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Introduction:
Elf kind began with a discussion about the perfect world; the two Gods – one for technology and the other for nature - had opposing views on what a flawless existence was. So a competition was proposed; the God most successful in physically creating a perfect world was the better God. When the Technological God’s world failed, in His rage and bitterness, His presence began to leak into the other world. Though at first His presence was minor; creatures becoming more violent, volcanoes appearing, people rebelling, His influence becomes more and more evident as time wears on, mainly in the form of an Empire based on amassing wealth which has expanded over centuries. In their culture to date, there is a prophesy that the Gods will soon appear as elf and fight for the fate of all.

Story So Far:
Once in a happy marriage, the irresponsible Brocc? n changes after being plagued with money problems. Seeing a way out, he becomes a pirate and not only turns into a criminal but also a bitter, volatile man. Being away at seas for months or even years at a time, and acting crudely the short time he is home drives his wife, who is in solitude since Sìleans despise pirates, into an affair that leaves her with twins Aislinn and Risteard. She is deathly afraid of his reaction should he come home so she plans her escape to the mainland, waiting for the day that news of his return reaches her. After eight years, reports of his ship coming to port are heard, but money problems have continued throughout his absence and she can not leave with both children. In desperation, she gives Risteard up to the Chief of Síleas who recently lost his son and flees to the continent with Aislinn.

The ship, however, is poorly maintained and the unsanitary conditions kill Aislinn’s mother only a few days into the voyage. Even more unfortunate is that the seas are plagued with pirates and the ship is taken over, its supplies stolen and everyone killed with the exception of Aislinn who is taken under the wing of the rogue pirates because she is so young. Although crude and vulgar, they try their best to raise Aislinn, but she is still shielded from them and the more serious actions they commit by Donahue, the youngest of the rogue pirates who, fifteen at the time, teaches her the skills and the morals she will need one day to leave and start a proper life on land. After ten years the pirates are getting older and decide to set up a home base, finding themselves at Síleas, although Aislinn does not remember it.

Here, the rogue pirates are outcasts and have minimal contact with the townspeople, so they live on the outskirts of Síleas, left awed at the Sílean’s mighty magical abilities. Aislinn almost has immunity to the pirate treatment though because the townspeople see her innocence and are afflicted by their decision to not help a woman that was trapped in a marriage to a pirate many years before. Because of this and the fact her pirate family leave for journeys without her now, she finds herself growing apart from them and spends her time studying magic, geography and languages and wandering all over the island with a dream of traveling again on her own accord.

One day the rogue pirates are approached by the Síleans and are asked to help stop the industrialization of the island. Apparently the Chief of Síleas signed a document that sold the rights of the island to Emperor Raghnall of the capital city, Elgin, on the mainland. For exchange of a lot money the pirates promise to protect the island from incoming ships from the mainland, but they then also demand to be taught magic. Before they agree to this, the villagers also ask them to send someone to Elgin to try and reason with the Emperor; Aislinn jumps at the chance because she sees her opportunity to start her journey to find her brother. Donahue agrees to join her - the safest thing to do since he is still young and unknown to the Emperor’s fleet.

As they leave, they are befriended by the Chief’s son, Risteard, who also wants to join them. He expresses his disgust at his father for taking the island for granted and his desire to set things right, so the three of them head to the mainland and towards Elgin.

Along the way, it’s established that Risteard is not much of a fighter; he’s actually a bit of a coward and relies on Donahue and Aislinn to defend him. But there’s something the Chief’s son is hiding, he acts slightly suspicious, but it’s something neither of them can quite pin, although they don’t spend a lot of time trying to figure it out between fights with local creatures. Also on their trip, Aislinn notices the ever expanding gap between the once inseparably close relationship with Donahue which hurts dearly because she thinks she loves him.

It’s when they arrive in Elgin that things get interesting. Risteard leaves them right away without telling them why, and Donahue and Aislinn are left to try and to get an audience with the emperor. It happens to be easy to see the emperor; when they state their place of origin, they are immediately met by Emperor Raghnall’s consul who lets them stay in the castle until the emperor can see them.

The Emperor takes days to see them though, and Risteard has been missing since they arrived in Elgin so Donahue and Aislinn are left confused and speculating.

Characters

> Aislinn Sileas
A gifted and highly intuitive mage, she has a natural connection to the planet. With a strong desire to find her lost brother, she travels the world with a band of pirates whom adopted her in her infancy. Her growing feelings for one of the rogues, Donahue, keeps her close to the repulsive gang. Distrustful and occassionally violent, Aislinn proves qualities of intelligence and leadership.

> Donahue Morgan
A traditional man. Fifteen at the time of Aislinn's arrival, he is now ready to settle down at the age of twenty five and marry. He sees Aislinn as a little sister, or even the daughter he plans to have. He is willfully blind of Aislinn's crush on him, yet maintains a close relationship. He has a strong sense of duty and obeys the laws of chivilry to the finest detail.

> Risteard Mael-Duin
Convinced he was abandoned by his mother, Risteard uses his bitterness to fuel his ambitions of power. Growing up in nobility gave Risteard access to high education, although it is apparent at an early age that he has qualities far beyond his age: Charisma that could charm a God, and a third eye that can pierce centuries forward into the technological future.

> Aegean Muiredach
To restore the reputation and assets of his noble heritage, Aegean strives and succeeds in being recruited as a Knight of Airgialla; an elite, highly-trained assemblage that serves only the empire and protects it and its people from any threats, including the Emperor. Against his upbringing, Aegean is always conscientious of how poor his family is. Stemming from that the girl he has feelings for is looking for only a wealthy suitor, and that society is obsessed with wealth. He's an emotional, romantic type. Looking for an idealistic, no-matter-the-cost love that's faithful until death. Despite the fact his head is usually in the clouds, Aegean knows how to be seriously bad ass; his abilities extend beyond his training due to his natural talent with in combat.

Adrenaline System:
Adrenaline gained by attacking
Adrenaline gained by being attacked
Decreases over time
Adrenaline Based Skills
Adrenaline Augmented Skills

Status Effects:
Adrenaline Lock (sets max adrenaline to value of adrenaline at the time of cast)
Adrenaline Zero (Adrenaline =0%)
Adrenaline Rush (Adrenaline +50%)
Adrenaline Calm (Adrenaline -50%)
Command Lock (Locks command options such as fight, defend, escape, item, skill)

Domain Effects:
Underwater (Fire damage nullified, lightning attacks all, water damage enhanced)
Swamp (Each turn chance to poison characters, air attacks chance to poison)
Mid-air (Air attacks chance to stun, earth attacks nullified)
Mountain (Earth attacks stronger, earth attacks chance to cause avalanche attacking all)
Seaside (Water attacks stronger, water attacks chance to cause wave attacking all)
Blessed Ground (Cures stronger, evil attacks nullified)
Magic Barrier (No magical attacks. Element damage nullified)
Night time (Enemies more vicious, stronger enemies)
Day time (More tame enemies, weaker.)

Enemy Intelligence:
Enemy group to attack based on character levels (Lv2 wolves won't attack Lv5 parties)
Makes areas continually difficult up to a point where enemies stop attacking.

Actors
Two "classes". One is Magic User one is Item User (determines battle commands).

Magic Users:
Have a set amount of Potential
Each skill requires a certain amount of Potential
Potential Limit increases as you level
Certain combinations of skills weild bonus skills
> Example; if Fire is equipped and Sword Cut is equipped, you can use Fire Sword.
Amount of Potential required is based on effectiveness of the spell, and its type.
Spell Types = Magical, Adrenal, and Augmentable.
Amount of AP goes in that order.

Item Users:
Have a set amount of items able to equip before battle (default = 3)
In menu you set which items you want to take with you into battle
You can set the same amount of items multiple times
> Example; Item Belt = Potion, Ether, and Elixir. It can also be Potion, Potion, Ether.
You only take one of each item into battle for each in belt.
If that item no longer exists in inventory (amount of Potions = 0), you will automatically take an extra of the next item in the list.
> Example; Item Belt = Potion, Ether, Elixir. If Potions = 0, then you'll take Ether, Ether, Elixir.
Some items can't be taken in battle (like Books and quest items)
Weapons/armor can be taken in battle. If they are, you can change your equipment by using them
> Example; Item Belt = Wood Sword, Helmet, Potion. If you select Wood Sword, you equip that and put your current weapon "Stick" onto the belt.