POV:Tragsten

The gracious empire was a land of prosperity. The capital streets were bustling with people and players. The crowded market was overtaken by shouts from merchants selling their wares and the laughter of players on their way to do a quest. Above the city sitting on the tallest hill, stood the imperial palace. It's majestic might loomed over the citizens. Reminding them that gracious emperor is protecting over them.

In the imperial palace three men stood in the throne room. To be more exact, one man sat on a throne while two men stood in front of him. The emperor of gracious looked at me from his throne, his eyes stared down on me. Deep and blue like a clear ocean, just by looking into them one could tell that a great amount of wisdom was lurking beneath their depths. I remember when I first meet this man…I had just completed a mission for father, but I was shot in the chaos of things. My body rolled of the bridge and fell into the ocean below, that's when a merchant found me and sold me off to some slavers. They took me from planet to planet until we ended up on HomeWorld, players would look at me and shake their head in disappointment. Going on about how they couldn't purchase me, how I was already owned.

Since the players couldn't buy me, the slavers sold me to the Coliseum to fight for the nobles entertainment. Because I was trained in fathers army, my opponents where nothing but garbage. Because of the skills I showed I caught the eye of a young man, who I would later find out is the young prince of gracious. He came to my cell and told me his name was Khalid and that he was interested in making me his bodyguard. I refused, the only man I will protect is my father. When I told Khalid this he shook his head, he started to say that he understands and will also bring my father. I scoffed at the notion of such a thought. My father was a existence that could wipe towns off the map, I laughed at Khalid for sure he must be joking.

I told him who my father was and khalid looked at me curiously. He asked me if my father was my real father, of course not I said. I am not worthy to be of that man's seed, I am but the child of many that worship father. I seemed to have interested Khalid so he asked me about my life.

I told him how fathers seekers came to my village a took me away, and I was put into fathers glorious army. First I was educated on how to see father for who he really is and the changes he wanted to make for us. I talked about how I worked hard in training camp and became one of fathers, elite soldiers. The prince at the time looked at me sadly, he said my life was nothing but brainwashed crap for some lunatic. I was mad at the disrespect of calling father a lunatic, and I was about to argue back to Prince Khalid but that's when he placed his hand on my forehead. He said let the world power clear my mind.

Visions of being strapped to a chair and forced to watch father filled my mind. How long was I in that chair? Months? Year's? I remember being so thirsty…. They vision changed to a village...the one I grew up in. Everything is burning and screams are everywhere. I'm with a group of kids...we are being separated from the adults. The men in weird black suits have guns pointed at the adults, a woman runs out toward me. She stretches out her hands at me as if her very existence depended on grabbing some piece of me.

The men in black push the women back and she falls onto the ground. Who is this women? I feel a wet sensation fall beside my nose, I touched it only to realise I am crying...but why? The man raised his gun and fired. ”MOTHER!” I shouted, trembling I touched my lips. This woman was my mother? But why would fathers men kill my family? The visions change to a face past. I am watching me now, I am killing a group of people running, next I'm slipping poison in a nobles drink at a ball, then I'm watching myself kill my mother. ”No!” I cried out. Next thing I know I am back in my cell with the prince and his guard. The prince explained to me that whoever did this to you, used you.

My body was trembling, I felt my whole reality was a lie. The image of father...no...the image of that player? Smiling...ordering….giving speeches flashed through my head. I looked at the prince and into his deep blue eyes. He stretched out his hands, and I grabbed them. Later Khalid father would die and he would be the new emperor of gracious. Now I stand before those eyes again. ”Tragsten what was it that is so important that you called me and general Thai here?”

”It is about that player..I need to tell you about him.” I said. The king looked at my and gave a sad smile.

”oh? Tragsten I know how hard it is to talk about that player. You do not have to do so if you do not want to.”

”No your majesty..I must tell you. For the fate of gracious future depends on this.” I looked at khalid, after a long pause he nodded. I sighed in relief.

”Has you know, some mysterious group attacked florium not that long ago, I am one hundred percent sure that this was that player doing. Also the group who has been buying resources and ship parts in large amounts is also that player....every transaction I would investigate and try to catch the deal in the process but I would be one step behind him.”

The Emperor gave me a grave look. ”How do you know that this is the work of that player, and what could he be wanting with so much resources?” Khalid said.

”The symbol, the eye seen on thorium attacked clothes, the same eye was seen worn by the people who made the large deals is my investigation. The open eye is that man symbol...and judging by all the events going with the players recently, I believe he is getting close.” I said.

General Thai looked at me. ”Getting close to what?”

”War,” I said. ”He wants t to turn everything into a hell of his own. I have some insight on the resources he has and your majesty....it is truly scary. I do not know what this player has accomplished Since I have been gone, but it does not bold well for anyone.”

”and what could this little cult do against us, we should not worry about some fake religion.” general Thai said. Laughing it off.

I looked at general Thai then back towards his majesty. ” If I am right, this player should have already discovered a planet In uncontrolled space, in fact he has already by the recent reports!”

”WHAT!” The emperor and general shouted.

I nodded my head gravely. ”I had a mission to…” I started to tell them the mission of Atlantis and the secret metal formula. How we killed the researchers and destroyed all the research, and how I ended up shot falling into a river, and sold as a slave after being found.

The throne room was quite as all this information started to sink in. Someone has laid claim to an entire planet under the noses of everyone, and for how long? This could unbalance the whole system. I looked at Khalid as he looked up towards the ceiling, he let out some air through his nose. ” send word to florium and Zorin, that I wish to call upon a meeting of leaders. Tell them that this meeting will depend on the fate of our lands.”