Requiem: Memento Mori - Story Line

Story Line

In the Ancient Times, the 8 Original Races left no record of times for our history books, only relics and pictures found in Ruins outside of Ethergia. Of those original races, only four have survived to this day.

During the Multi-Race Era, the cultures had kept their own ways, while either working with others or conflicting against them. Eventually, the racial conflicts between Humans and Demihumans led to a monstrous war.

The Nachs, creatures of the night, believed themselves better than the other races and strived for domination. The Xenoa and Turan, of course, fought back. Although the Demihumans dominated at the beginning of the war, the Bartuk (whose appearance looks closer to humans than monsters) abruptly changed sides.

They abandoned their Ohrg and Khuns brothers and joined the Human race, giving the Xenoa and Turan the upper hand. The Eonay, although neutral and hateful of meddling and chaos, took the opportunity to gain power, by tapping the strength of Science Mana during the war.

The Nachs, attempting to turn the war in their favor, created the Kruxena from mixing their breed with the remaining Bartuk on their side. However, when the Natsu touched 'Noxxion' their source of the Luahn Mana¡¦ a horrible mistake occurred, and they ended up locked in a dimensional gap, leaving the Kruxena lost and scattered across the corners of the world. The Humans then easily became victorious, wiping out the Ohrg and Khun, and making apparent peace with the Bartuk. After the war, the Eonay achieved ultimate prosperity with their Science Mana on Exekion and eventually decided to go beyond this dimension and disappeared to unknown places.

In Medieval Times, the Xenoa, Turan, and Bartuk united to form the Holy Xenon Empire. During this time, the Xenoa absorbed what was left of the Eonay's Science Mana and took the Turan and the Bartuk under their domain, forcing every race to serve The God. At this time, the Kruxena still led their own culture, but their existence had become known to the Humans, as there were some who had left to join them. Different political parties arose within the HXE and opened hostilities between them.

The Radical Party (under the leadership of Antius III) took absolute control and proclaimed that studying science was paganism¡¦ and the Dark Era began, in which all magic inherited from the Eonay and the Nachs became prohibited. During the Dark Era, the Xenoa treated the Turan and Bartuk as lower forms of life, resulting in the rebellion known as Bloody Tuesday, in which Bartuk children were massacred in public.

The Kruxena joined the Marze Wars that break out to help their blood clan, the Bartuk. When the Xenoa faced their destruction, they executed the 'Thanatos Project', which involved the forbidden materializing of the Nachs' Luahn Mana and the Science Mana of the Eonays; resulting in an explosive combination, that tore Ethergia's continents apart.

In Modern Times, the few remaining Human survivors took a long time to pull together and start living again on the Continent of Change. During the Segregation Era, the separated settlers formed a City State, which also bore the name of the Holy Xenon Empire. The unstable magic power took civilization backward and caused a decline in the standard of living; as mutated creatures began to appear in the damaged ecosystem. The leader of the Liberal Party became the Priest of the Xenon Order and put all efforts into rebuilding the Order as the greatest religion by trying to fix all the wrongs of the past.

One day, the 'Ioxenic' appeared in Rozen City. They supplied the blueprints for a power station that would use Ion energy; the main source of energy on Ethergia, and the element of the Eonay's Dark Science.

Ioxenic would take civilization to the next level, during the Prosperous Era. With better means to supply energy, it became a household name. Then, another organization appeared.

The 'Guildenstein Merchant Guild' made something possible that wasn't available before, the ability to trade to other continents. And the whole of Ethergia would now be connected by the same destiny. By this time, Ioxenic began studies to develop a 'Temperion' prototype, to supplement the Thanatos¡¦ in secret. The prototypes, code-named 'Naothes' (traveler, adventurer), were placed in the Zudekha Continent to discover the old relics that races like Ohrg and Khun had left there. An Ioxenic researcher, Ilkes, found out about the Order's secrets and used completed Temperions to form the 'Fenrir Canine' and reveal Ioxenic's corruption and hidden conspiracy.

In the Present Time, mutant creatures threaten the existence of mankind. Dark Creatures have also begun to appear mysteriously, during the night. During this Chaotic Era we live in, Ioxenic has announced that they would release their finalized versions of the Temperions, 'Humanoids' that can fight the mutated creatures and evil spirits of the night! Now, Ioxenic is being called the Savior of the World (its only opponents, the Fenrir Canine); and we have started our fight, yet again, for Humanity's existence...

The original races left no historical records from the Ancient Era, and the only clues of the past are the relics and artifacts found in Ruins outside Ethergia.

The Ancient Era was a time of tenable peace with only minor conflicts as alliances, rivalries, and enmities periodically shifted. This period of coexistence ended when the Nach, creatures of the night and sure of their racial superiority, waged a war to conquer all the races in Ethergia. The Nach allied with the Ohrg, Khun, and the Bartuk against the Turan and Xenoa. As the struggles carried on, the Eonay race remained neutral, choosing to invest their time and energy in developing their science by avoiding the conflict. The first significant shift in power during the war occurred when the Bartuk betrayed the Nach and joined the Turan and Xenoa. The loss of a crucial ally prompted the Nach to genetically engineer the Kruxena race (a hybrid developed from the Nach and the few Bartuk that remained loyal) as brutal killing machines to bolster their diminishing ranks. Meanwhile, the Eonay attained incredible power by mastering Manna manipulation with their newly developed technologies.

The Nach were ultimately defeated by a desperate mistake: Unintentionally trapping themselves in a singularity when one of them touched the Noxxion (the source of the Luahn Manna that they used as power). The Kruxena, Ohrg, and Khun were swiftly defeated by the Turan and Bartuk without the strength and leadership the Nach had provided. The war ended, the Kruxena were scattered around the world, and the Turan and Bartuk made peace. In the following years, the Eonay achieved the pinnacle of their prosperity by using their advanced science in Exekion, and decided to leave their home to explore the unknown universe. Unfortunately, they left some remnants of their research and science behind...

The Xenoa, Turan, and Bartuk races united to form the Holy Xenon Empire in the Medieval Era. During this time the Xenoa discovered what was left behind of the discoveries made by the Eonay. The Xenoa used the technology to usurp total control of the Empire, suppress the Turan and Bartuk, and force all of their subjects to convert to their religion and serve their goddes. This violation of basic freedom caused great dissent amongst the Xenoa elite class. Political factions formed, and there were heated, frequent debates between the Liberal Party (which fought to protect rights of the Turan and Bartuk), and the Reactionary Party.

The Reactionary Party of the Holy Xenon Empire, led by Antius III, assumed absolute government control and declared all science as a form of paganism, and thus illegal. This hopeless time in Ethergia's history is known as the Dark Age. The laws prohibiting the use of Eonay and Nach technology/magic were enforced to prevent the Turan and Bartuk from gaining power to overthrow their Xenoa masters. The ruling Xenoa escalated their abuse and exploitation of the Turan and Bartuk, so when they rebelled against their oppression, the Xenoa retaliated with a public massacre of Bartuk children. This event, now known as Bloody Tuesday, triggered the Marze War in which the Turan and Bartuk fought together against the Xenoa for independence.

The Kruxena race, which had been living in small, isolated communities, eventually joined the fight against the Xenoa. Although most Kruxena are typically described as cold natured and solitary, they rationalized that they are genetic relatives of the Bartuk: as a slight to the Bartuk which could be construed as an insult to the Kruxena. The Turan, Bartuk, and Kruxena Alliance proved to be powerful enough for the Xenoa to desperately resort to executing the Thanatos Project, which involved combining the Luahn Manna power of the Nach with the science of the Eonay. This reckless gamble caused a massive explosion that tore the continent of Ethergia apart.