The Lost Ground
Origin of The Lost Ground Seventy two years ago a great cataclysm shook the Kanazawa Prefecture splitting it in half causing giant cliffs to protrude into the sky. Due to the incident "The Lost Ground" became secluded from the rest of Japan. Also because of the incident the land became barren and the people living there were left to fend for themselves with little or no help from the "Mainland". Because of the strange cataclysm people living on the Lost Ground began to exhibit strange powers known as "Alters", as well as every 1% of all children born on the Lost Ground were born with these Alter powers.
Origin of Alter It is believed that the cataclysm was responsible for the "Inners" gaining their Alter powers but that in fact was wrong. The real reason for the strange powers the rift which opened during the cataclysm which was a doorway to another dimension. Due to the rift a stranger being came to the the Lost Ground, wielding on one arm a white flame and and black flame on the other, the being was never named (but I personally nicknamed him "The Immortal" wink .
What Is Alter? Alter power is a manifestation in the real world by the Alter Users psychically call forth the power from the "Other Dimension". The form of the Alter all depends on the user willpower. In other words no two users will ever have the same Alter.
Establishment of HOLD & HOLY Due to the large population living in the city under the support of the Mainland a police squad known as HOLD was established to keep the peace as well as protect the citizens. But due to the Alter attacks the HOLD organization was unable to prevent majority of the attacks. Because of this a new section within HOLD was founded called HOLY to specifically deal with the Alter insurgents. All of the members of HOLY were all Native Alters (although Martin Zigmarl's Alter powers were refined on the Mainland) led by Commander Martin Zigmarl. HOLY primary objective was to apprehend Alter criminals and bring them to justice, although this role later on changed to capturing Native Alters and sending them to the Mainland for study as well as refinement. Among the members included; Ryuho Tairen, next in line of the Ryu Family, Straight Cougar, a Native Alter who was Kazuma's "big brother", Elian, a cloned copy of Martin Zigmarl, Scheris Adjani, the only female Alter user, and more.
The Second Upheaval One day during one of Kazuma's and Ryuho's fights the two Alters exerted so much energy that the two energies clashed and opened the gate to the Other Dimension. Due to the extreme energy clash more of the Lost Ground up heaved into the sky almost identical to the first time. Due to the incident many of the Inners outside the city were forced into interment type camps, one of them included Kazuma's little "sister" Kanami Yuta. Also the Second Upheaval caught the attention of the Mainland which brought Kyouji Mujo back to the Lost Ground. When Ryuho and Kazuma returned to the Lost Ground from the Other Dimension they had no knowledge of themselves or others other than each other.
Kyouji's Ambition and Fall Eight months after the Second Upheaval, Kyouji abducted Kanami for her hidden Alter power to see into the minds of other Alters. To Kazuma and Ryuho this was a declaration of war. When the two entered the tower (which used to be HOLD HQ), they split ways each taking one direction. Along the way up Ryuho gets killed by the Immortal but Scheris Adjani sacrifices her life using her Alter to save his life. During the final battle both Kazuma and Ryuho were able to achieve their true forms by merging as one with their Alters to defeat Kyouji. After the battle the HOLD HQ was returned to normal but Commander Martin Zigmarl was left dead in an earlier battle against Ryuho with no one left to lead HOLD and HOLY basically disbanded.
Aftermath After the battle between Kyouji and Kazuma/Ryuho, the Mainland sent an entire armada of ships to reestablish order to the chaos Kyouji had created with his maddening pursuit of the power from the Other Dimension. Kazuma and Ryuho named themselves as Guardians of the Lost Ground headed out to stop the Mainland from interfering with the affairs of the Inners.
25 Years Later Twenty five years later after the aftermath of the collapse of HOLD the Inners had almost virtually reestablished the Kanazawa Econmic District on their own without the interference of the Mainland. Majority of the barren wastelands had been transformed into bustling towns with the City in the center of it all. The two Guardians of the Lost Ground had faded into obscurity, supposedly their bodies completely deconstructed due to their exposure to the Other Dimension. Also due to continuous activity years back by Ryuho and Kazuma the rate of children born with Alter powers had dramatically risen to 66%.
The Betrayal Only a few years after the Inners had finally established some semblance of peace the Inners living in the main City began to talk to those from the Mainland still interested in the study of Alter power. Soon after many Native Alters began to vanish from the Lost Ground as the citizens of the city fattened their wallets from money they received from the captured Alters.
Rebellion and the Establishment of AHPD Many of the Native Alters began to realize what was happening to their friends but at first did nothing about it until one night when the Mainlanders as well as people from the city kidnapping children. To them this was a declaration of war and soon the Lost Ground would be divided in two, one fighting yet again the control of the Mainland and the other fighting to keep their partnership with the Mainland. Countless attacks against the city occurred before the city dwellers did something. Along with the help of the Mainland the city established the AHPD (Alter Hunter Police Department) put in place to counteract the attacks from the Alters.
Rise of the Dragon's of Wrath Among the attacks launched against the city one Alter named Alastor Zega was responsible for majority of them. But because of the AHPD less and less Alters would join in and attack the city. Also even before the AHPD majority of the Alters who attacked the city were low class Alters who had no conceptual understanding of their power. Unlike them, Alastor knew full well of his powers as well as the stories of Ryuho and Kazuma. Soon after the establishment of the AHPD the attacks stopped as Alastor roams the Lost Ground trying to recruit members for his team he aptly named "The Dragons of Wrarth".
Facelesskiller · Mon Oct 25, 2010 @ 07:05am · 0 Comments |