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Kiyoto
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09-07-2014, 12:14 AM
"The fate of many lives, rest in their hands."
Long ago in the age of kingdoms and those who protected it, a small band of beings known as Samurai broke off from a kingdom located on an island in the see. They ciculated around the world, under the leadership of a man who sought peace and equality for a land to call home. Locating a large span of land, they began to set up a home near the see. It was a beautiful place, and word of it began to spread throughout lands far out of its reach. People began to come, and as they did, the new home began to grow and evolve. The worriors and the people elected the man who had helped to found this new place as its first king. He named the growing kingdom Eternia, to be a land of eternal peace and equalitiy to those who came to it. Under his rule, the land and people prospered.
The Samurai worriors who had come with him, became an elete guard that dedicated themselves to protecting the kingdom and keeping balance. They swore their loyalty to the king and people, creating an adaption of the origional code they had been tought in becoming Samurai. In this right, the Order of Eternia was formed. Their skill and power became well known, the Order coming to be held in high reguards, respected and reveared throughout the world. Worriors came from all over, in order to test themselves to become part of its ranks. In order to become one, they had to prove themselves worthy. Even after that, few survived the training to become a full fledged member of their ranks. Many gave up in the end. Over the years, the Order came to decide that change was needed within its ranks.
For as the world grew, so did the presence of good and evil within it. Beings led by both good and evil were beginning to be sighted among the land of man. They became known as celestials and demons. They were drawn by the hearts of men, often tempting them or corrupting them. The outcome and who was attracted depended on what was in a person's heart. Not even Eternia was safe from this, as there were those who would have liked nothing more than to see the kingdom fall. The Samurai desired a method of keeping those who could be easily swayed by demons out of their ranks, to prevent them from learning knowledge that could harm others. At the same time, they sought a way to continue helping those who sought knowledge and light, showing them the good in Eternia and in humanity. Unfortunately, as they pondered this, their nightmares became a reality.
For awhile, a powerful student within the ranks of the Samurai began to waver. They had hoped he would be a bright future for the kingdom, but he began to waver. He noticed that with some of those who came to the kingdom looking for peace and equality, they brought with them some of the very things the kingdom hoped to avoid. Cast systems, slaves and various other obsticles pushed at Eternia's boundaries. The king had been growing older, and though he was just, he believed in working things out peacefully without violence. This student began to see him as weak, and that under him, the kingdom would fall. It is unknown what happened fully with him, but one night an army of demonic beings led by him invaded the kingdom. Many were killed, the king and the Order doing what they could.
Answering their hearts, and prayers, a force of celestial beings came to the aid of the Order, striking down the student and the army. The student fled with what was left of his demons. It was in the aftermath, that the celestial beings approached them with a gem called the Heaven's Star. It was a gift, to help them with their origional goal. If someone strong of heart, will and mind, but also pure and good were to touch it, the stone would glow. It's light would bless those and choose them as the new hope for the kingdom and order. The beings then vanished. Over time, Eternia healed. But still, things began to faulter a bit. The event that had become known as the Fracture had infected darkness within the kingdom. Fewer and fewer people who came to seek the right to join the Order were able to make the stone glow. The threat of a cast system and the other troubles grew.
The king passed, and a new ruling family was brought in by the people. Unfortunately, the Order feared that the darkness had now reached the heart of Eternia..it's new king. As the years passed, Eternia's origional goals seemed to fade a bit. The cast systems took over, and things changed for the people. Now in present day, the king is a darker man, who rules with an iron fist. He demands respect of his people, and is both loved and hated, depending on where one stands in social class. The Order has fought to maintain their integrity, and though while still loved and highly respected by the people, they are bound under order of the king. On top of all of this, the battle around the world between demons and the celestials is growing...and it seems that Eternia has been set as the center stage...
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