Many years ago, in the small village of
Emberton, which lies on the West coast of the huge world of Leganga, a young
boy was found near the edge of the forest beside the village, carrying a
huge sword, screaming the words "Fire! Fire!". The sun was just
rising at the time, and one woman heard the screaming behind her house,
so she went out and brought him to her home. She and her husband asked
the boy for his name, and he replied with "Firen". They were
going to ask why he shouted "Fire! Fire!", but they figured he'd
had a rough day, and guessed that he was actually saying "Firen! Firen!"...The
answer to that question lies deep within a huge web of deceit, betrayal,
love, tragedy, and blood......
Firen grew up with his adopted family
in the village of Emberton. He never could recall his past, even when he
tried. He liked Emberton a lot, but there was one thing he wanted more
than anything...Shamra. Shamra was a young girl the same age as he was.
Ever since they first met when they were only 13 years old, when Shamra
moved to Emberton, they had loved one another. There was only one problem,
Shamra's Dad. He was the owner of a profitable mining company in Emberton,
and forbade his daughter to spend time with the "commonfolk".
However, when he was out on an expedition, Firen and Shamra would spend
the time together, and every night they were together, they would watch
the sun set over the ocean, and hoping that maybe, just maybe, there was
a chance that they could one day love one another in peace....
When Firen was 17, came the bad news.
Shamra and her family were moving to a town called Richakuki, which was
across Leganga, through countless forests and rivers. Her father had found
a mine there, and was going to make some profit off of it. Shamra moved
out then, and Firen was left all alone....
Two days after Shamra left, came something
even worse. For every world, there is always a dark side, and Leganga is
no different. A demonic being began to appear in Firen's nightmares, he
would wake up in the morning, having an strange, eerie feeling as though
they were true....
One day they became reality, a being known
as the "Fire Phantom" began to terrorize Emberton, and more specifically,
Firen and his family....
Firen fought the Phantom for the next
few weeks, and after four major campaigns(but those are other stories) against
the Phantom, finally defeated the demon, or so he thought....
Four more years past, Firen was now 22,
the Phantom returned, but was different, completely. Firen knew he had
destroyed it, so he knew there was more to this story. With it's new found
power, the Fire Phantom sent Firen's house into flames, then proceeded to
destroy the entire village. Firen chased after him, but the Phantom was
on a rampage....
The Phantom continued his onslaught, burning
every single one of Firen's family and friend alive, and forced Firen to
watch them scream and burn alive....
There was nothing he could do to stop
it, the Phantom was too experienced, and as Firen looked at his village
and all the townspeople in it, he fell to his knees, laid his sword on the
ground in front of him, held his arms out to his sides, looked in the sky....
While the blood from his family members
rolled off his arms and hands, Firen looked at the Phantom and vowed to
destroy him....
And with that, Firen got up, with sword
in hand, went after the Phantom, and was stopped when the Phantom spoke
the word "Shamra..". Firen continued on, and said "You lay
one hand on her and I'll send you to hell where you belong!"....
The Phantom let out a loud shrieking noise,
and burst into laughter, and utter the words "See you in Richakuki,
son...."....
Puzzled, Firen gathered himself together,
grabbed any supplies available from the burning village, sheathed his sword,
and started down the long trail towards Richakuki, and knew right from the
start, that this was going to be a long journey....