Prologue
The year is 3076, after the ancient Cold War hatreds between the U.S. and the Soviet Union arose from the ashes like a phoenix, a period of nuclear holocaust ensued. The destructive capabilities of the en-masse assault on the world were greater and more devastating then anyone could have ever imagined; and the technological world as we knew it was annihilated until no trace remained. Sky scrapers were returned to dust, and the world we once knew and loved, no longer existed.
But out of chaos comes order, and from a new human race emerged, although their origins are still clouded. For many centuries, a sort of peace ruled the land, but this was not to be. Some of the humans began to change, their DNA had been mutated as result of our dark past; and a new race emerged, a race with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. Deemed "Hanyou", they could control the elements at their will. At first their assaults upon villages were random, and though they were superior, we held against them with our sheer numbers; but it was only a matter of time until they began to organize.
Under the command of one who took the name "Kaine", controller of the shadow, an army was created. Using their mystical powers, the human race was soon domesticated; bred for food. We were powerless against them, none of our kind holding such power. But this too, was not to last.
Love between a human and a Hanyou was forbidden for fear this elemental trait be passed between races. I am the manifestation of this fear. Son of the Hanyou priestess of the Earth, Gaiya, and the human farmer, Yuki Motoe, I am a half-breed. My family slain before my eyes and myself hunted, I have everything to gain and nothing to lose by fighting back.
My name is Shino Motoe, the bridge between the four earthly elements. My water burns like acid, my fire rages black with hatred, the electricity running through my veins knows no bounds, and my wind cuts like razors. With powers that can match a Hanyou's, I am the human race's last hope for freedom.
I was 8 when my powers first manifested. First noticed by my mother, she looked kindly upon my abilities and personally trained me to control them. However, what caught the attention of the authorities was not the fact that I had these abilities, but that I could control the earthly elements in whole. I was the only one to ever have control of more than one element; and further inspection and unauthorized draconian tests of my blood proved to show why.
Hanyou blood disappeared in water, and human blood just sort of mixes in with the water, tinting it red, but my blood gently rest on top of the water, and slowly the water itself became my blood. It was evident that I wasn't a pure-blooded Hanyou, and so they came at night. Hundreds strong, they stormed the small village in which I lived, sparing no one. My own mother was defeated by Kaine himself, right in front of me; I only managed to escape when he underestimated the extent of my powers. My wind forever leaves a scar where his left eye used to be. I made it to the forgotten forests of Fa'Reah in the northern lands, where I cultivated my skills for 9 years; my final destination, the heartlands of Des'Morath, the "Kingdom of Kaine".
They took my life, now I come for theirs.
The year is 3076, after the ancient Cold War hatreds between the U.S. and the Soviet Union arose from the ashes like a phoenix, a period of nuclear holocaust ensued. The destructive capabilities of the en-masse assault on the world were greater and more devastating then anyone could have ever imagined; and the technological world as we knew it was annihilated until no trace remained. Sky scrapers were returned to dust, and the world we once knew and loved, no longer existed.
But out of chaos comes order, and from a new human race emerged, although their origins are still clouded. For many centuries, a sort of peace ruled the land, but this was not to be. Some of the humans began to change, their DNA had been mutated as result of our dark past; and a new race emerged, a race with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. Deemed "Hanyou", they could control the elements at their will. At first their assaults upon villages were random, and though they were superior, we held against them with our sheer numbers; but it was only a matter of time until they began to organize.
Under the command of one who took the name "Kaine", controller of the shadow, an army was created. Using their mystical powers, the human race was soon domesticated; bred for food. We were powerless against them, none of our kind holding such power. But this too, was not to last.
Love between a human and a Hanyou was forbidden for fear this elemental trait be passed between races. I am the manifestation of this fear. Son of the Hanyou priestess of the Earth, Gaiya, and the human farmer, Yuki Motoe, I am a half-breed. My family slain before my eyes and myself hunted, I have everything to gain and nothing to lose by fighting back.
My name is Shino Motoe, the bridge between the four earthly elements. My water burns like acid, my fire rages black with hatred, the electricity running through my veins knows no bounds, and my wind cuts like razors. With powers that can match a Hanyou's, I am the human race's last hope for freedom.
I was 8 when my powers first manifested. First noticed by my mother, she looked kindly upon my abilities and personally trained me to control them. However, what caught the attention of the authorities was not the fact that I had these abilities, but that I could control the earthly elements in whole. I was the only one to ever have control of more than one element; and further inspection and unauthorized draconian tests of my blood proved to show why.
Hanyou blood disappeared in water, and human blood just sort of mixes in with the water, tinting it red, but my blood gently rest on top of the water, and slowly the water itself became my blood. It was evident that I wasn't a pure-blooded Hanyou, and so they came at night. Hundreds strong, they stormed the small village in which I lived, sparing no one. My own mother was defeated by Kaine himself, right in front of me; I only managed to escape when he underestimated the extent of my powers. My wind forever leaves a scar where his left eye used to be. I made it to the forgotten forests of Fa'Reah in the northern lands, where I cultivated my skills for 9 years; my final destination, the heartlands of Des'Morath, the "Kingdom of Kaine".
They took my life, now I come for theirs.