CHAPTER 1
[IT SHOWS THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.]
[IT THEN SHOWS SEVERAL UNCLEAR FIGURES AT POTSDAM, GERMANY, IN JULY 1945 TO NEGOTIATE TERMS FOR THE END OF WORLD WAR II.]
IT'S NIGHTTIME, AND THERE IS A YOUNG MAN SITTING ON THE EDGE OF HIS BED. HE LOOKS ABOUT 21 WITH BLONDE HAIR, BUT HIS FACE CANNOT BE SEEN. NEXT TO HIS BED ARE TWO MOSTLY BLURRED DOCUMENTS.
ONE GIVES EVERYTHING TO HIS PARENTS, WHILE THE OTHER SAYS, "THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE.
BOY (DEPRESSED) (INTERNALLY) WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO ME? THIS IS TOO CRUEL A WORLD TO HAVE SUCH PAIN. I JUST CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
THIS DISEASE AND ALL THAT CAME AFTER IT IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH FOR ME. I CAN’T EVEN FEEL THE COMFORT OF A NICE BATH, LET ALONE BEING OUTDOORS FOR TOO LONG.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMEONE COULD BECOME ALLERGIC TO SOMETHING SO NECESSARY FOR LIFE. I'M SORRY, MOM AND DAD, BUT IT NO LONGER FEELS LIKE MY BODY CAN HANDLE THIS CONSTANT PAIN.
[EVERYTHING GOES DARK WITH A BANG, THEN SHOWS A GODDESS HAVING BEEN WATCHING.]
GODDESS (MELANCHOLY): I'M SORRY, MY CHILD, FOR IT WAS AN ERROR THAT CREATED THIS OUTCOME.
A REMNANT FROM THE LAST GOD OF THIS WORLD BEFORE ME. HIS SOUL HAD BEGUN TO CORRUPT AS THE CENTURIES TOOK HOLD OF HIM. HE NO LONGER SOUGHT BALANCE BUT INSTEAD CORRUPTED EVERYTHING HE TOUCHED.
FOR FAILING TO FIX YOUR SOUL FROM HIS TAMPERING WHEN I ARRIVED, I SHALL GRANT YOU A NEW LIFE.
THE BOY’S SPIRITUAL BODY BECAME WRAPPED IN A SERIES OF GLOWING GREEN, EVER-CHANGING SYMBOLS. SECONDS PASSED BEFORE HIS BODY SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED INTO A SCORCHING GREEN BLAZE.
GODDESS: LET THIS TORTURED SOUL BE REMADE WITH MY HOLY PROTECTION.
[SHE THEN REACHED INSIDE OF HERSELF, TEARING A PIECE OF HER SOUL AWAY AND ADDING IT TO THE FLAME, AND THEN ANOTHER THAT SHE TURNED INTO A RED GLOWING ORB.]
GODDESS GURIS, PLEASE TAKE CARE OF MY CHILD. PLEASE MAKE SURE HE NEVER SUFFERS LIKE THIS AGAIN OR EVER FEELS LOST AND ALONE.
GLOWING ORB (GROGGY): YES, MOTHER, HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE ME BY HIS SIDE.
[THE SCENE ENDS WITH HER PUTTING THE ORB INTO THE FLAME, THEN EVERYTHING FADES AWAY.]
IT'S EARLY MORNING IN WHAT LOOKS LIKE A FOREST ON A CLOUDY DAY. THE MAN IS NOW WAKING UP. THIS SCENE TAKES PLACE STARTING FROM HIS POINT OF VIEW AND THEN CHANGING OVER TO AN OBSERVING ONE.
BOY (GROGGY): HUH? WHERE AM I? WASN’T I JUST IN MY BEDROOM?
GURIS (HAPPY) GOOD MORNING!
BOY (STARTED) WHO’S THERE?!
GURIS (HAPPY): I AM GURIS, A HOLY SKILL MADE FROM A FRAGMENT OF (UNHEARABLE NAME)’S SOUL. AS AN APOLOGY AND REPENTANCE FOR WHAT THE MAD GOD DID TO YOUR SOUL.
BOY (CALM): OH, WELL, THEN WHERE AM I EXACTLY? DOES THIS MEAN I AM DEAD? IS THIS HEAVEN?
GURIS: YOU ARE NOW IN THE WORLD OF REDREDANE AFTER BEING REINCARNATED BY YOUR MOTHER (UNHEARABLE NAME).
BOY HMMM: HONESTLY, IT KEEPS SOUNDING LIKE A FRAGMENT OF YOUR SPEECH IS MISSING. WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME?
GURIS: SHE IS THE GODDESS WHO NOW CARES FOR YOUR OLD WORLD. SHE IS ALSO YOUR MOTHER AND THE ONE WHO MANAGED TO REMOVE THE MAD GOD FROM THAT WORLD, SAVING IT FROM HIS CORRUPTION, WHICH HAD CAUSED THE DEATHS OF OVER 16 MILLION.
BOY, HOW EXACTLY IS SHE MY MOTHER?
GURIS: WHEN SHE TOOK CHARGE OF THE HEALING OF YOUR WORLD, SHE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO FIX THE SOULS THE MAD GOD HAD INTENTIONALLY SABOTAGED. HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF HE COULDN’T HAVE IT, THERE WOULDN’T BE ANYTHING LEFT TO HAVE. LUCKILY, SHE GOT THERE IN TIME. SHE IMMEDIATELY FIXED ALL SHE COULD, WHICH MAJORLY IMPACTED THE WORLD. AFTER MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK, SHE THOUGHT SHE HAD GOT THEM ALL, BUT SOME WOULD FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, YOUR SOUL BEING ONE OF THEM. HOWEVER, YOU WERE ONLY SPLINTERED, NOT DARKENED LIKE MOST OTHERS. SHE COULDN’T STEP IN AND CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF YOUR LIFE DUE TO THE RULES OF THE GODS, SO INSTEAD SHE WAITED AND THEN GAVE YOU THIS LIFE USING A PIECE OF HER SOUL FOR YOUR REBIRTH AND ONE FOR ME AS A WAY TO HELP KEEP YOU FROM BEING LOST AGAIN. SHE EVEN GAVE YOU A NEW NAME. YOU ARE NOW VYN FYREKIN, SON OF (UNHEARABLE NAME).
BOY (SAD): SHE DID ALL OF THAT FOR US? MY MOTHER IS THE GREATEST OF THE GODS, I AM SURE. THEREFORE, I WILL DO MY BEST TO HONOR WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR ME.
FINALLY NOTICING THAT HIS SURROUNDINGS LOOKED ODDLY HUGE COMPARED TO HOW THEY WOULD HAVE IN HIS LAST LIFE, VYN BEGAN TO LOOK AROUND. FIRST, LOOKING DOWN, HE NOTICED HIS TINY GREEN NUBS MADE OF FIRE. THEN THE POINT OF VIEW CHANGES. STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS FOREST WAS A TINY, FIERY GREEN FORM. WITH LITTLE GREEN FIRES EATING AWAY AT ANY SHRUBBERY CLOSE TO HIM.
VYN (PANICKING): UMM, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BODY?!