-An old movie projector starts playing a silent movie-
“Mist, nothing but mist, as far as the eye can see.”
-A staticky grey fog displays on the screen. Suddenly a majestic figure in a blue cloak rises out of the mist, and purple aether swirls around driving the mist away and revealing a majestic mountain, and a beautiful view of a brand new country-
“The Great Engineer formed Aethasia and drove the mist away with the power of Aether. A beautiful kingdom was born, and the people flourished under the rule of the Great Engineer. He engineered great cities, and built a complex, intricate and beautiful Aether dispersion system to keep the air clear and crisp.”
-The screen shows the people admiring the amazing tech, laughing and dancing, living in harmony. The blue-cloaked figure is shown teaching his people to create amazing inventions and the kingdom grows-
“But, not all was well.”
-Darkness seeps in the edges of the screen. A blurry figure is seen performing experiments as the mist curls around him.-
“The Great Engineer’s apprentice was unhappy with the Great Engineer. He believed that the mist had power, and performed dark experiments in secret. He created fog, an ominous green mist.”
-The screen shakes and goes fuzzy, then shows the same scene of the people laughing and dancing, but this time fog is playing at the edges of the screen, and invading the happy scene. No one seems to notice. The smiles become fake.-
“The apprentice sowed seeds of doubt in the hearts of the people, and finally convinced them that the Engineer didn’t know what he was doing. He led them in REBELLION.”
-The screen goes red and an angry mob storms the Engineer’s palace in Evercity. The screen focuses on the apprentice and it is clearly seen that he is Lucky, an evil smile on his face-
“The Great Engineer was heartbroken at the mistrust of his people. He took the Aetherlight, the heart of the kingdom and the power source for the Aether dispersion system, and left.”
-The blue-cloaked figure is seen retreating into the darkness. As he fades away fog rolls in uncontrollably. The sun goes dark, the houses rot and sag, and the people run and hide in terror. Lucky walks to the empty throne, a smirk on his face, and sits down slowly. Automatons patrol the streets. Fog spews everywhere-
“Fog did have power. Power to turn Aethasia to darkness.”
-The screen flickers and goes black-
