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The Era of Fallen Grace
Ta les of the Three Tribes
A Night of Storms
The Opening Scene
The wondrous civilization of the Ancients had long since
passed, and the remaining human population was
scattered into a thousand tribes, each seeking out a
marginal existence on the barren land.
One tribe discovered an ancient ruin containing powerful
weapons created by ancient sciences. Using these
weapons, the tribe began to reclaim the land from the
bio-engineered creatures that had hunted them for so
many years. An Empire was formed, and it revived the
Ancients' flying machines and exterminated all opposing
tribes. Soon the whole world became dependent on the
Empire's technology to protect them.
The greed of the Empire spread, and their desire for
power led them to uncover the ultimate weapons: the
Towers, which held the promise of absolute dominance
over the world. However, the discovery of the Towers
awakened the legendary Dragon of Destruction, which
appeared to stop their activation. Three times this horned
dragon appeared, and each time, it bore upon its back a
rider carrying an ancient gun. A fourth dragon, a black
dragon ridden by a young girl named Azel, appeared soon
after.
The appearance of the black dragon marked the
beginning of the dragon's final battle, which lead to the
destruction of the Towers, as well as the near destruction
of the Empire itself. With the Towers gone, so, too, were
the last of the dragons.
That is, until the Empire rose once again and awakened
dragons of their own...
From a backdrop of seething black clouds, five
Dragonmares steered by riders of the Imperial cavalry
descend screeching one by one to unleash a maelstrom of
destruction upon the town.
In a crumbling stone tower rising amidst the flames of the
burning town, a young girl with pure white hair clutches
the bars of her prison window. The Dragonmares swoop
down to tear down the walls of the tower. She is
surrounded, the monsters’ snarling jaws closing in on her…
…when an enormous winged shape descends from the sky.
A dragon! Long thought vanished from the surface of the
earth, a dragon rescues the girl.
“Where … where are you taking me?”
Borne by the giant beating wings, together they flee the
furious pursuit of the Imperial Army.
This is the beginning of an epic journey that will take
them from one world of wonders to the next,
and lead them to encounters with countless
enemies and allies, sacred mysteries and secrets.
What fate awaits the two?
Who awaits them at their journey’s end?
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