Author's Note: I don't own the White Knight Chronicles series, ergo; I don't own any of the characters, settings, plots and so on. The concepts such as the Crystalis and some characters that will feature in this work are my own creations, however.
Well, this is my first major attempt at a proper fanfic. I'm using the soon-to-be devoid of online functionality game (In Europe and America, anyway), White Knight Chronicles, to provide the foundry for this work.
White Knight Chronicles – A tale of a Crystalis scorned
Chapter 1: The crystal legion.
Cronic's POV
My name is Cronic. I have no last name. I have shoulder length brown hair, blue eyes, and fair white skin. These days I typically wear the soleil II robes with a fair bit of personalization to it. I've had it dyed blue, black and white instead of the white, brown and yellow colour scheme it had going on, and on the jacket part of it, I had a piece of dark blue fabric attached to it to make it seem more like a proper robe than the four pieces of fabric that flowed down across the front and back of my legs, which I still kept when I added the fabric, by the way. It goes under the four pieces. I kept the cape and gemstones placed within it the same colour, however.
Basically, picture the tips of shoes, the fabric around my shoulders and arms, and the fingers of my gloves as blue, the brown parts of the robe, trousers shoes, and gloves as black, and the yellow parts a radiant white and you'll get the idea. The whole personalization thing though caused most of the original Soleil's details, such as those on the upper torso to vanish though.
Many refer to me as the second White Knight, or the sixth Incorrupti. What I felt was a dead end job working in a Wine shop turned out to be a truly unpredictable adventure involving a conflict that ended in a stalemate ten thousand years ago.
It all started with the Magi attacking Balandor to claim the White Knight. We held two Journeys; the first in the pursuit of Princess Cisna, who had been captured by the Magi. The second involved amassing a force to defeat the Yshrenian Empire. Near to the end of the second journey, I discovered I had a latent potential for Magic, which became my main means of combat as time passed. With Leonard, Yulie, Eldore, Kara, and Caesar by my side, and the support of an energetic researcher named Framboise who created my Knight, we defeated the Yshrenian Empire, but its true emperor, Madoras, survived the encounter.
Madoras resurrected the ancient capital of the Yshrenian Empire, Vellgander. I knew we'd never be safe as long as he still lived. Thankfully, I'd made a few connections with three powerful warriors of various fighting styles to aid me in bringing him down.
Animus. Don't be fooled by his size. This Guild Leader's got a sharp eye, a number of different arrows which he can shoot you with, and a powerful bow arm. He's a kind person though, always willing to help others with whatever problem they may have.
Allen. Gifted in both Magic and Melee, he's an expert with a Long sword and a staff. He's generally quite quiet, as far as I can tell, but I'm sure he's quite talkative when he wants to be. He'll typically lend a hand to those in need, much like Animus.
Snow. An expert with an axe or a hammer, and a Bow and arrow, he's able to switch between both at the drop of a hat. Despite his shifting fighting style, he's a man of few words, but he means well.
Together with them, we fought our way through Vellgander, the five Yshrenian-made knights, and god knows how many other things, until we came face to face with Madoras himself at Vellgander's upper apex. Madoras believed us to be a simple distraction. Something to pass the time.
Despite giving us a hard time, he quickly realised we were more than just ants to be stepped on. That realisation that we could actually harm him quite badly made him outright furious, as he transformed into the twisted form of the Demon Knight. But even with Ark Crystals backing him up in human (If you could even call him that) form and knight form, Madoras was still no match for the four of us working together, despite the fact he knocked me out near the end of the fight.
After Madoras was finally put down for good, my companions picked me up and dusted me off, and we took a photo at the site of the battleground of the four of us as proof that we were victorious. In a line was me, Animus and Allen saluting, while Snow stood in front of us striking a karate pose. I still carry it with me to this day.
We returned to Balandor to give the news to Cisna, Leonard and the others that Madoras was no more. I returned to my job at Rapacchi wines for a while, but with Vellgander now unoccupied, I feared what would happen to the five knights now that Madoras was gone, as well as the legions of monsters, Gigas and Ark Incorrupti roaming the halls, so I took it upon myself to head back to Vellgander, and seal away the five Knights Arks in the Upper Apex, and destroyed most of the monsters lurking within, and banished the rest into an endless Abyss.
I had to create a duplicate of Madoras' staff, in order to successfully seal the five Arks. The copy itself lacks the power of the Demon Knight, but personally, I don't need it. An abomination like that is better left dead and buried.
With the loose ends tied up, I chose to remain in Vellgander, just in case. As for the rest, I typically did some occasional quests people had for me, for the sake of having money for food, drink, and the occasional bottle of Parma Wine. I could use some company, but knowing that the Dogma War won't have a third repeat is enough for me.
…At least. That's how I'd have liked it to be. The past has a way of coming back to bite you in the ass. And that's exactly what mine did. Luckily for me, I had a little bit of insurance; I combined my Knights Ark with a Lux Staff, the duplicate of Madoras' staff, and a True King's Staff, with the aid of Framboise. The resulting combination not only bolstered my magical power, but also my Knight's strength as well. It now sported very celestial looking white and gold armour, and its green glows from its eyes and abdominal region shone gold as well. But the most notable additions were the presence of a unique white and gold sword and shield to go with, and a pair of white and gold wings that resembled something of an Angel's wings.
It was a good thing I did too. As about two days after I returned from having the staff made, which I called the Equilibrium Staff, due to one side having small, shimmering white wings going down from a pulsing sphere of sunset-coloured light, and pitch black wings going down the other, a small squadron of armoured soldiers arrived at Vellgander section one. As I'd already cleared out the monsters, there was nothing there to stop them from arriving at the Apex… Well, nothing besides me. Not wanting to waste any time, I then teleported to section one's middle room on the first floor, and appeared in front of them. The best armoured of the group, who I assumed to be their leader, proceeded to speak to me.
"Emperor Madoras, I presume?" The leader said, all of them keeping a firm grip on the swords in their hands. I chuckled to myself before I replied.
"You missed him by approximately three months. He's probably in the deepest parts of hell at this point." I said, as the soldiers drew closer, only to be met with a circle of eclipse gates surrounding me.
"Your armour looks very familiar… Where have I seen it before…?" I said, as I went into my thoughts.
"Impossible. No one outside of… It can't be… You're that exile?!" The leader blurted out.
"…Thanks for confirming my suspicions, Crystalis knights." I said. My tone of voice became more serious as I spoke.
"This is troublesome. We'd better retreat immediately to reassess the situation!" The leader shouted out, before I interrupted his attempts to escape with a click of my fingers, causing another circle of eclipse gates to block their path.
"Don't ever come back here. If I catch you here again, I will not be so merciful." I said, before teleporting back to the Apex, shutting off the teleporter connecting Section 1 to Section 2 once I returned to the Apex.
Now you're probably wondering; just who are the Crystalis Knights? To put it simply, they're a clan of reclusive knights who share the same surname, but have different ranks and authority based on their skill in their chosen fields, and how well renowned they are. And I used to be one. I was on one of the lower ends of the spectrum… Up until I got exiled. And pretty much all the Exiles who came before me are never heard from or seen again by other Knights. Odds are they don't survive that first day of exile. But me? I did more than just survive.
Figured I'd never see 'em again. But the fact that they're here in Vellgander, former home of Emperor Madoras, is not a sign of gentle change. They're here for something. Just don't know what. I'd better be more cautious. The Crystalis are nothing if not resourceful. Good thing I didn't get rid of all those Gigas, Ark Incorrupti and monsters. But I seriously doubt I'll be able to do this on my own. So first chance I get, I'm going to head to Balandor to inform Queen Cisna of the situation. Before I do that, though, I think it's time I let free those Gigas, Incorrupti, and Monsters loose to guard the place while I'm gone... After a little bit of mental influence to make sure they don't run riot outside of Vellgander. Hey, someone has to show the underlings who's the boss around here.
Just great… I finally get my life sorted out, even if it isn't wholly ideal, and then this happens. Why is it whenever things are going good for me, my Luck then goes and takes a sharp U-turn back to square one…?
That's it for Chapter 1. Let me know what you felt I did well, and areas I could use to improve by means of reviews.
Cronic out.