Ages ago, or so the stories tell, the power of alchemy ruled over the world of Weyard. Alchemy wrought the base elements into thrivng civilizations, like lead into gold. But in time, man's dreams gave birth to untold strife. Dreams of endless riches, of eternal life, of dominion all over that lived... Dreams of conquest and war. These dreams would have torn the world apart if not for a few brave and wise men who sealed away the power of Alchemy deep in Mt. Aleph's Sol Sanctum.
Prologue from Book One
The town of Vale guarded the secret for many years, until Isaac and Jenna, whose parents died in a storm three years before, disturbed the ancient sanctum. Saturos and Menardi, of the Mars clan, followed them into the sanctum. With them traveled Jenna's brother Felix, whom she thought had also died in the storm. Saturos and Menardi stole the elemental stars, the keys to breaking the seal on the power of Alchemy, and kidnapped Jenna and the scholar Kraden. If the four jewels of earth, fire, wind and water were used to fire the elemental lighthouses, the seal of Alchemy would be broken. Isaac and Garet set out to stop Saturos and Menardi, rescue their friends, and return the elemental stars to their home in Sol Sanctum. They banded together with a young Wind Adept named Ivan and pursued Saturos and Menardi to Imil, a winter-locked town near Mercury Lighthouse. There, they met the guardian of the lighthouse, a Water Adept named Mia. With her, Isaac pursued Saturos to the aerie high atop Mercury Lighthouse. Isaac was to late to stop Saturos from lighting the beacon and fleeing. Again Isaac chased him, crossing Angara to the shores of the Karagol Sea. Finding passage on a troubled ship, Isaac crossed the Karagol to Tolbi. He spoke with Tolbi's leader, a strange man named Babi. Babi entered Isaac in Colosso as a test of his powers. Isaac's Psynergy won Colosso and earned him Babi's trust. Babi revealed a great secret to Issac... Thanks to a mystic draught from the lost land of Lemuria, Babi was 150 years old! He asked Isaac to help him find more of the draught. Isaac then headed deep into the continent of Gondowan. In the town of Lalivero, Isaac learned that Saturos and Menardi had kidnapped a young girl named Sheba, whom they needed within the lighthouse. Isaac fought and defeated them atop the lighthouse, but he was too late-the beacon had been lit. A great cataclysm followed. Sheba fell into the sea and Felix jumped down after her to rescue her, but both were lost in the raging waters. Isaac left the lighthouse to find them, but to no avail... Isaac returned to Lalivero, where Babi asked him to seek out Lemuria and the remaining lighthouses. He gave Isaac a Lemurian Ship to make the journey to find the lost land. This chapter of our story begins with Jenna, just moments before Venus Lighthouse is lit. |
