Prologue

"Our time has finally come. No more shall we have to endure insults and ridicule, have to be helped by imbeciles to live on. We shall be higher than they ever were, treat them like they did us. With the help of the fourth amelioration, we shall claim our rightful place in this world; as its rulers. But first, we shall throw our unreliable leader Grendel, into the afterlife. He has done nothing in his entire lifetime to help us, to make us stronger, to stop this nonsense, and now he shall be given what he deserves. In fact, we already have."

The man onstage made a gesture towards the right side of the crowd, near the edge of the platform where the ship to Orbis docks, there was a figure. The figure was a bit twisted, not moving, not breathing. Many mages started to teleport to higher places to try to get a better look at the figure. It was a dead body, horribly mangled and seemed to be burnt. A small crystal ball dropped from its burnt robe. It was the crystal ball on Grendel's staff. As the crowd realized this, they stood shocked and in awe, they were unsure of what to think now. Grendel had been their teacher and protector for as long as they had known. A bright beam of light shot from the stage and hit the dead body. It fell off the platform thousands of feet to the ground, there was no thump heard. The crowd looked towards the stage to see who had shot the angel ray. "May the power of God burn you…," muttered the man who had been giving the speech, "demon."

As the man giving the speech walked off the stage, he was cheered on by thousands of magicians in the crowd. They had been convinced in his confident actions that he was right, Onnex was right. Onnex was what this group of magicians who had organized the entire revolution called themselves. Grendel's home stood a few yards behind the stage. In an instant, the entire building caught fire and collapsed. The magicians in the crowd cheered again.

The mages were preparing for battle and this whole presentation was made for their motivation. The magicians had planned a war, an ambush on the entire world. After millenniums of being the weakest and most unrecognized race, they were filled with the anger of their ancestors, their people, and themselves. A stern looking man walked onto the stage. He tapped his throat with his wand a couple of times and got ready to speak. His voice boomed across the whole crowd, but no one moved an inch. This man was the mastermind behind planning the attack, and he was once more explaining his plan to those ready to fight. The mages were to take to the skies with their bahamut summons. Those unable to get help from a bishop would surround towns and wait until the signal was shown.

The man who had planned the attack thought that if they controlled Victoria Island, all other land would be forced to give in to their control as Victoria was the main continent for basically everything. The attack was planned for that night. "So now get ready magicians, for in a few hours the signal will be set, and the ambush will have begun. Remember, the big bang," the man sternly voiced. At this, the magicians all set out, quietly and swiftly. It was close to four in the morning and so there were almost no people who had seen them. Some who did were murdered quickly by the huge crowd of magicians, ready to fight.

Four hours passed and almost everyone was located at a town except for Sleepywood and Nautilus Port, surrounding it and waiting. Each group was lead by a couple of the group of Onnex. The magicians lay in wait for "the big bang". Suddenly high in the sky directly above Sleepywood, there was a huge flash of light like a fireball, followed by a large bang that seemed to be able to shatter glass. Shockwaves flew out from the fireball and rocked the Earth. Then, it suddenly descended down quickly straight into Sleepywood. This fireball, which was almost half of Sleepywood's size, exploded into the ground and a great beam of light and fire shot up into the sky. Sleepywood was gone completely, replaced by an enormous crater five times of what Sleepywood's normal size was.

As people in the towns were just waking up to the sound and rattle, they were ambushed by thousands upon thousands of magicians. They spared no one except for other magicians. Children and women were thought of as easy targets and killed on the spot. The towns were set on fire and some parts frozen solid, but the highest power of these magician fighters were up to the third advancement. Fear struck these unprepared people as they were unable to hold them back, but they didn't give up as the people teamed up quickly and were able to start fighting back. The mages were not the only ones to get the fourth advancement, as all of these people had also received it. Many magicians were overpowered by skills such as triple throw and hurricane. Assassinate and dark sight had become an enormous problem for them. Amidst all the fighting, there was another bang sound and the ground shook once again. This was the second signal and was directly over Nautilus Port and completely decimating it.

The mages on ground seemed to retreat and the towns started to rejoice, but also weep for those killed. It seemed to be over until they heard a loud booming voice repeating "Look Up". As the people looked up and realized what they had not noticed before, there were at least a thousand bahamuts in the sky with up to three mages on each one. "NOW" said the booming voice. At this command, all the mages started to repeat a spell; all of them were fourth advancement mages. Huge columns of light started to hit the ground, meteors and colossal sharp ice crystal followed. Buildings were cut up and burned as if paper and people would disappear in columns of light from the heavens. A scene of despair and death lay in front of people, who most of them died soon.

The attack suddenly ceased and the voice said to the people, "Surrender to us now and we will spare you more death and destruction." Many of the surviving people yelled up to the sky, "Yes we surrender!" wanting to prevent any more sadness and death than already caused. "We do have one condition though," laughed the voice, "you must turn in each of your leaders to Ellinia." At this, many people were about to yell back disagreements, but upon looking down at the death in front of them, knew that it must be done to save their race from being completely wiped out. Athena Pierce, Dances with Balrog, and Dark Lord all accepted to save their people. The surviving people were crying at their bravery and would always remember this act that they had committed.

In Ellinia, the three remaining leaders had arrived at Ellinia's court building. They were greeted by a member of Onnex with most of Onnex in the stands and a few standing and facing them behind the front most member. "Athena Pierce, Dances with Balrog, and the Dark Lord," the member started, "Ellinia's court finds you guilty of negligence for your people's actions for the last fifty years. Your punishment is death… by bleeding." The three leaders looked at the member as if he were crazy. "This is insane, where is Grendel! We demand to speak with him!" exclaimed Athena Pierce. "And soon you shall…" sneered the member. The leaders had now realized that Grendel had been killed, and before being able to say anything, was dragged away by some members of Onnex in magic repelling handcuffs.

The next day, most of the magicians had come back to Ellinia and had started to celebrate their new power. "I'm sorry to interrupt your celebration, but if we could have just one moment" a voice said from the stage. The mages eagerly awaited the speaker. "My fellow magicians, we have done it. We have won!" a member of Onnex said, "and we have declared the member of Onnex the government of Victoria Island, and soon to be the world." The magicians accepted this, as they have proven to be true leader. "And we will now be known as the Regmate Ams."