. This will prove to the gods that you have indeed achieved paradise and will grant you entrance to their domain, or destroy yourselves with this power.”

    tab Meanwhile deep within the swamp the third spirit rises from the crystal, a formless shadow, created by one of the gods who believed that they will never be worthy to enter their domain, to ensure that the people destroy themselves with the powers bestowed to them. The shadow spread throughout the world feeding the innermost desires of the people and projecting thoughts that light and darkness can never coexist in a peaceful manner.
    tab It started with small arguments, but soon broke out into fights among the people. Riots soon broke out and the people began to divide into two groups. The riots grew larger and larger; the people started using their abilities against one another. With in the year war broke out. The shadow remained hidden for the god’s sight by the one who created it, to bring chaos to their world. People on both sides began to dive deep into their powers that they took beastly forms and lost there humanity. The war raged for two years, the people who ceased the war in the past looked for a way to stop the fighting they went to the Dragons and pleaded to them;

    “Please, how can we end this needless fighting?”


    The Dragons said they had a way to quell the fighting but it would take twenty years for it to take effect.

    Black Dragon: “But know this if we do this we will vanish from this world.”

    White Dragon: “The power we have given cannot be taken back; it is part of your being now.”

    Both Dragon: “knowing this do you still wish for our assistance?”


    tab The people said yes and the Dragons vanished. They created a stronghold for those who wish to live in peace, awaiting the Dragon’s promise. They noticed that the children started to develop powers between the ages of eleven and thirteen, but not all children gained powers. Ten years passed and the people began to lose faith, and they slowly became consumed by the shadows influence.
    The strong hold fell and the few who still believed the Dragon’s word fled and went into hiding.
    tab The twenty years had passed and only a handful of people remained. But when half the passed and the fighting didn’t cease, they to began to lose faith in what the Dragon’s promised. But during a battle among the two sides, a light burst from the battlefield and was as if there was never a war.
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    tab Only those who had remained faithful to what the Dragon’s said had any memory that there was even a war and they alone where left with the power to control Light and Darkness. They built a shrine deep in a forest in memory of what happened. And there they lived isolated from the rest of the world. The burst of light incinerated most of the shadow, only a small fragment remained in the crystal in which it rose from. And there it rested until it could regain its strength.
    tab Though the rest of the world lost the power to control Light and Darkness, they still possessed a faint power. The people of the world used it to harness the elements of the world: Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water. To avoid conflict they divided into four kingdoms, and lived in peace for a time. Each kingdom revered a creature who symbolized their element: Fenris, the Lord of Wolves governs Earth. Pheonix, Lord of the Fire Birds governs Fire. Tiamat, Lord of Dragons governs Wind. And Leviathan, Lord of the Serpents. Each beast is said to house the core of each element, but as these powers came to be the Shadow regained enough power to begin its chaotic influence yet again.
    tab Each kingdom began forging massive armies of warriors who have mastered their elements. The most skilled warrior earns the title Guardian, and a weapon forged from the claws, teeth and wings granted to them by the beasts in recognition for mastering there element.
    tab Before they broke out into war, four beings appeared and acted as mediators between the kingdoms, and called them the Council. The people both respected and feared them for they could disrupt their control of the elements. They proclaimed instead of large scale wars that causes needless destruction. They would hold controlled battles against the four kingdoms, in remote locations. The winner would hold the title “Grand Kingdom” for ten years. Then they would fight again and so on and so forth. They named controlled battles “War”, since in turn that’s what it was only controlled to reduce the destruction of the surrounding land.
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    tab This story takes place during the 40th “War”, and the four kingdoms are in for quite a surprise when all they know about their world is turned upside down...