STORY SO FAR

It all began
With the death of
Hellmaster Fibrizzo...

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Possessed of raw magical skill and power rivaling the great magi of her time, Lina Inverse quickly gained a reputation as a wandering adventurer. And bandit killer. And dragon spooker. And walking force of destruction. And --[/color][/font]

[/i] GEEZ![/b] Do you really have to drag my bad reputation into this?! Just tell the story already, or else I'll --!!"[/color][/ul]

T-there's no need for violence. I'm sorry, really! Don't kill me, please!

[/b] the STORY!!!"[/color][/ul]

Along her journeys Lina met many allies and fought terrible foes... but none compared with the Mazoku Lord of Death, Hellmaster Fibrizzo, who had plotted and schemed for many years to use Lina's powers to his own ends. In a climactic struggle, however, the great sorceress called upon a desperate power, the very source of chaos that had created the worlds -- the power Hellmaster sought to unleash. Yet his ambition was ultimately his downfall, and as the death-lord fell... so too fell the ancient barrier.

For the first time in one thousand years, the world was connected once again.

[/i] sorceress, LINA INVERSE!"[/color][/ul]

Yes, all thanks to you, Lina.

Although Lina's adventures and battles continued on elsewhere, the consequences of her heroic deed proved to be widespread. With the world now connected an age of exploration and rediscovery began. In the 'outer world' beyond the barrier's former bounds, the explorers found tribes, villages, and kingdoms that, though lacking the practice of magic, had instead invented gunpowder and basic firearms along with other mechanical innovations. Enterprising sailors set about forming trade routes by sea, triggering new markets and exchanges of knowledge, wares, and tales of lands even further off just waiting to be explored. While some kingdoms looked to these new developments with peaceful contentment, others dove feverishly into plans of vast exploration... and others, on both sides of the absent barrier, began to contemplate the possibility of war.

It has now been three years since the barrier's fall, and the world is changing more quickly than ever before. Adventure awaits both near and far, with new horizons tantalizingly coming into reach. Where will your path take you, and what might you discover along the way? The only way to find out is to step forward and embrace your journey!

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