~ Divine_ a Prelude ~

      I stare at the land in front of me, Its nothing but a black desert with strong winds endlessly blowing. I lay standing in front of a cave on a giant stone staircase smoking a cigarette. I've been here for awhile and I'm really starting to get bored.

     Most of my time, I just sit on my throne and read. I'm trying to find the answers to my dreams, the dreams that I have every night. I have dreams of ten gods that appear before me. I can feel their mighty power surounding me. Suddenly, they turn to dust and buried in their ashes are these ten magnificent rings. I cannot see the faces of the gods,however, for they are covered in the shadows. All I see is their dark malevolent shapes. I wonder who they are.

     I have dreams of these three glorious cites that are like heaven on earth. In these cities, their inhabits live happy lives and never have fear for heroes to protect them from evil. Suddenly, factions of the three cities wage war. Then, the shadows of the ten gods loom over the land of the cities and the citizens of the great land become shadows themselves and disappear along with the gods. The cities remain but lay empty.

     I have nightmares of the world being in the hands of a black figure. Suddenly, a gray and a white figure arise to oppose this black figure that I saw. Thier armies fight over the world, but the black figure wins the war and the world is left in ruins. But the ones who survive the war come to the three magnificent cities.

     I have dreams of ten people wielding the rings of my dreams of the gods. Suddenly, they are shrouded by shadows forming the shape of the ten gods. What do my dreams mean. This book holds the answers I seek.

     I do not know how I ended up in this cave or the life I had before waking up here. I woke up wearing this strange armor. Am I some kind if knight? I have these vague memories of these ten towns, which happen to be nothing like the three glorious cities in my dreams.  Who exactly am I?

     Wait! I see a large group of strangers coming towards the staircase. Soon, one of the strangers runs towards me and hugs me. "I missed you", the stranger cries. I see several others running  up the stairs and hugging me. The strangers release their embrace as another stranger walks up the stairs holding a glowing red stone. This strangers tells me to touch the stone.

     I obey the stranger's instructions and I touch it. As I touch the stone, many images flash before my eyes. I remember everything now.