Greetings all! It's certainly been a long time since I've put a story up here... But I was feeling INSPIREDish so I began this ToS fic on the grounds that, there are not enough RainexLloyd fics! In this chapter (or rather, chaplet) I merely introduce the current setting, later chapters will deal with our lovely protagonists Lloyd and Raine directly. For now, enjoy my dark dark backstory!
Excerpt from the writings of Chronicler Athos: (Circa 331 FS)
In order to catalouge exactly what happened following the naming of the Great Tree of Mana I will have to go in to detail about what each character did following A-Day, as the people of Sylvarant are referring to it. A-Day meaning "Angel Day", Great Martel the people of Sylvarant are so unimaginative! Regardless… I should begin.
The first I need to speak of is Sheena, the Card-wielding woman of Death. Following A-Day Sheena returned to her home town of… BAH! Some obscure town that I really don't care enough to remember the name of. She returned to the aforementioned town and lived happily ever after. At least until the Chief of her village died, then she REALLY lived happily ever after as Sheena was unanimously voted in as Chieftess and quickly began pushing for the village to be more involved with the world.
Zelos returned to his home for a time but soon traveled in search of his sister, Seles. He found her exactly where he left her, on a lonely island in a lonely tower. Scholars have argued over precisely why Zelos went to his sister but most have agreed that it was to apologize for something. Ironically, Zelos was murdered in that very tower during his visit. The cause of death was strangulation. Many scholars believe it was Zelos sister, the very one he went to apologize to, that murdered him, however some argue that with her small size there was little chance of her overcoming such a powerful swordsman and blame a renegade Desian.
Following A-Day both Regal and Presea disappeared. Their whereabouts are unknown. Regal and Presea are said to have married however the exact details are sketchy, at best, and so we can only speculate.
Genis went to a now unknown college and graduated with top honors. He then became an instant success when he fashioned one of the most powerful energy spells ever created. His success was short lived however as soon someone used EESS (Eternal Energy Supply Source), as Genis called it, as the component for a large and incredibly powerful bomb. The terrorists were quickly caught however the damage had been done and Genis' career was shot. He fell back on drinking and eventually died of alcoholism at the age of 110.
Collette went back to Iselia where she lived a happy life of monotony. She grew up, got married, had kids, grew old, watched her kids have kids, and died. She is said to have lived a happy life though.
Finally we come to the only two remaining saviors. Raine and Lloyd. Raine is of course an elf and therefore naturally still alive. Still quite young and sexy too might I add! Lloyd though… is an interesting case. In normal human terms Lloyd should have died three hundred years ago however, since he was chosen as the guardian of the Mana Tree (which he named Ben), Lloyd discovered that instead of growing old as all of his human friends were he had completely stopped aging. Eventually he figured out that he was, in fact, immortal.
This discovery made him quite… how do you Sylvarantians refer to it as? Depressed. Lloyd had no desire to live forever and even less to watch all of his friends die as he lived on.
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For all you Zelos, Collette, Sheena, Genis, Presea, and/or Regal fans out there... I'm sorry. None of them will be appearing in this fic as they are all completely and unequivicably, dead.
Ta ta my lovely readers! Please Read and Review!