Prologue

One day in the dawn of mans existence; another set of beings came into creation. They were drawn forth from the innocence of mankind. The innocence of the unknown that makes us dream of the possibilities. Make no mistake, it was the dark ages and there were many atrocities but man was still in its innocence. Early man didn't know the whys and what's of the universe and so their dreams of explanation became so powerful that they began to have a conscience.

For the longest time these beings only resided in dreams but eventually as all things do they matured and took their own forms. Some became humanoid and became a race now called Fae, while others chose the childish version of man preferring the innocence of youth and mischievousness of children, they became known as goblins and dwarves.

The goblin's child like versions became deformed. Their refusal to mature had warped their very nature, mind and body. Everything is designed to grow up and their violation of natural law brought this fate upon them.

The dwarves however only took on the likeness of children in appearance. They had the wisdom and maturity of an adult but still retained a few childlike qualities and were thus spared the fate that befell the goblin race. The goblins and dwarves like the other magical races had noticeable errors in the likenesses they chose.

Of the Fae there were divisions. The upper class fae were tall, slim, and blindingly beautiful, born of grand dreams where belief was strong. They resembled mankind the most but with noticeable flaws. The lesser faes resembled animals with humanoid attributes, for the lesser faes were born of smaller dreams that did not burn as bright.

All the races were immortal. All benefited and suffered from this attribute but everything has a price; The ability to be killed through an act of violence is possible, iron also could bring about their death since it negated their core magic and the fertility of the magical races was much diminished.

Once again, the fae looked to mankind for the prosperity of their races. Thus the goblin kingdom was born. A kingdom designed to procure unwanted children and adopt them out to the different faes. It was true that some children were turned into goblins but only those that were adopted to a goblin couple; like wise they were turned to upper fae or lower fae depending on the race of the couple. Those that exhibited the most need and were the best match for the child were chosen. Loved and cherished by their new families, the children lived happily, oblivious of their previous existence.

Caught up in an industrial revolution, scientific theory and ever evolving knowledge, man's innocence was slowly but surely wiped out. Even now there are dreamers walking among us. To the fae and other races they are called the creators. Their remarkable resemblance to the original creators earns the respect of all in the underground.

So starts a new tale, a tale that is started to right a grave wrong done in the original story. This is where the tale of the labyrinth's familiar characters, finally gets played out.