Once upon a time, there existed a giant tree that was the source of mana. A war, however, caused this tree to wither away, and a hero's life was sacrificed in order to take its place. Grieving over the loss, the goddess disappeared unto the heavens. The goddess left the angels with this edict: "You must wake me, for if I should sleep, the world shall be destroyed." The angels bore the Chosen One, who headed towards the tower that reached up unto the heavens. And that marked the beginning of the regeneration of the world.
In this world, Slyvarant, it is very much like earth, but also very different. This world's life energy is something known as mana, which apparently, is more important than water here; or at least, that's what a few of the villagers in my home village told me. "Desians" and monsters will attack any travelers who come in their way. "Desians" are half-elves who are fighting against humans because they're discriminated or some shit, but I think it's mostly because they've been attacking everyone but that may just be me, I dunno.
Anyway, every time this thing called an "Oracle" happens, the "Tower of Salvation" shall appear, and the "Chosen" will embark on a journey to "regenerate" the world. Which pretty much kills all the Desians and such; oh and the mana in our world will start depleting once the "Tower of Salvation" appears, oh joy. Too bad that that "peace" that all of this leads up to only lasts a few years or so until it all repeats again.
Well, this is where I live, sounds fun, huh? Well, for someone like me it kinda is. I am a belligerent person at heart, but I'd never think of fighting another person, ever. Mainly because they probably have an "Exphere" equipped, while I don't have one of those. An "Exphere" is a jewel that grants power to the user by embedding itself into their skin. The thought of a jewel embedding itself into my skin, is just plain creepy, and I don't want that.
Well, I think that's enough information for you and me both to know about this place. 'Course that may be because I don't know, or care about, much else revolving around the world I live in. What'd you except? A long description of how much I hate and love the world. Yeah, fat chance with me being the narrator. I'm not a boring wannabe writer or something, so yeah, you're not getting that. Anyway I should totally stop giving you unneeded information and actually get on with the story, here…
My name's Lyra Rogue, such an exciting name yes? ANyway, I'm a bit different then most travelers, as I find most weapons annoying and to much to carry during travels. So, I use the best weapons I have, my fists, and sometimes, but very rarely, my whip. Yeah, I'm a dominant lady, got something wrong with that? Didn't think so; moving on... My past does not need to be known by you at this time, I'll save that for later. With that, I'm bored of you, so I'll be moving on to the actual story here.