Feurii, a young warrior woman stands in the market in Cronus in the magical land of Atlantis, watching the hustle and bustle of the day`s business. Adventurers, trainers, merchants, shoppers, walking back and forth, quickly talking to one another, haggling for the best bargains. Others looking for information that they may learn the best ways to excel in their chosen profession or perhaps a profession that was forced upon them by their mortal families or thrust upon them by fate because the gods and goddesses deemed them worthy.

Feurri begins to drift off into her thoughts of how she came to be here. She did not grow up in Atlantis. She was summoned by a magical man, in her home land, who called himself a wizard. He could shapeshift and become anything he chose to be. He seemed more like a god than a mortal to her. His name was Dalnim. He told her that the beautifully, magical land of Atlantis was in trouble, blanketed in deep, darkness as snow blankets the land as it falls from the sky. It is everywhere. But this was not beautiful like snow. It was evil, dark, treacherous and ugly. So many young adventurers had been killed by forces so terrible they had been unleashed by PURE EVIL itself. Dalnim had an abundant of names to call each kind of demon in Atlantis. To Feurri this meant that the numbers fighting on the dark side was beyond comprehension.

Dalnim warned her that they`re also mortals such as herself who fight for no one except themselves. They worship only one thing. Treasure. If they think you have something they want they will kill you. Others do it for sport. Be careful of these greedy, selfish mortals. Be careful that you too are not drawn over to the same side yourself. An evil tempts these mortals and they will tempt you too."

One more thing I must warn you about. You may find mercenaries. They too have no allegiance to good or evil, one side or the other. They fight on the side of money too. Watch out for them as well. Your enemies may hire some to kill you if they feel you are a POWERFUL threat to them.

Feurri gave Dalnim an odd, confused look. "Why do you tell me these things? Why must I be careful of them. I am safe here in our beautiful home."

Dalnim answered, "Because I am sending you to Atlantis. They need all the help they can get from noble warriors such as yourself."

"I am no warrior, Dalnim" Feurii replied.

"I sense that you are a great warrior, Feurii. I have known you since you were a baby. I`ve always known that you have the soul of nobility, full of great wrath and fury, possibly passed on from your past life. I know now that you have been born for a time such as this."

Feurri shouted, "Dalnim! How can this be? I am a nobody. I am the daughter of poor miners. I am always dirty. I swing that stupid pick all day. For what? The mine is stingy and moody. Once in a great while it may let us have an ore. If the mine is feeling particularly `generous,`" Feurii rolls her eyes, "we may find a beautiful jewel."

Dalnim was starting to get angry. He shouted so loudly the earth trembled and the leaves began to fall from the trees as they shook. "DO NOT QUESTION ME, FEURII! YOU KNOW NOT THE POWER NOR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I WIELD!" In a calmer voice Dalnim finished saying, "I love you, Feurii. I have loved you from the day of your birth.  Trust me. I see things. If the evil is not stopped in Atlantis now it will find the portal into our home. Then you will have to fight anyway. We must protect our home and help stop the slaughter in Atlantis. You will go! When you get there you will feel lost, lonely, confused, ill prepared, because you do not know their ways nor are you trained as a warrior yet. But you will learn all that you need to learn to become a force to be reckoned with. In the beginning you will be humiliated, and lose some battles. You will hurt because you may lose something you have grown attached to and may even have loved. Do not worry. Their god`s I know. We will all watch over you Feurii. Atlantis has been granted a boon. They have a special helper called Eudemons. You will learn all about them when you reach the city of Cronus. As you train you will level. This system is like the system used in martial arts. Each time you level you recieve a belt until one day you earn the black belt. The system is not hard to learn, Feurii."

Dalnim looked at Feurii with love and hope in his dark blue eyes. "Can I trust you to go there willingly?"

Feurii looked back at Dalnim and as she looked into his dark blue eyes seeing his love and hope she sighed and jumped up as she said, "yes, Dalnim, I go willingly." She bowed her head at Dalnim. Dalnim caressed the top of Feurri`s soft red hair.

Then he took her into his arms and hugged her. "You better go home and get ready and meet me here tonight at midnight."

Feurri said, "Until tonight.", to Dalnim and went home to say goodbye to her family.

Something caught Feurii`s attention. It was someone waving his hand in front of her face calling out Feurii`s name.

Feurii blinked. "Uh... What?"

"Are you o.k. young lady?" a merchant asked.

"Yes." Answered Feurii. "I`m fine."

As Feurii began to walk away she realized that everything that Dalnim had told her had been true so far.