In what is known as the "Lost Age," Alchemy and Psynergy were commonplace
throughout the world. Great civilizations thrived in the power of Alchemy.
However, corrupt humans eventually began waging wars with Psynergy. The
intensity of the wars threatened to destroy the entire world. The
Lemurians, a tribe of Mercury Adepts, ended the problem for a time. They
constructed the four Elemental Lighthouses. Each one drew the power of an
Element out of the world and concentrated it into a small gem called an
Elemental Star. These Stars were then hidden away in Sol Sanctum, a temple
hidden deep within Mount Aleph.
The wars stopped. The dangers of Alchemy seemed to have been averted. But a new problem began to arise. Cut off from the power of the Elements, the world slowly began to starve and fall apart. Thousands of years after the Seal was made, a group of Mars Adepts from the far north set out to break the Seal and save the world. This group was led by powerful fighters called Saturos and Menardi. The first attempt at taking the Elemental Stars ended in disaster. A trap within Sol Sanctum killed everyone in Saturos's party except for Menardi and himself.
That same night, Saturos and Menardi rescued four people from Vale, the village at the foot of Mount Aleph, after they'd been swept down a river by the storm the Sanctum's trap had unleashed. The villagers were taken to the Mars Adept's homeland of Prox. Three years later, Saturos and Menardi set out for the Sanctum again. This time, they were joined by a Mercury Adept named Alex, and one of the Valan survivors, Felix. The second attempt for the Stars was successful, and Saturos's party raced off to take the Stars to each Lighthouse and ignite the beacons.
After lighting two of the beacons, Saturos and Menardi were killed in battle against warriors sent from Vale to recover the Stars. At the third Lighthouse, the peril the world was in was explained to the Valan warriors, and they joined Felix's group. As Felix's party struggled to light the final beacon, Alex set off back to Mount Aleph. For when the final beacon was lit, the powers at each Lighthouse would collect above Mount Aleph and form the Golden Sun. It was Alex's intention to be at the peak of the mountain and take in the pure power of Alchemy itself.
When the Golden Sun rose, Alex took in its power, but was trapped on the summit as the entire volcanic mountain sank into the earth. His newly gained near immortality allowed Alex to survive the event, but he was soon loose in the world and bent on ruling it. But before he could master his new, nearly infinite, powers, Alex was defeated by Felix's party. Thus the world was safe again, for the time being.
After the ordeal with Alex, it was realized that Alchemy was essential. Psynergy was the dangerous power. Adepts then set out to destroy the Great Psynergy Stones. Once these massive sources of Psynergy were destroyed, the Adepts' ability to use Psynergy slowly waned away to nothing. So, for thousands of years, Psynergy and Alchemy were forgotten, and the bloodlines of the Adepts thinned out into the masses with the exception of the Proxians. They migrated to the Arctic and have maintained a pure bloodline. Approximately six years ago, a group of hikers stumbled across some strange artifacts in the Canadian Rockies where Mount Aleph once stood. An archeological dig unearthed the ruins of Sol Sanctum. However, the volcano that had been dormant for so long was disturbed by the digging. When the volcano erupted, Psynergy was back. For there was one Great Psynergy Stone the ancient Adepts did not seek out because they'd believed it already destroyed. The largest of all the Great Stones was that of Sol Sanctum.
The eruption threw smaller Psynergy Stones all over the world. Descendants of the ancient Adepts that came in contact with the Stones found strange powers awakening within them. Even non-Adepts were able to use simple forms of telekinetic power after touching the Stones. The sudden return of Psynergy has also drawn the Proxians out of hiding. After ages of dwindling population, the Proxians number in less than two thousand, but every one of them is extremely powerful. Many of them bear a great hatred for non-Adepts and part-bloods. Those Proxians, led by a man named after the ancient Saturos, seek to dominate the world.
The wars stopped. The dangers of Alchemy seemed to have been averted. But a new problem began to arise. Cut off from the power of the Elements, the world slowly began to starve and fall apart. Thousands of years after the Seal was made, a group of Mars Adepts from the far north set out to break the Seal and save the world. This group was led by powerful fighters called Saturos and Menardi. The first attempt at taking the Elemental Stars ended in disaster. A trap within Sol Sanctum killed everyone in Saturos's party except for Menardi and himself.
That same night, Saturos and Menardi rescued four people from Vale, the village at the foot of Mount Aleph, after they'd been swept down a river by the storm the Sanctum's trap had unleashed. The villagers were taken to the Mars Adept's homeland of Prox. Three years later, Saturos and Menardi set out for the Sanctum again. This time, they were joined by a Mercury Adept named Alex, and one of the Valan survivors, Felix. The second attempt for the Stars was successful, and Saturos's party raced off to take the Stars to each Lighthouse and ignite the beacons.
After lighting two of the beacons, Saturos and Menardi were killed in battle against warriors sent from Vale to recover the Stars. At the third Lighthouse, the peril the world was in was explained to the Valan warriors, and they joined Felix's group. As Felix's party struggled to light the final beacon, Alex set off back to Mount Aleph. For when the final beacon was lit, the powers at each Lighthouse would collect above Mount Aleph and form the Golden Sun. It was Alex's intention to be at the peak of the mountain and take in the pure power of Alchemy itself.
When the Golden Sun rose, Alex took in its power, but was trapped on the summit as the entire volcanic mountain sank into the earth. His newly gained near immortality allowed Alex to survive the event, but he was soon loose in the world and bent on ruling it. But before he could master his new, nearly infinite, powers, Alex was defeated by Felix's party. Thus the world was safe again, for the time being.
After the ordeal with Alex, it was realized that Alchemy was essential. Psynergy was the dangerous power. Adepts then set out to destroy the Great Psynergy Stones. Once these massive sources of Psynergy were destroyed, the Adepts' ability to use Psynergy slowly waned away to nothing. So, for thousands of years, Psynergy and Alchemy were forgotten, and the bloodlines of the Adepts thinned out into the masses with the exception of the Proxians. They migrated to the Arctic and have maintained a pure bloodline. Approximately six years ago, a group of hikers stumbled across some strange artifacts in the Canadian Rockies where Mount Aleph once stood. An archeological dig unearthed the ruins of Sol Sanctum. However, the volcano that had been dormant for so long was disturbed by the digging. When the volcano erupted, Psynergy was back. For there was one Great Psynergy Stone the ancient Adepts did not seek out because they'd believed it already destroyed. The largest of all the Great Stones was that of Sol Sanctum.
The eruption threw smaller Psynergy Stones all over the world. Descendants of the ancient Adepts that came in contact with the Stones found strange powers awakening within them. Even non-Adepts were able to use simple forms of telekinetic power after touching the Stones. The sudden return of Psynergy has also drawn the Proxians out of hiding. After ages of dwindling population, the Proxians number in less than two thousand, but every one of them is extremely powerful. Many of them bear a great hatred for non-Adepts and part-bloods. Those Proxians, led by a man named after the ancient Saturos, seek to dominate the world.
