Final Fantasy
'A Blood-paved Road'
THE BEGINNING
This story takes place on a newborn planet known as Astrae.
It all began 100 years ago when the planet, Earth, was on the verge of destruction. An evil force had risen from the depths and cast a powerful meteor shower upon the planet. Many tried to stop this force, but none prevailed. As a result, almost half of Earth's population flew to a distant planet. The leader of the humans, Vail Zilpah, named the planet they landed on: Astrae. After a few years, new races began to migrate to Astrae in search of a new life. These races consisted of: Moogles, Nu Mou, Viera, and Bangaa.
For a while these races lived in peace, but shortly after the mechanical revolution of the 50th year, Vail Zilpah fell ill of an unknown disease. Shortly after he caught the disease, he was left to rest with the dead. A different leader from each race came to create their own empire on each of the continents. The Viera's leader, Akisame, claimed the eastern continent for herself. The Bangaa leader, Sukketsushi, claimed the west. The humans remained in the North and Nu Mou leader, Youjutsu, formed a Republic in the South. The Moogles tend not to cause problems for the others and were allowed to come and go as they pleased.
This became the new makeup of Astrae.
Among the kingdoms, several establishments were set up to maintain peace and stability. These establishments housed a few representatives from each race. They made up the 5 Tables of Balance.
After a while, the Tables began to turn.
The representatives fought among each other, claiming that their side was best. They fought for power, and rights to regulate the law. They fought for war. They fought for blood.
Soon, the World began to wage a war in which there was but one ally, the Moogle. From then on out it was quite rare to see two or more races in a group with each other. Even the 5 tables separated. This marked the Age of Dominance.
The Bangaan military was the best of the 5. It housed an all power way of life. The classes in its military were White Monk, Templar, Dragoon, Bishop, Defender, and Gladiator.
The Human army was 2nd in the ranks. It was the most balanced of the 5. It had Archers, Soldiers, Paladins, Fighters, Hunters, Black mages, White mages, Thieves, Ninjas, Illusionists, and Blue mages. This variety was the key behind its power.
Behind that was the Vieran army. It consisted of the Archer, the Fencer, the Red mage, the Elementalist, the Sniper, the Assassin, the White mage, and the Summoner.
Not that the Nu Mou weren't powerful, it's just that they were more on the magical side. Their country was magnificent. It was beautiful and dreadful all at the same time. It was powered all by one source of magic known as the Sand Dial. Time mages worked around the clock to keep it flowing. Their only decent fighter class was the Beastmaster. Their other classes were Black mage, White mage, Time mage, Alchemist, Sage, Morpher, and Illusionist.
The Moogles, while they didn't prefer to fight, were also exellent fighters. Their classes were slightly different from the others though. They specialize in dexterity and engineering. Their classes are Gunner, Animist, Juggler, Gadgeteer, and Mog Knight.
Overall, I'd say this would prove to be the greatest battle in history
-Ah, okay enough background time for the real thing.