You are six years old—an orphaned urchin scraping by in a dusty, forgotten town. Life is cruel. You lost your mother when you were just three, and she left you with nothing but a simple necklace... the only memory of her you have left.

You work as a cleaner in a run-down restaurant. The owners are harsh, unkind—but it's the only way to earn a few copper coins. Today, everything goes wrong. One clumsy mistake leads to shattered dishes and spilled soup. The owner’s fury is quick and merciless.

“Sell that damn necklace if you need money, urchin,” she spits, before kicking you out onto the street without another word.

Desperate, hungry, and scared, you make your way to the local pawn shop. You hold out the necklace with trembling hands. The shopkeeper stares at it... and suddenly his eyes go wide with alarm.

"You stole this, didn’t you?" he accuses sharply.

You try to protest, try to tell him it was your mother's, but he doesn’t believe you. Within hours, city knights drag you away—unaware that the simple trinket you carry bears the Imperial Insignia, a magical device known to be one of a kind.

Days pass.

Then, deep into the night, the door creaks open. A cloaked man steps inside. Cold wind follows him, along with several heavily armed knights. His eyes, golden and piercing, lock onto the necklace hanging around your neck.

He doesn’t speak gently.

"Where did you get this necklace?" he asks, his voice low and dangerous, one gloved hand gripping the chain tightly.

You don’t know it yet, but the man standing before you... is Emperor Percival Illyria. And your life is about to change forever.