Radiata Stories: The Rebirth

Prologue: How long, it has been.

The world of Radiata. A land filled with beauty, mystery, and adventure waiting to be found. To a select "enlightened" few, this world holds nostalgia, adventure, and tales indescribable. To others, it is a forgotten or unknown book waiting at the back of a shelf of stories unbeknownst waiting to be read. What Radiata is most known for however, is the human kingdom of the same name. It is the most exceptional and oldest kingdom known to mankind to date. Built at the center of the world, this mighty human kingdom stands as a proud testament of human strength and tribulation in a world in which humans are but one of many races. You see, this world holds just more than human beings. Burly Dwarves, mystical Elves, fearsome Orcs and tricky Goblins are only a few of the races that encompass the world of Radiata besides mankind. Although, just only recently, did the war of the Human-Non-Humans take place, and change the world of Radiata, forever.

Due to foolish mistakes, greed and aggression; mankind pit itself against the combined forces of the Non-Human races of Radiata. Led by the Light-Elves and their leader, Zane the Eternal, the Non-Human Army marched against the greedy, war-mongering humans: Or, how the Non-humans saw them, anyway. Light-elves, dark-elves, dwarves, goblins of black and green, and orcs of green and red set aside their differences to stand up to the hostile Humankind. Likewise, the Humans saw the Non-humans as conspirators waiting to overthrow the greatest power in the land. To Humankind, the Non-humans were for the most part only monsters and savages. They saw first hand the ferocity and viciousness of the Non-humans as their beloved Radiata Knights were struck down in the fields of battle in times past developing and ever steady dislike and hatred. Stemming from the times prior of the Great Human-Elf War, tensions have always teetered on the balance.

Regardless, the mystical world of Radiata, has as of recent undergone much change. The War of the Human-Non-humans has ended in a draw. With massive casualties, financial burdens, and hate-filled hearts, the war has finally ended. The Humans have lost much in terms of numbers, Dagols, (currency of Radiata) and precious farmland. Many soldiers, knights, farmers, husbands and wives have been lost in the name of the Radiata Kingdom. Due to frequent skirmishes across the kingdoms borders and known continent, farmland once in possession of the humans has been overtaken by the Non-human offensive forces or left abandoned due to devastation. Due to the exuberant prices of war, the kingdom is left with few farms to feed its denizens, a looming debt to the crown and a shortage of knights. It was only due to the draft of all eligible men and women that Radiata managed to not be overtaken in the war. Young men and women from the ages of 18-27 were called to aid their kingdom in its most dire war to date. In order to bolster its future forces in case the war would last far longer than expected, King Jiorus, and Commander in Chief Lord Larks of the Radiata Knights, instituted a special program for teenagers aged 14-16 to be trained for the next generation of officers in the Royal Knights. Unfortunately, those aged 18 were forth immediately for training and soon after, combat.

Non-humans likewise, have suffered greatly. The Dwarves have lost their mountainous home known as "Earth Valley" and are know refugees in the Elf-lands. The stocky, bearded men now either smith weapons for war, or fight for their new cause. The Green Goblins have been almost wiped out after the loss of their guardian Parsec, the Fire Dragon. Leaderless as before, the few that remain are divided now into two groups: the few survivors that encompass Shangri-La, the green goblin home place, and those that still stand to fight for the Non-human cause. The Black Goblins, who live far to the cold North-western do not wish to further lose more of their own kind after suffering heavily in the war. They have seen how few of their Green-Goblins brothers remain and wish to not become extinct. The leader of the Black Goblins, Gruel, has recently petitioned to return home to the Goblin Haven and take with him all of goblin kind.

The red or as they are known today "Blood Orcs" and Green Orcs once more contend for their sacred homeland of all Orcs known as "Borgandiazo". Years ago, it was the home of the original brown-skinned orcs before the "Eraza Kut Kolah" in the Orcish tongue or "Great Division of Color" in the Common tongue, occurred. The leaders of the Blood and Green orcs Galvados and J.J. respectively, now state that the war is over and the time has come to settle their dispute once and for all for the sacred orc burrow. Meanwhile, Zane, the leader of the Light Elves and leader of the Non-human forces, struggles to keep balance of the alliance from crumbling due to insistent quarreling and managing the remaining forces. Fortunately for he, Gil, the right hand of Zane, and Clarence the Leader of the Dark Elves, continue to provide counsel, and assistance as needed.

The beautiful land of Radiata has been ravaged by war, and those that remain alive attempt their best in order to see tomorrow. The forces of both sides of this senseless war recover and await the future and the possibility of war on the horizon.

LordGeneral27: Well, there is the prologue ladies and gentleman. I hope it was entertaining or at least sounded like it was not written by a child xD. This is by far my all time favorite game and I have been on the bridge for years about writing a story for it. I hope that it can garnish some followers and readers and if so, I may have to continue writing it! I will definitely be looking for some off-characters for this story as well! Some may have important roles, some may just be a reoccurring background character :D. So please let me know if interested, follow and leave a review with some advice or likes/dislikes!