Chapter 11: THE PAST
It is said that Cephiro was established by a renegade prince from Fahren named Astor Ching, who had no wish to inherit the crown of Fahren because of all the strings attached. He, therefore, slunk away into the country's low life slums and became a thief by trade just stealing enough food to stay alive. He could not run from his father, the most powerful person in the country, forever, though, so eventually he and two of his comrades stowed away on an exploration craft. His father was more willing to have his son dead than running around a criminal, so a bounty was placed on the heads of him and his friends. Now, at this point in the history of the world, it is believed that the last of the old races were just completing their business in this dimension and not all of the galaxy as we know it today was formed yet. The old races had been given charge of creating various worlds from the power of their will. After a planet was formed from a mass of rock, it stopped its free flowing movement through space. It is said that Astor was forced to evacuate the ship he was riding because of a surprise inspection by a high ranking military officer of Fahren. After the life pod he escaped in malfunctioned, Astor barely survived to see the ground of the unformed Cephiro on which he landed.
When he recovered, Astor discovered the body of one of the old races lying on a rock nearby. It looked to be unconscious as if it fell from the heavens. People who see the old races have never been able to describe the experience except that they were never quite the same person afterwards. However, Astor has left us record that this celestial being had great white wings on which it flew through space at great speed. Astor nursed its wounds, and the two of them recovered together. In gratitude, the alien gave Astor the power of the old ones. He would then have the ability to shape the new planet they were on into whatever he desired, and so he became the first ever pillar of Cephiro.
The land of Cephiro has always been and if tradition is followed, will always be upheld by a single person, who has the strongest will of anyone in the country. Because of this "pillar" system, Cephiro does not require any form of government or ruling body. In the event that a pillar can no longer fulfill their duties, they alone can summon three young people from another world to come and kill them because no one within Cephiro can harm the pillar and the only way to stop being the pillar is to end your life. The ancient pillars of Cephiro also accounted for the possibility that the pillar system might not be used forever. They recognized its inherent flaws. In this case, three men of Cephiro would become the Magic Guardians. The power would be bestowed upon them from deep within the being of the kingdom and they would have no choice in the matter. The job of the Magic Guardians, though much like the job of the Magic Knights, involves a lifetime of fighting instead of single job. They would be called upon to protect Cephiro from the monsters that would invariably pop up due to the impurities in the hearts of all people…
Fuu slammed the book shut, "That is the answer. To save Cephiro, we must find the Magic Guardians!"
She was satisfied with herself for making this grand discovery, and along the way many other mysteries about this land were revealed to her, but the job she had set before herself would prove to be much more than she thought…