Epic of Destiny

ONCE UPON A TIME...

A VOID EXISTED WHERE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FORCES CONSTANTLY BATTLED EACH OTHER. CHAOS. CONFUSION. DISHARMONY.

IT IS WRITTEN THAT ONCE THE FORCES OF DARKNESS AND THE FORCES OF LIGHT ENTWINED TOGETHER A WORLD WAS BORN. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE WORLD WAS MADE ON SUCH A SHAKY FOUNDATION, CRACKS TO THE VOID STILL EXISTED. FROM THOSE CRACKS, DARKNESS AND PAIN SEEPED FROM OTHER WORLDS TO POISON THE REALITY THAT WAS BORN. IT ALMOST SEEMED AS IF ALL WOULD BE LOST, AS IF IT WERE DESTINY TO HAVE NOTHING...

...BUT THEN THEY CAME.

THE EXALTED.

THIS IS THEIR TALE.

Chapter 1: The Return of the Exalted

Part 1: The Entrance to South Town

On a glorious day, our heroes fell from the sky and landed dramatically on the grass. The town not too far from them was known as South Town. After taking a moment to gather their bearings, the group went onwards towards the town and stumbled upon a bandit attack. Ryu Jerico, Elizabeth Fontaine, Alistair Fontaine, Ein Uzumaki, Reina Carmichael, Naomi, Kaoru Seta, and Tsubasa Seta were able to arrive and help a young man who called himself Nash. After Elizabeth was able to heal him, the group proceeded into South Town and stumbled across another group of newly arrived exalted: Tobias Swiftblade, Midou Uchiha, Maya Uzumaki, Melody Carmichael, and Mirella Sparda.

After being able to get a place to stay at the local Inn, everyone recuperated a little bit until a bunch of guards came into the town to ask for Nash to follow them to Duke Welshes castle. The group eventually decided not to allow the guards to take them so Nash was rescued again and then hidden. For a while everyone stayed and laid low in South Town until there was news of bandits approaching. A few people left to investigate and were ambushed by a gang lead by a man named Consequences Creed. After a long, arduous battle, Creed was able to be captured and questioned.. then taken to the local prison. After retiring at the town again, news of another traveler surfaced -- a young man named Hisoka Uchiha. Hisoka seemed brash and angry but was able to blurt out that the Baron of the Longfort was coming their way. Shortly thereafter, the Baron and his troupe arrived and were able to take room at the Inn in South Town. Hisoka immediately tried to get a hold of the Baron's guards -- which only angered them. Eventually the Guards were given permission by the Baron to let one person explain what was going in.. who ended up to be Naomi. Naomi met with the Baron and explained the presence of bandits, and to be careful. However, as soon as those words were mentioned an ambush happened where the Baron was attacked by a hidden spy in the room. People ran into the room to try to save the Baron but the Bandit was gone. The Baron was able to be saved and in gratitude he agreed to take the group, now being referred to as the Exalted, back to the capital with him.

Part 2: The Shining Capital, Ylisstol

• Exalted entered Ylisstol, met with Spanner Dreyar and introduced themselves to Queen Cephenrene, Duke Welshes, Archdeacon Polerves.
• Exalted visited the guilds in the city and took part of the trials to join their chosen guild.
• The group learned a brief history of what the Exalted were (Heroes from another land brought to their world to bring order) as well as current issues with the neighboring kingdom, Plegia, who wished to wage war against Ylisstol because of the previous Ylisstolian King's aggressive/cruel campaigns.
• Exalted make a plan to visit Feroxia to gather manpower to defend Ylisstol in case Plegia invades. Exalted also try to make plans to visit Plegia in hopes that showing that the Exalted returning would either deter Plegia from attacking or be able to just talk them down via diplomacy.
• A while later, Duke Welshes is exposed as being the one responsible for sending bandits to attack Nash. His reasoning is because Nash is the true heir to the Welshes lands, but he does not deserve it because he comes from inferior/bastard birth. Duke Welshes is arrested.