COMRADES IN ARMS, VOLUME ONE

by DarkKnight613

''In The Beginning...'' - Volume One of a trilogy about the early exploits of Dragonmaster Dyne. In this volume, Dyne begins his life of adventure and meets the other Four Heroes for the first time (reposted and reformatted)

1. Author's Notes and Acknowledgments

COMRADES IN ARMS, VOLUME ONE: IN THE BEGINNING...

by Ian N. Cohen

When Alex was a child, he looked up to the legendary Dragonmaster Dyne, and never tired of hearing the stories of his many adventures.  But what started Dyne off on his path to glory?  What made him into the hero that he will always be remembered as?

AUTHOR'S NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Well, this is rather overwhelming.  I mean, here I am, little ol' me, about to do a huge three-part story about the events that shaped the entire story of the LUNAR series.  It sounds strange, but I can't help feeling intimidated.  It's like making the "Star Wars" prequels - and considering how disappointed many people were with "The Phantom Menace," obviously I don't want to make the same mistakes George Lucas made (that's the nice thing about doing fanfics: you don't have to worry about being all special effects and no story!)

This trilogy has been a long time in the making, and it has not been easy.  There's no way I could do this alone, and I would like to thank all the people at The Shrine's message board who supplied me with background info on The Four Heroes and corrected some of my misapprehensions.  While I'm going to use many of my own ideas in this and the other two parts of the "Comrades In Arms" trilogy, I do NOT want to re-write the entire history and legacy of Lunar and its characters.

My story is based on the Playstation version of LUNAR: SSSC, and the manga "Lunar: Confessions Of The Soul" (special thanks to Rebecca Capowski for letting me use dialogue from her translations, and to IceMistress Mia for giving me the link to her site: you can find the translations at http://home.att.net/~RCgamusic/trans.htm), as well as my own ideas.

Last of all, I would like to thank Game Arts/Working Designs for creating such a captivating story and characters I have actually managed to bond with, and to thank The Shrine and all those who are a part of it for letting me contribute to Lunar's legacy.

This story is dedicated to Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000)

And now, on to the show!