STARSCREAM'S PROFILE

The story revolves around a warrior cursed with immortality. He was born in what would become (central) America thousands of years ago. His family, along with himself, have become ill. When it is apparent that it is no regular sickness that plagues them, he journeys to seek guidance from the mystics. They know of a cure... one that will not only heal him but also grant him immortality. In exchange, he is sent to defeat a great beast that have been plaguing their lands. He suceeds in slaying the great beast and is given the cure upon his return. He has been doublecrossed, however, as their is only enough for him. Though he confronts them, he is ultimately forced to back down. Even an immortal is no match for the sorcery of the mystics. He decides to return home and seek out another cure.

He returns to his home several days later. He makes it home in just enough time to have his only child, a daughter, die in his arms. He then spends the rest of the day in mourning with his wife, who will also be dead by sunset. Filled with painful thoughts of vengeance, he returns to the mystics seeking retribution for the family he had lost. The mystics, expecting his return, are prepared for him and after a brief struggle they manage to banish him to the "ends of the Earth" - which turns out to be Africa nearly 4,000 years ago.

The game would actually be told backwards for the most part. The intro would be displayed as a myth of some sort, only telling of an man struggling against the sorcery of the mystics, and then the game would jump to a more, modern era. You would then follow the immortal's life backwards as he experienced the revolutionary war, the discovery of the Americas, the crusades, the fall of the Roman Empire, the three kingdoms period of China, Biblical events, etc. These would all be told as a snippet of his life during that era - who he was, what he did, who he interacted with, etc. Gamers not familiar with the idea may wonder why the story keeps jumping around to different ages because they would not be explicity connected other than a semblence amongst the leading man, who would be the immortal under different assumed names. Most of the story would revolve around unravelling how he became who he was personally. For example, you witness him losing a large portion of a later family due to the Bubonic plague. Instead of remorse, he remains stoic; his heart was already broken over three millenia previous when he lost his first family.

When the story reaches the beginning the player would learn it full detail of how he became immortal and how all the scenarios were linked. After this, the story would cut to him having a homecoming of sorts - finally discovering the location of his homeland in the modern era and tracking down the mystics (who are apparently immortal as well and don't travel much) to complete his revenge, a revenge he had been plotting through history. In the end they all perish, though the immortal reaches where his original family was buried millenia ago.