Post by Muramasa on Jan 11, 2008 20:35:40 GMT
Since immemorial times, fiendish monsters called 'Illusions' had dwelled in the lands of Lyramion, until three mages sealed them off behind the Coast of Swords. The mages had admonitioned nobody should venture past the coast, but the Emperor, convinced of that expanding the frontiers of the Empire behind the Forbidden Sea would put him a step ahead of the neighboring kingdom, sent a fleet to cross the grisly sea. The fleet never returned, and suddenly, mysteriously, monsters started appearing from underground.
In no time, most part of the Empire had fallen apart, and what remained of it was confined to the capital city. In all the wars and revolts that had taken to get our current Emperor to his place, nobody had noted how the monsters had been crushing the neighboring kingdom of the Red Helms to near-nothingness. The Red Helms, too, had been secluded to their capital. With the hordes of monsters focused on the neighboring kingdom and not on them, the Empire quickly started to rebuild itself, and then the Emperor with the help of a fair-sized army, attacked the Red Helm capital and forced them to surrender.
Now, after the merging of the two kingdoms, the New Empire was able of holding their ground before the wretched monsters. The New Empire started to win terrain, and as time went by, only behind the distant Waterwind Mountains one could hear about the war against the Illusions. But when everyone started to lower their guard, the monsters strangely started to grow bigger and badder as their number decreased. In a couple months, the tides of war had turned.
Many heroes appeared during these times, three of which were the most important. For a while, these three heroes were capable of maintaining the monsters at bay almost on their own, but eventually they were overpowered by the new and powerful Illusions. Knowing they no longer did any good in the first line of battle, the three retired and started to train the warriors of the future—and so were the three schools formed.
Black Steel taught its students to remain strong through whatever adversity, and to remain forever loyal to the Empire. 
Freedom Wings taught its students to fight for honor and justice, and to always follow their hearts.
Blue Lightning taught its students to always have a mind of their own, and to make their own decisions.