It was eighteen years ago… A war that ravaged our land for so many years. It was a war to maintain balance, a fight for power between light and dark; a deadly struggle for dominance in the eyes of the weaker half. Now that I think of it, it was probably started much longer than eighteen years ago… I am pretty sure this battle between opposing elements has lasted longer than that. This I know, for it has been recorded for years since the beginning of time.
This war has taken a toll on both sides of the opposition where light and dark have both lost forces and leaders alike. With each passing generation, the battle becomes tougher, more dangerous… Both sides have had many leaders, and the most recent are as follows: the Kingdom of Draconia, headed by the Scanzanea family, used to be a peaceful place. Food and maritime was plentiful for the subjects of the King and Queen, and there was happiness to go around for all… That is, until the darkness came…
We knew darkness existed in our world, but we had no idea it was so close to home… The force of darkness came disguised as one of us, loyal to our King and Queen. Loyal, until he started to experiment with dark magicks, an act considered treacherous to our people. The man who went by the name of "Necril" was sentenced to be outcast from the CentraCity by the King's order. He was convicted of "inspiring against our royals by casting magicks disallowed to be tampered with." He had been known to cast these dark magicks near the graveyards to raise forth the deceased to do his bidding. He also used the magicks to prolong his own death… Such is the way of Necromancy, forbidden to us because they go against our Natural Laws. The dead should be allowed to sleep, the living should be allowed to die when their time comes…
Necril became upset with our King and Queen and all others who resided in our kingdom. He cursed us all and proclaimed revenge someday. He left our kingdom for an area just outside of our kingdom's borders, named the Midnight Plains due to the beautiful full moon that is normally seen out during the midnight hour. The Midnight Plains, however, have been covered by a mysterious wall of dark clouds for awhile now; we are unsure if this was created by Natural causes, or if Necril did it himself. We do know that he built himself an impenetrable fortress (by which the location is unknown) from where he has fought back against our kingdom.
Five years before I was born, the world met a new power. It came as the darkest creature ever to walk our world. It was so powerful that the entire world feared its power. This creature was a fox spirit created of pure dark magicks and taught the arts of combat and magic. Still to this day, we cannot comprehend what this creature is truly capable of…
The fox spirit was given the name of "Rona" and was created to head Necril's army of living shadows, the Darklings. From Rona's leadership, the Darkling army destroyed many of our towns and cities. About a year after his creation, however, something changed him… We have no idea what led Rona away from death and destruction, though whatever it was saved us. Some of us believe that it was the work of Rysta, the goddess who rules over our land… Many of us prayed when it seemed like our final hour… We watched as Rona and his Darklings marched upon our CentraCity… We beheld the terror of the Draconian Protection Force being slaughtered as they tried to level Rona's army. As the DPF numbers dwindled down to almost none, Rona stopped his massacre and turned on his own army! He destroyed every last Darkling… Then, he ran off, and we have not seen him since…
All of this happened about twenty years ago. I was born four years later in a time of peace. My mother had conceived me in the time of calm that followed those events. Draconia has recovered much since then. At times, we are harassed by small groups of Darklings on occasion. We have tried to find Necril's Keep, though no one who has ever gone out to find it has ever returned. Rona still hides himself as well. I believe he is still out there somewhere, hiding away from our kingdom and Necril. He did fight for both sides, after all.
Despite the past, I have managed to get by in today's world… I live as the daughter of the headmaid in the CentraCity Castle. I am a good friend of the prince of this land, Cryos Scanzanea, the son of a great King and Queen. In my free time, I study the history of this land so that I may better understand why things happen the way that they do. I do not just study recent history though, but history all throughout Draconia's time. It is these history lessons that have helped us to survive the upcoming events… Little did I know that I was to be a part of something so large… Our story is one of adventure, love, and a wild goose chase at that even… I look back on our travels and still laugh that things even went the way they did…