The Lands once beautiful; are now ravished by Flames and Chaos. Its people pray to their lords for answers, but the prayers fall on deft ears. All seem bleak, though hope still glimmers in the darkest of times, and within the very people themselves.

 

This Story begins in the distant future, far after the Ascian Threat was believed to be over. The Grand City-states of Ul’dah, Gridania, and Limsa Lominsa flourished with the help of everyone physically able and willing. Homes was rebuild, Farmlands replenished with beautiful and bountiful vegetation, Waters cleansed, and commerce better than ever. Even Garlemald itself was rebuilt, with heavy modifications to the beliefs of its people and New Laws. All Four City-States of Ul’dah, Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Garlemald shared many things than just the Commerce. The Hierarchy System changed drastically to resemble that of Ul’dah’s, having a Lord based on a Royal Family of the City State. As time went by, the rate at which Families was created decreased drastically due to the effort needed to help the Lands. It is because of this that the families of Ul, Senna, and Garland didn’t expand, and with their Mysterious Death’s brought the end to their Line.

 

Heir Apparent, from each of the lands took the role of Lords, having no bloodline connections to the Leaders before them. Things in general slowed down a bit with each of the new lords having to adjust to their new duties, but even slowed, things remained Grand…though Darkness crept slowly through unattended cracks. Corruption began to slowly increase within the Core of each City-State, starting with Ul’Dah. Slowly and barely noticeable, new laws came to be that made life for its people very difficult. Taxes increased greatly and people of certain social status were unable to obtain certain jobs. Education became hard to obtain for Children and Adults alike. Stock became expensive and more money was invested into Military Power. Following the passing of a few Generations, The creation of the World Government would come to be, consisting of the New Lords, their Families, Servants, and of the much Invested Military Might of the four Lands. It also consisted of many People of High Class though barely of Mid and lower class. This would too give birth to the Revolutionaries. The Core members of the Revolutionaries consisted of a Member of each of the Royal Families, and their Loyal Knights who was against what their familes was doing. Due to the nature of the situation, they all had to keep their connections to the Corrupt Familes of the World Government hidden from everyone else within the Revolution. 

 

The Revolt occurred all across the Lands, consisting of everyone from all four City-States that were of Low to Mid Class along with the Core Members versus The World Government. The Death Toll increased drastically more than it did in ages. The Streets became hazardous and even in some areas Homes wasn’t safe for both the Revolutionaries and the people who sided with the World Government. Once again the world was plunged into the Chaos it had once escaped. Hydaelin wept greatly at the sight, and knew that things were beyond the point of being fixed. The Only Path would be to prevent this mess from ever happening. In order to do this, she would have to disrupt the flow of time itself, and then sacrifice herself to endow a select few from the Revolutionaries with her very essence, granting them a variety of special abilities, one of which is the ability to survive a single trip through Time. Of course, somehow the World Government caught wiff of her plans, and intended to spoil it by revealing their secret at the Final Battle. During the Battle against the World Government, Hydaelin initiated her plans, only to be brought to a halt once the World Government revealed that they had Control of every single Primal. The Goddess faced against all of the Primals alone, and for a while appeared to be at a standstill until the Primals revealed their True Strength...or what The World Government referred to as Their Extreme Modes. Before being Slain, Hydaelin released her Essence into 24 Individuals, of which consisted of the 4 Royal Family members, Their Knights, and other members of the Revolutionaries and thrusted those through the disrupted flow back into the Past to prevent this from occurring. It appeared to be an instant, though it did not come without issues. The Designation was Ul’Dah but everyone appeared scattered all throughout it from each other. The Travel strained their bodies and minds to the point where their minds contained huge gaps of missing memories and information, including their goal and memories of each other.