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Final Fantasy
Prologue
Gaia is a small planet located in the far corner of the Andromeda galaxy, with an environment and ecosystem almost identical to that of Earth. Life has formed on the planet and has divided into many different races and species.
The planet itself is divided by a total of four continents, Aranlorr, in the west, Norandorr, in the east, Nymrah in the south and a group of Islands named the Contra Archipelago in the north.
The races of Gaia can be split into four major categories; the Humans, tall and strong and yet victims of their own individual wants and emotions. They were by far the most common species on Gaia, and it was through them that the greatest empires, the greatest glories and the greatest evils came into being.
The Dwarves, a short, stout and hardy folk, shorter lived than the others and yet were vastly more skilled in their labours. They were the miners, the forgers, the engineers of the cities and the forts and the mines and every other of the grand works of the mortal races.
The two breeds of Elves, those of the mountains and those of the woods and forests. The mountain folk were bigger and stronger, those less agile and duller senses than their woodland cousins. They lived four hundred year lives, allowing them to accumulate vast stores of knowledge and wealth over several lifetimes.
The continent of Aranlorr and all of its countries are bound together in what has been named the Great Alliance, ruled by a council of high summoners from the capital of the Southernlands, Palenthir, a mighty city, made and grown of white stone and marble and the seat of power of the free worlds of Aranlorr. It was set up to preserve the freedoms and protect the territories of the countries in Aranlorr, against the evil threat of conquest and destruction of the hands of the evil that ruled the continent of Norandorr, a land decayed and destroyed, and now lay eyes on its prosperous neighbour.
This is a time of peace for the alliance, although, like all good things it is soon to end, for in this world there are those who would do anything for power.