Dawn of Darkness
Prologue: Tale of Spira
" ' After the fall of Sin, the Eternal Calm began, but was almost torn apart by a soul angry with those who inhabit Spira that went by the name of Shuyin. The High Summoner that defeted Sin stopped Shuyin before he could use the monstrous machina, Venegun, with the help of no Aeons, but her friends. Because of them, the Eternal Calm lasted longer, but what lasts forever I ask you?
Five thousand years after the death of Lady Yuna, the Eternal Calm had began to be torn apart slowly over time, and war nearly broke out between Spira. Before Spira went into madness, a man stood up and declared himself as the ruler of Spira. But even the purest souls, my children, can go mad with absolute power. As one king died, one of his children took his place, each one crueler than the last. They must be royal blood, though, to claim the previous ruler's power, and so, an old prophet's legend came into hand:
There will be born a princess, her hair white as the winter's snow, while her eyes an unseeing gray-blue. But she shall see all, no matter how blind she may seem, and bring peace once more to Spira.
And so, all have been awaiting for the princess that was foretold, but none was born, and over time, all lost hope of the peace that the prophet talked about. We are nothing more than slaves to the newest crowned, Lord Abel, but for some, they still held a small speck of hope for peace to come back to Spira. ' "