Story (IAL)

Mother Earth was sitting on the brink of death, dying alongside the countless other celestial bodies that lay scattered about the Milky Way. She had fought for many, many years until she could not fight any longer against mankind's destructive and ignorant ways. And so, she gave up. It was that white flag that called the Saviors to her, to restore her natural vigor and brilliance and, along the way, bring mankind back to their once-respectful ways towards Earth. Over many, many moons, new tools and ventures were built and conducted to help humans grow substantially, enough that they were now actively exploring for a new planet to call home. Their follies had shown them how destructive too many of them could be, and they were determined not to ruin the second chance they had been given. So, with the tools they were gifted and a new lease on life, mankind would explore beyond the stars, perhaps beyond time itself...

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The Council members had assembled and were finally ready to greet their new charges; the Citadel's citizens. Although apprehensive and perhaps a bit nervous, their wishes and welcome were received warmly, and fell on excited ears. Each member gave a small speech, dictating what their role was and their vision for the future, each drawing more awe and applause than the last. They were even able to get a walkaround done in the crowd, meeting citizens such as healers, hunters, and teachers. It was encouraging to them to know that their was an enormous amount of faith placed in them to look after one of the best of mankind's creations.

But exhilaration was replaced with horror shortly after.

As a few of the Council members had decided to spelunk through the depths of the library, filled to the brim with priceless pieces of writing from eras previous, a seemingly dark entity conversed with them. The words it spoke were ones of death and destruction, all the while taunting them with information that few others knew about each member, before unleashing three terrifying beasts upon the members and one citizen; the healer, Isla, had been in the library as well. Thankfully, the four of them defeated the creatures with fire [and Solus' good aim], only sustaining relatively minor injuries. They were left, however, with a room of lore in shambles, as well as an intense curiosity as to who they had been attacked by and how they would let the people of the Citadel know - without inducing panic.