A History of War
Life is difficult enough for a Lirian soldier. Training for ten years, hunting evil deimos, solving crimes, facing powerful weilders, keeping the peace in a tension-filled world, each Lirian soldier has a lot on their plate. It doesn't become any easier if you have to deal with a dark past that looms at every corner. How will Lais Felix and Helen Song, two best friends with tragic pasts, handle life as soldiers while running from their past? Will they manage to escape their tragic beginnings? Or will the past finally catch up to them?
A History of Survival
The palace is surrounded by a great wall of fire, looming taller than the high walls of the place. The Galdonans did not exempt the royal homestead of the fiery fate. As if to provide a cruel case of irony, they poured oil all over the palace, and set the place ablaze, a reminded of exactly what is being fought over in this war. Smoke looms high over the sky, black and thick, ominous and angry. This day will be remembered in history, but for the wrong reason.
The flames spread quickly, scaling the walls and gushing through the hallways, engulfing the place in an inferno. Smoke billowed from the palace, and the few who remained inside scampered to leave, only to be met by sure demise outside in the hands of waiting Galdonan forces.
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"Your highnesses, we should leave now. They've set the palace on flames," the guard says frantically.
There are only two of them here, only two remaining to secure the three royals.