Maple Story: Divine Tragedy
Summary: A sorcerer by the name of Sleepywood deemed Henesys, Amoria, Kerning, Ellinia, Perion, and Lith too powerful to freely roam the lands, so they were sealed inside stone statues and were called gods and goddesses. 500 years later they've managed to break free from their stone prisons and they've set out for revenge. Descendents of the sorcerer sought out to end this divine rampage and send them to their deaths. Both sides had reasons to kill… in this divine battle, there was no right or wrong. The gods and goddesses were once human too, and their own personal conflicts with each other brought them their ultimate demise. This is a story of love, tragedy, drama, and internal conflicts.
Prologue
It was a breezy night. The moon was high in the sky enveloped by sparkling stars. The leaves seem to sway in the rhythm of the wind in perfect harmony. The wind soon carried itself onto a small quaint town. The streets were empty and its many shops were closed. Shopkeepers have long gone asleep in their private rooms built in their shops and light became nonexistent in this small little town.
Amoria.
That was the name of this quaint little town. Named after the goddess that was said to watch over the town. This town was no ordinary town. There were no actual residential houses located anywhere. The people that resided in this town were its shopkeepers and business owners. The poor were often found in the streets begging for money from travelers far and near that were visiting the place. There were no restrictions on who could visit the town, so people everywhere would come very often to browse around its many shops.
Most people come to Amoria to get married. Those who are rich and fortunate enough would pay to get a ticket to perform marriage ceremonies in the chapels of Amoria and in the Grand Cathedral, where the statue of the goddess Amoria resides. They believe that getting married in front of the statue would bring them many blessings and years and years of happiness in their marriage.
The leaves in the trees next to the Grand Cathedral rustle slightly as the small breeze weave in between the tiny gaps between leaves. Guided by the light of the moon, the wind carries a scurry of green leaves through a small crack in the opening of a window to the side of the Grand Cathedral. The wind starts to dissipate in front of a life-sized stone statue and the leaves began to descend without the strength of the wind to hold them up. Before they hit the ground, bolts of energy--almost like lightning--pierces through the leaves, sending them to the floor in half.
More bolts of energy began to surface around the stone statue and the barrier around it. From the bottom up, the life-size statue depicted a young maiden in a flowing dress with her eyes closed holding a long staff in her right hand and an orb in her left. Four floating golden yellow stones formed an invisible barrier around the statue. More and more energy bolts seem to emerge from the stone statue, piercing the stones that seem to hold the barrier into place.
Cracks could be heard from the energy bolts as they whip the crisp night air inside the Grand Cathedral. The cracks soon became louder as the stones creating the strong barrier began to crumble slowly and fall straight to the ground.
Then, all fell silent. Only small cracks of remaining energy bolts could be heard snapping around the statue. As the dimming light of the moon disappears, two glowing pairs of eyes emerge from the statue, shining in a bright gold color.