Entry One – 24 January 2089
My name, well I suppose that I should tell you this since you are reading my journal. Scott Hartland. But I also go by the name "The Blazing Knight".
Not exactly the most awe inspiring name that you have ever heard but it has suited me for the past 30 years. And as far as the other name goes, I'll tell you about that throughout this journal.
Now you are probably wondering why I am writing this entry into this journal. I guess it is because I feel a need to pass along what I have experienced to others so they would have some idea of what has happened to this world.
"This world?" you ask yourself. Yes, this world that we currently live in had to start somewhere. This one in particular started when the "DuRev" happened. When I say "DuRev'. I am referring to the Duel Revolution. The Revolution started when the world stopped fighting their war with bullets, tanks, planes and bombs and started settling their differences with duels.
This idea came about after the last world war which decimated most of the world's population. The world's remaining governments realized that the way they interacted with each other and solved problems had to change. This is because inherently humans will always try to destroy themselves and each other. While the prior will always be a personal choice, the latter needed to change. The government from the country formally known as the United States of the Americas, the government from the country formerly known as Arafrica, the government from the country formerly known as the United Asian Empire and the country of Atlantis came together it what was left of the city of Tegucigalpa. There, among the ruins of the once thriving metropolis, the remaining leaders of their neo-countries signed an agreement outlawing world war and setting down the rules for future disagreements. Realizing that the human race was one war away from annihilation, the leaders agreed to the rules of an old card game, of all things, as the basis to settle these disagreements.
That was the beginning of the DuRev and what has lead to the world we live in today.
Now before you think that everything turned out to be "fine and dandy" because of what was agreed upon, you should probably keep reading. You'll hear of not only about the great duels that I witnessed and participated in, but of all the sordid details of what went on in between those epic duels. That, my friend, just may be the most interesting part of this whole entire journal.
I do not apologize for anything that I write in here nor will I back peddle from my opinions. I will try to show what really happened in my life and explain why I did what I did.
-Scott