INTRODUCTION

The world of Elhorn: corrupted by the wars of feudal kingdoms for centuries was once again facing the nightmares of full-scale battle.  In a dire attempt to bring the Devotindos Empire to its knees after countless threats from the Emperor himself, the Kingdom of Zebulos, led by their supreme commander the Rocket Knight Seiji Sanjulo, marched onwards in attempt to gain ground on Devotindos territory.  This in turn, they hoped, would force the Emperor under pressure to cease his threats of invading Zebulos.  While a pre-emptive attack brought Zebulos under great risk there seemed no other way to resolve the matter.

Tapping his contacts within Zebulos, Emperor Devilgus Devotindos caught word of the plans for this pre-emptive strike and ensured that his own forces were awaiting the arrival of the Zebulan troops.  The first clashes of the long war rang out bringing heavy casualties and suffering to both sides igniting a series of battles that would last many months afterwards.  As time progressed the battle-lines had been pushed forward into the outlying lands of the Devotindos Empire right on the boarder of its neighboring nation, Haruk.  At this time the Zebulan forces, which appeared to be making excellent ground, were finally brought to a standstill as Emperor Devotindos sent the bulk of his fleet to the borderlands to suppress the Zebulan invasion once and for all.  As a result the Zebulan army was forced to stand ground and set up temporary settlements just inside the borderlands until further reinforcements could be sent from the capital.

In one of these settlements lives a simple working peasant with a sorrowful and adventurous past that volunteered his services to the Zebulan Army taking both himself and his loving wife much farther into the grasp of danger than he ever could have imagined.   This is where everything begins…