Legend of Mana is copyright Squaresoft and Sony Entertainment. It is not owned by me in any way, shape, or form.
Note: The main setting of the story takes place during the game after most of the missions have been completed but the mana sword has not been found yet and the game hasn't been beaten. To make the tracking of time easier I'm using the standard Sunday through Saturday days instead of the games own weekly schedule.
Odyssey of Shadows
Chapter One: Lost
It is a bright sunny day, the first one I've seen after a week of constant rainfall. I remember being thankful for some rain, due to a small period of drought that had left my garden dry. But after the third day in a row, it had become an annoyance. I quietly, as not to wake up Lisa or Bud, praised the Mana goddess for delivering such a beautiful day. It's not that I didn't like the rain, but too much of it made my daily gardening such a daunting task. It was trekking through all that mud that I hated, but the saturated soil caked my shoes, got on my clothes, and some how it even got in my hair which was unacceptable. Especially when I had to go to DOMINIA for weekly errands. I didn't want to look like a zombie, freshly risen from the grave, in front of people.
The dry and bright day is even more welcomed since it was my time of the week to make the 2-hour walk to DOMINIA for my errands. With myself, Lil' Cactus: my walking talking houseplant, Bud and Lisa: elf twins that I had adopted, in the house it was quite a few mouth too feed. I casually reminded myself for the hundredth time that month to buy a bigger refrigerator. True, I have a garden but the fruit and vegetables that grow in it are mostly used for monster trapping and to sell off. That's how I earn most of my money, capturing, training, and selling monsters and their eggs and selling the fruit I grow.
Oh! Pardon me, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Elijah, currently employed as a mercenary, and I live in a small, three-level, house that is actually built into the side of a rather tall and thick tree. The Attic is filled with various supplied and materials, the middle floor has my bedroom and the guest bedroom, occupied by Bud and Lisa, and the ground floor holds the kitchen and dining area in one room, the library in another room and finally the bathroom. I had built this house with my own two hands and I'm very proud of my humble abode.
By the way, the world I live in is called Fa'Diel and I live on the eastern continent also called the Middle world. There are two other main continents; to the north is the Fire continent, named for it's violent volcanic and earthquake activity that had never ceased since the War of Possession. To the south is the Frozen Frontier, a land permanently caught in a nuclear winter, it too was a victim of the War of Possession. However, there were rumors circulating that told of the possible restoration of the continents. There were also rumors of activity sighted on the Fire continent and not just volcanic activity. But as most rumors go ignored some actually have a grain of truth at their center. Unfortunately no one wanted to explore these god-forsaken places. Finally to the west there is a vast ocean with many islands, of all sizes, scattered about. Many of these islands had yet to be fully explored, but those that had been visited either were settled or developed mining or agriculture communities. There were even a few that have been turned into vacationing spots and tourist traps.
I could tell it was early Monday morning, as I hefted myself out of bed and saw the sun halfway above the horizon. I went through my daily morning tasks. After a refreshing bath I cleaned my teeth and got dressed in my traveling clothes. A red cap, white shirt and my brown cloth pants. My shoes are a new pair made out of leather and as such haven't quite been broken into yet, I intend on correcting that problem soon. By the time I'm about to leave, Bud and Lisa are just waking up. I yelled goodbye and they returned the gesture. They knew where I'm headed, so I left without another word. I made sure to grab my long sword, Vizer, and my shield before I exited the front door. There are many monsters between DOMINIA and me so I have to be prepared.
The trip to DOMINIA was mostly uneventful since the only monster I ran across was one of those rabite creatures. (A yellow blob like creature with rabbit ears, teeth with a pink puffball tail). A weak creature and obviously very dumb since it attacked every person it saw and a good deal of those people are far stronger than it can ever be. I killed it with a blow to the head, and then I proceeded to cut off it's pink tail and pocketed it. Apparently rabite tail sushi is becoming popular among the people of DOMINIA and GEO. Personally, I find sushi of all types to be rather distasteful, but it's becoming good business so I'm not about to complain openly. Besides there is no danger of the rabite becoming extinct, due to the fact that those things reproduced like wildfire.
DOMINIA is a large prosperous town located besides a major highway. Many types of people of all different races come here. I could see Humans, Dudbears, Sproutlings, and sub-humans that varied between rabbits, cats, dogs, and birds. There are a lot of people here, but about 70% of all these people don't even live in DOMINIA. For you see DOMINIA is also conveniently located between all of the major cities on the Eastern continent of Fa'Diel. This IS a major trading town and, as a result, has a massive marketplace that is always busy.
I've completed my shopping and I'm ready to go home, but I've decided to stop by the bar. This is a mistake, cause of what will happen next. The pub is a large wooden building with three tables placed on the right in the almost square building. To the bottom left is a counter and behind the counter is the barkeeper, a medium sized, blond haired woman who is very muscular and carries herself with pride, I know her name to be Ihrie, but beyond that I don't know much about her. Just a bit more to the left and behind the counter are several large barrels that each holds a different type of drink. In the top left corner is a stairway that heads up to the second floor. The second floor can be seem from the ground level and is only big enough to fit 3 more tables. The center of the building is empty, as it sometime is used as a dance floor. Along the walls are several oil lanterns to supply light in the pub during the night hours, but since it's only mid-day, the lanterns are currently extinguished.
Other than the barkeeper there is also Rachel the serving girl. Rachel has a lovely shade of purple hair and has a pair of fairy like wings on her back. She is dressed in her barmaid uniform, a light blue colored dress with a white apron on front. She was currently sweeping the floor with a well-used broom. When I stepped into the bar, she looked up at me momentarily then went back to her chores. The barkeeper is looking at me, expecting me to order a drink or a bit to eat. I ordered the miso soup and the fried rice. The barkeeper took my order and I paid the required price. She then left through the door, which is hidden by the large barrels, to the pub's decently sized kitchen.
Entering the pub was a mistake cause while I am eating, Niccolo, a chubby, brown rabbit merchant, came in and immediately recognized me from our previous dealings with each other. He then proceeded to lecture me on his many business ventures that he is currently involved in. Trying to eat and to ignore Niccolo, but make it look like your listening, at the same time is a very stressful act to attempt. Once that has left me mentally exhausted for days at a time. It's not that I didn't like him, but I just wasn't interested in hearing all the details of his daily dealings. Thus is took all of my concentration to ignore him and I didn't notice the cloud of smoke raising, from the direction of my house, until it was too late.
When I finally did notice, my blood ran cold. True the cloud of smoke could've been from anything but somehow I knew it was my house. I knocked Niccolo aside in my haste to get back home, I didn't even hear him hit the ground. I ran like lightning, as fast as I could. My lungs are burning and I'm short on breath, but I've made the 2-hour trip in 30 minutes of non-stop sprinting. However, the house is nothing but a smoking ruin by then, the garden, the monster ranch, the magic instrument shop, everything is gone, consumed in the fire.
"BUD! LISA!" I frantically called out to the surrounding area. I hoped to see them run over the grassy plain unharmed, but such did not happen. Searching through the ashes I find three burnt and black corpses. I'm thinking that two of them are Bud and Lisa, but I notice that the corpses are too tall to be the elven twins that I'm searching for. Where are Bud and Lisa? Who are the three corpses found in the wreckage? Why have I lost everything? Who burnt down my house? Whoever they are, they will pay.
Note: The main setting of the story takes place during the game after most of the missions have been completed but the mana sword has not been found yet and the game hasn't been beaten. To make the tracking of time easier I'm using the standard Sunday through Saturday days instead of the games own weekly schedule.
Odyssey of Shadows
Chapter One: Lost
It is a bright sunny day, the first one I've seen after a week of constant rainfall. I remember being thankful for some rain, due to a small period of drought that had left my garden dry. But after the third day in a row, it had become an annoyance. I quietly, as not to wake up Lisa or Bud, praised the Mana goddess for delivering such a beautiful day. It's not that I didn't like the rain, but too much of it made my daily gardening such a daunting task. It was trekking through all that mud that I hated, but the saturated soil caked my shoes, got on my clothes, and some how it even got in my hair which was unacceptable. Especially when I had to go to DOMINIA for weekly errands. I didn't want to look like a zombie, freshly risen from the grave, in front of people.
The dry and bright day is even more welcomed since it was my time of the week to make the 2-hour walk to DOMINIA for my errands. With myself, Lil' Cactus: my walking talking houseplant, Bud and Lisa: elf twins that I had adopted, in the house it was quite a few mouth too feed. I casually reminded myself for the hundredth time that month to buy a bigger refrigerator. True, I have a garden but the fruit and vegetables that grow in it are mostly used for monster trapping and to sell off. That's how I earn most of my money, capturing, training, and selling monsters and their eggs and selling the fruit I grow.
Oh! Pardon me, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Elijah, currently employed as a mercenary, and I live in a small, three-level, house that is actually built into the side of a rather tall and thick tree. The Attic is filled with various supplied and materials, the middle floor has my bedroom and the guest bedroom, occupied by Bud and Lisa, and the ground floor holds the kitchen and dining area in one room, the library in another room and finally the bathroom. I had built this house with my own two hands and I'm very proud of my humble abode.
By the way, the world I live in is called Fa'Diel and I live on the eastern continent also called the Middle world. There are two other main continents; to the north is the Fire continent, named for it's violent volcanic and earthquake activity that had never ceased since the War of Possession. To the south is the Frozen Frontier, a land permanently caught in a nuclear winter, it too was a victim of the War of Possession. However, there were rumors circulating that told of the possible restoration of the continents. There were also rumors of activity sighted on the Fire continent and not just volcanic activity. But as most rumors go ignored some actually have a grain of truth at their center. Unfortunately no one wanted to explore these god-forsaken places. Finally to the west there is a vast ocean with many islands, of all sizes, scattered about. Many of these islands had yet to be fully explored, but those that had been visited either were settled or developed mining or agriculture communities. There were even a few that have been turned into vacationing spots and tourist traps.
I could tell it was early Monday morning, as I hefted myself out of bed and saw the sun halfway above the horizon. I went through my daily morning tasks. After a refreshing bath I cleaned my teeth and got dressed in my traveling clothes. A red cap, white shirt and my brown cloth pants. My shoes are a new pair made out of leather and as such haven't quite been broken into yet, I intend on correcting that problem soon. By the time I'm about to leave, Bud and Lisa are just waking up. I yelled goodbye and they returned the gesture. They knew where I'm headed, so I left without another word. I made sure to grab my long sword, Vizer, and my shield before I exited the front door. There are many monsters between DOMINIA and me so I have to be prepared.
The trip to DOMINIA was mostly uneventful since the only monster I ran across was one of those rabite creatures. (A yellow blob like creature with rabbit ears, teeth with a pink puffball tail). A weak creature and obviously very dumb since it attacked every person it saw and a good deal of those people are far stronger than it can ever be. I killed it with a blow to the head, and then I proceeded to cut off it's pink tail and pocketed it. Apparently rabite tail sushi is becoming popular among the people of DOMINIA and GEO. Personally, I find sushi of all types to be rather distasteful, but it's becoming good business so I'm not about to complain openly. Besides there is no danger of the rabite becoming extinct, due to the fact that those things reproduced like wildfire.
DOMINIA is a large prosperous town located besides a major highway. Many types of people of all different races come here. I could see Humans, Dudbears, Sproutlings, and sub-humans that varied between rabbits, cats, dogs, and birds. There are a lot of people here, but about 70% of all these people don't even live in DOMINIA. For you see DOMINIA is also conveniently located between all of the major cities on the Eastern continent of Fa'Diel. This IS a major trading town and, as a result, has a massive marketplace that is always busy.
I've completed my shopping and I'm ready to go home, but I've decided to stop by the bar. This is a mistake, cause of what will happen next. The pub is a large wooden building with three tables placed on the right in the almost square building. To the bottom left is a counter and behind the counter is the barkeeper, a medium sized, blond haired woman who is very muscular and carries herself with pride, I know her name to be Ihrie, but beyond that I don't know much about her. Just a bit more to the left and behind the counter are several large barrels that each holds a different type of drink. In the top left corner is a stairway that heads up to the second floor. The second floor can be seem from the ground level and is only big enough to fit 3 more tables. The center of the building is empty, as it sometime is used as a dance floor. Along the walls are several oil lanterns to supply light in the pub during the night hours, but since it's only mid-day, the lanterns are currently extinguished.
Other than the barkeeper there is also Rachel the serving girl. Rachel has a lovely shade of purple hair and has a pair of fairy like wings on her back. She is dressed in her barmaid uniform, a light blue colored dress with a white apron on front. She was currently sweeping the floor with a well-used broom. When I stepped into the bar, she looked up at me momentarily then went back to her chores. The barkeeper is looking at me, expecting me to order a drink or a bit to eat. I ordered the miso soup and the fried rice. The barkeeper took my order and I paid the required price. She then left through the door, which is hidden by the large barrels, to the pub's decently sized kitchen.
Entering the pub was a mistake cause while I am eating, Niccolo, a chubby, brown rabbit merchant, came in and immediately recognized me from our previous dealings with each other. He then proceeded to lecture me on his many business ventures that he is currently involved in. Trying to eat and to ignore Niccolo, but make it look like your listening, at the same time is a very stressful act to attempt. Once that has left me mentally exhausted for days at a time. It's not that I didn't like him, but I just wasn't interested in hearing all the details of his daily dealings. Thus is took all of my concentration to ignore him and I didn't notice the cloud of smoke raising, from the direction of my house, until it was too late.
When I finally did notice, my blood ran cold. True the cloud of smoke could've been from anything but somehow I knew it was my house. I knocked Niccolo aside in my haste to get back home, I didn't even hear him hit the ground. I ran like lightning, as fast as I could. My lungs are burning and I'm short on breath, but I've made the 2-hour trip in 30 minutes of non-stop sprinting. However, the house is nothing but a smoking ruin by then, the garden, the monster ranch, the magic instrument shop, everything is gone, consumed in the fire.
"BUD! LISA!" I frantically called out to the surrounding area. I hoped to see them run over the grassy plain unharmed, but such did not happen. Searching through the ashes I find three burnt and black corpses. I'm thinking that two of them are Bud and Lisa, but I notice that the corpses are too tall to be the elven twins that I'm searching for. Where are Bud and Lisa? Who are the three corpses found in the wreckage? Why have I lost everything? Who burnt down my house? Whoever they are, they will pay.
