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"Almost 1,000 years ago, the Elemental Gods blessed 8 humans with special gifts; one of them controlled the powerful element of fire, Reion; one with the gentle water ability, Myst; one with the sturdy earth element, Juxt; one with the unpredictable wind, Faynora; one with the malevolent lightning, Raikuu Lei; one with the beautiful light element, Islidan; and, last but not least, one with the sinister dark ability, Onxya. The last was Tobiiahu, and with a pure heart...

She controlled them all.

With their newly obtained gifts, each with their own marks of their element, they each built grand cities for themselves and soon-to-be followers. Within a decade, the sages - as they liked to call themselves - taught new magic users about their element. Although there were many magic users, they were often rare among the single city: any mother or father was proud to have a child with such a gift.

It was often called the Era of Peace.... but, of course, not everyone is good.

An evil man named Cyruo was born. He had an evil heart and extremely powerful dark abilities. He thought that the normal, non-magic-using people should be used as slaves. The sages disagreed and cast him out of all society.
10 years later, Cyruo returned with an army of soldiers consisting of all the elemental abilities. Using the cities' elemental weaknesses, he quickly gained control of them, locating all the normal people and taking them to slave camps. The elemental-users were also imprisoned until they agreed to join Cyruo's dark legion.
The Sages could not watch their cities being destroyed and their people enslaved. They called upon their most mightiest of powers and slayed all the armies, dieing from the loss of their energy. The last standing was Tobiiahu, who challenged Cyruo and defeated him, taking her own life as well.

The survivors mourned for the deaths of their leaders. At the same moment, 8 babies were born, each having birth marks that were the same as the fallen leaders.

The gifts were passed on through death to those who are worthy; within 20 years they had new leaders, and as they were to be for thousands of years to follow. And thus was the second Era of Peace...

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Now, you come in.

10 decades later, the peace is broken once more. A man named Harou - descendant of Cyruo - follows in his footsteps, but with a different approach; he seeks anyone with elemental powers and brings him to his castle to be used as slaves and warriors in his armies. The sages have been reborn, and he seeks them as well. All the Great Elemental Cities lay in ruin from his siege a year before. Now all the magic-users can only take refuge in the normal world....

Will you hide with the humans, escaping the clutches of evil? Or will you fight for the justice you and fellow magic-users deserve? Maybe you will help Harou, the bane of all that is evil in this land and turn on your brethren?

....Its your choice...."