It had been a long journey, but the Light Warriors finally arrived at Coneria. None of them had ever seen the Dream City in person, and it certainly lived up to its name. All the buildings were built out of brick, smoothed and painted white. The grass grew as green as any grass in the wilderness. A small stream of pure, clear water flowed peacefully, and a pool of shining water lay in the center of the city. Everyone half expected to see the streets paved with gold, but instead they were constructed with the same granite as the city walls. The city was indeed amazing, but it was dwarfed by Coneria Castle.
The massive Coneria Castle towered over the surrounding landscape. It looked ancient, like it had always been a part of the landscape and always will be. Logan, for one, knew just how old it was. Coneria Castle was over 800 years old. It survived twelve wars, two revolutions, and a major earthquake. She wasn't about to let Coneria go down the drain after all that it had survived. Michael wanted to go on inside the castle, but Cadoc suggested they needed to learn all they could about the situation from the townspeople before getting started on this little quest.
After an hour of questioning villagers and off-duty castle guards, the four were able to piece together this story: The Princess of Coneria, Sara, had been kidnapped. The kidnapper was Garland, a knight who was once a noble soldier of Coneria until something snapped in his head. Her disappearance had been foreseen by the court prophet Lukahn, who recently left to join the other Sages at Crescent Lake. However, her rescue by the Light Warriors was also foreseen by Lukahn, and this prophesy was what the king and queen were depending upon. The four decided it was time to go see the king.
At the castle gates, the four were stopped by two guards dressed in the red and gold uniforms of the Conerian army. Michael announced they were the Light Warriors and humbly asked for an audience with the king. The guards were immediately skeptical of them, but when Michael said something about Orbs, the guards decided these strangers might be the real thing. The soldiers led the four inside the old castle, up a stone staircase, and down a corridor to a door. The guards went inside. Cadoc started to make a comment about how nobody trusted them, but then one of the guards walked out and said "King Daniel will see you now."
The Light Warriors entered the royal chamber to see a man on the throne that looked strangely old and tired. This slumped-over man was the noble king of Coneria? He looked up at the group and said, "You are the Light Warriors? So you did appear, just as Lukahn said... You must save my daughter, Princess Sara. She was kidnapped by the traitorous knight Garland. We don't have the manpower to storm his base without leaving the castle undefended. Please, Light Warriors, for the sake of Queen Jane and myself and all of Coneria, rescue Princess Sara."
Michael kneeled down and spoke to the king. "Have no fear, Your Highness. I give you my word. We will rescue Princess Sara from Garland and return her safely to you." Michael then stood up and left the room, and the other three followed. As they made their way out of the castle, Cadoc suggested they should prepare for the travels and battle ahead.
The group went back to Coneria City to get equipped. The group divided the little money they had between them, and each member went to buy what was needed. Cadoc was put in charge of getting all the potions and medicine for the group. He walked up to the counter, put down a sack of gold pieces, and asked for thirty potions. He also watched as the clerk got a single potion off the shelf, put it in the potion bag Aiko lent the group, took the money for that potion, and went back to the shelf to repeat the process. Cadoc hoped the rest of his friends didn't run into neurotic shopkeepers like this one.
When Logan walked into the white magic shop, she saw a witch at the counter dressed in a sky blue robe. "Yes, young man? May I help ye? We have many magics here that will allow one to realize their true potential. What are you looking for?"
"What to you have, ma'am?"
"We specialize in small spells for easing pain, curing colds, and the like."
"I'm looking for something a bit more... powerful. As you can possibly tell by this simple white robe, I am a traveling priest. I need spells that will enable me to fight for my cause."
"Ah! I have what you are looking for."
The witch searched through a large trunk and pulled out four yellowed scrolls. She unrolled them, looked over them, rolled them back up, and offered one to Logan. "This be a healing spell called Cure. It will serve you well." Logan handed over one hundred gold pieces, and the witch gave her the scroll.
"Learn it well, young man. What else may interest you? Perhaps you might want a spell like this that can cause actual harm to evil. This spell is called Harm."
"Harm?! It exists?"
"Yes. This spell was created to destroy those abominations called the undead. In the hands of a priest, it will be a powerful weapon. Do you want this spell?"
"Yes, ma'am." Logan turned over the rest of her money and took the Harm scroll. Her budget was used up, but she was well on her way to becoming a great white mage.
Aiko strolled into the black magic shop only to walk into almost total darkness. All of a sudden, two torches started burning and a wizard, hidden entirely by his olive green robe, greeted Aiko. "Welcome. What powers do you seek? This is only a beginner's magic shop, so I only sell first level spells."
"I want the most powerful first-level spells you have."
"For raw power, Fire or Lightning would be your choices."
"I'll take both scrolls." The green-robed wizard took the money from Aiko and handed him the scrolls, then walked silently away. Aiko now had the chance to do something he trained for seven years to do: use real magic. With a few words and gestures, he could literally shoot fire or lightning out of his hands. Aiko felt like he could take on the world. "So this is power," he mused. "I like it."
Meanwhile, Michael was buying weapons and armor for the group. The armor was easy: he bought chain mail for himself, wooden armor for Cadoc, and some cloth padding for Aiko and Logan. The weapons were harder to choose. Michael bought a rapier for himself, the best sword he could find in the sorry excuse for a weapon shop Coneria had. Pondering over what everyone else could use, he bought a pair of nunchucks for Cadoc (to go with his martial arts training), a hammer for Logan (because Michael remembered most priests take would rather not use bladed weapons), and a dagger for Aiko (because that's the only weapon a wimpy mage could use without cutting himself.) After he finished with his purchases, he gathered the Light Warriors on the outskirts of town and they set out for Garland's temple.
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"The King is looking for the Light Warriors. Do they not happen to be you?"
- Guard, FFI
The massive Coneria Castle towered over the surrounding landscape. It looked ancient, like it had always been a part of the landscape and always will be. Logan, for one, knew just how old it was. Coneria Castle was over 800 years old. It survived twelve wars, two revolutions, and a major earthquake. She wasn't about to let Coneria go down the drain after all that it had survived. Michael wanted to go on inside the castle, but Cadoc suggested they needed to learn all they could about the situation from the townspeople before getting started on this little quest.
After an hour of questioning villagers and off-duty castle guards, the four were able to piece together this story: The Princess of Coneria, Sara, had been kidnapped. The kidnapper was Garland, a knight who was once a noble soldier of Coneria until something snapped in his head. Her disappearance had been foreseen by the court prophet Lukahn, who recently left to join the other Sages at Crescent Lake. However, her rescue by the Light Warriors was also foreseen by Lukahn, and this prophesy was what the king and queen were depending upon. The four decided it was time to go see the king.
At the castle gates, the four were stopped by two guards dressed in the red and gold uniforms of the Conerian army. Michael announced they were the Light Warriors and humbly asked for an audience with the king. The guards were immediately skeptical of them, but when Michael said something about Orbs, the guards decided these strangers might be the real thing. The soldiers led the four inside the old castle, up a stone staircase, and down a corridor to a door. The guards went inside. Cadoc started to make a comment about how nobody trusted them, but then one of the guards walked out and said "King Daniel will see you now."
The Light Warriors entered the royal chamber to see a man on the throne that looked strangely old and tired. This slumped-over man was the noble king of Coneria? He looked up at the group and said, "You are the Light Warriors? So you did appear, just as Lukahn said... You must save my daughter, Princess Sara. She was kidnapped by the traitorous knight Garland. We don't have the manpower to storm his base without leaving the castle undefended. Please, Light Warriors, for the sake of Queen Jane and myself and all of Coneria, rescue Princess Sara."
Michael kneeled down and spoke to the king. "Have no fear, Your Highness. I give you my word. We will rescue Princess Sara from Garland and return her safely to you." Michael then stood up and left the room, and the other three followed. As they made their way out of the castle, Cadoc suggested they should prepare for the travels and battle ahead.
The group went back to Coneria City to get equipped. The group divided the little money they had between them, and each member went to buy what was needed. Cadoc was put in charge of getting all the potions and medicine for the group. He walked up to the counter, put down a sack of gold pieces, and asked for thirty potions. He also watched as the clerk got a single potion off the shelf, put it in the potion bag Aiko lent the group, took the money for that potion, and went back to the shelf to repeat the process. Cadoc hoped the rest of his friends didn't run into neurotic shopkeepers like this one.
When Logan walked into the white magic shop, she saw a witch at the counter dressed in a sky blue robe. "Yes, young man? May I help ye? We have many magics here that will allow one to realize their true potential. What are you looking for?"
"What to you have, ma'am?"
"We specialize in small spells for easing pain, curing colds, and the like."
"I'm looking for something a bit more... powerful. As you can possibly tell by this simple white robe, I am a traveling priest. I need spells that will enable me to fight for my cause."
"Ah! I have what you are looking for."
The witch searched through a large trunk and pulled out four yellowed scrolls. She unrolled them, looked over them, rolled them back up, and offered one to Logan. "This be a healing spell called Cure. It will serve you well." Logan handed over one hundred gold pieces, and the witch gave her the scroll.
"Learn it well, young man. What else may interest you? Perhaps you might want a spell like this that can cause actual harm to evil. This spell is called Harm."
"Harm?! It exists?"
"Yes. This spell was created to destroy those abominations called the undead. In the hands of a priest, it will be a powerful weapon. Do you want this spell?"
"Yes, ma'am." Logan turned over the rest of her money and took the Harm scroll. Her budget was used up, but she was well on her way to becoming a great white mage.
Aiko strolled into the black magic shop only to walk into almost total darkness. All of a sudden, two torches started burning and a wizard, hidden entirely by his olive green robe, greeted Aiko. "Welcome. What powers do you seek? This is only a beginner's magic shop, so I only sell first level spells."
"I want the most powerful first-level spells you have."
"For raw power, Fire or Lightning would be your choices."
"I'll take both scrolls." The green-robed wizard took the money from Aiko and handed him the scrolls, then walked silently away. Aiko now had the chance to do something he trained for seven years to do: use real magic. With a few words and gestures, he could literally shoot fire or lightning out of his hands. Aiko felt like he could take on the world. "So this is power," he mused. "I like it."
Meanwhile, Michael was buying weapons and armor for the group. The armor was easy: he bought chain mail for himself, wooden armor for Cadoc, and some cloth padding for Aiko and Logan. The weapons were harder to choose. Michael bought a rapier for himself, the best sword he could find in the sorry excuse for a weapon shop Coneria had. Pondering over what everyone else could use, he bought a pair of nunchucks for Cadoc (to go with his martial arts training), a hammer for Logan (because Michael remembered most priests take would rather not use bladed weapons), and a dagger for Aiko (because that's the only weapon a wimpy mage could use without cutting himself.) After he finished with his purchases, he gathered the Light Warriors on the outskirts of town and they set out for Garland's temple.
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"The King is looking for the Light Warriors. Do they not happen to be you?"
- Guard, FFI