Author's note: I don't own any of the characters! They belong to their respective owners.
Chapter 1: Prologue
The world of Fictiontopia contains many different countries. People have been exploring into the realms of anime and manga characters, as well as the countries of the feature animation characters. But this time, we are going to explore a different country from what we have seen before. We will now visit the kingdom of Segendo: home to one of the most unique inhabitants of Fictiontopia: the video game characters.
What is the story behind them? Where did they come from? Well, we just have to tell the story then. For many years in the past, the video game people were divided into many different lordships. Among them were the likes of Nintendo, Sega, Capcom, Namco and Konami. These five lordships dominated the video game life. However, they were constantly engaged in rivalry with each other, seeking to become the undisputed ruler of the video game nation. As a result, many video game characters perished in the bloody conflicts.
But one lordship sought to put an end to this bloodshed, believing it would eventually lead to the end of video game life. It was the largest and strongest of the lordships: Nintendo. Despite its size and strength, Nintendo openly rejected focusing its resources on conquest and domination. Rather, it sought to promote harmony between every warring lordship. The first lordship to answer the call of video game unity was Nintendo's former archrival: Sega.
As the two lordships united, Capcom, Namco and Konami entered the pact as well. Thus began the birth of a united kingdom belonging to the video game people: Segendo. It was named after the two leading lordships, who were the most enthusiastic proponents of this integration. They became the twin-engine of the newborn kingdom. The Segendians were known to have contact with the outside world, mostly the Western nations, although it also established links with the estranged empire of Nipponichi, as well as the budding kingdom of Dreampix. Technically, they came to view the Dreampixans as close allies, despite their somewhat arrogant and gruff attitude.
But in the next generations, new problems arose within the kingdom. New small lordships like Microsoft, Ubisoft, Atari and Sony were openly opposed to the authorities in the capital city of Mushroompolis. The rule of Segendo consisted of one king ruling on the top along with his advisers. It was not necessarily democratic, more like an absolute monarchy. Anyway, these new lordships were forcibly annexed into Segendo. The Segendians began wresting for control over them. Ubisoft, Microsoft and Atari were forced to adept the new strict laws, but only Sony remained defiant.
Sony was the home to many characters, whether they were from older or younger targeted games. They saw this video game integration as something which only benefitted Nintendo and the other lordships of old. In order to solve this conflict, King Mario and his men decided to engage in dialogue with Sony, in hopes of convincing them to accept the integration. Mario was described as being more moderated than his predecessors. In Segendo, he lifted the taxes and helped both the poor and the downtrodden, including by building them homes. But unbeknownst to him, many of Mario's allies and advisors were very critical of Mario's idealistic politics. They resented him for being too soft on Sony, as well as giving more power to the people than the authorities. That is why they decided to ruin the negotiations between him and Sony by assassinating the group of four old elders, who were negotiating with Mario. This left a deep scar in the hearts of the people of Sony.
Eventually, people from Sony decided to declare war against Segendo in order to preserve their identity. A well-known warlord with an outspoken passion and fury, founded the Sony Organization along with other warlords, with its goal to fight against what they considered to be a threat against their lifestyles. The leading warlord was a legendary warrior called Kratos, who claimed to be descended from gods. He declared himself the honourable Warchief of Sony and established his power from his capital: Athenaeum, named after his half-sister. With the support of other warlords, like Nathan Drake, Cole McGrath, Needles Kane, Emmet Graves, Rohn Partrige, Nariko, Leonard, Rau Utu and Dart Feld, Kratos would ensure that his union would rise up to challenge Mario.
Mario, who was incredibly ashamed of himself for the betrayal from within his ranks, knew that this Sony Organization could not be reasoned with. As much as he hated it, he decided to declare war against Sony. However, the armies of Sony were more advanced than the Segendians thought. The combined armies of Helghast, Chimera, Outcasts, Mokai, Colossuses and other dangerous warriors proved to be deadly adversaries against the royal armies. But still, the Segendians fought tooth and nail to keep the Sony Organization at bay. King Mario and his associates knew that something dark and troubling were looming in Segendo. They needed to search for anything suspicious while maintaining their ground against Sony.
Back in Sony, Kratos and his associates tried to forcibly enlist all characters into the war effort. Some characters were more than happy to oblige. However, many of them resented the Warchief and his tyrannical rule, thereby choosing to remain neutral in the conflict. It became worse when demonstrations against the Sony Organization were held in Athenaeum. This was not tolerated by the Warchief and his government. They dispatched troops to capture them, but many managed to escape from the mainland and settled themselves on a chain of islands outside Segendo. These islands had anything from volcanoes, to jungles. Since the trees possessed many delicious wumpa fruits, the islands were called Wumpa Islands. In time, these so-called exiles established themselves cities to live in, although they also preferred to live in smaller villages in the jungle or fields.
As we watch this conflict in Segendo, it is clear that both sides have really no reason to fight each other, because from the shadows, something sinister is watching the turmoil to its own amusement. It threatens to destroy everything the video game characters have been striving to build since they first sat foot on this world. This is the story of Fictiontopia: A Game's Legends.
To be continued…
Author's note: This is only the prologue.