Introductions

To Understand the Present
The Magic Council's large headquarters dominated the landscape surrounding it. An elaborate building of exquisite design, the headquarters was a reminder of the elegance, and wonder associated with the world of magic, which the Council presided over. Marble statues, carved to perfection in the images of magical creatures, guarded the entrance to the revered halls of the magical Council's chamber. At the top of the building, in a large chamber whose ceiling is open to the heavens, the council of nine Mages sat quietly around a large, circular marble table, as the night breeze gently blew through the room.

"Chairman," a tall, thin, yakuza-looking individual, garbed in flowing white robes, began. "I think you know why I have called this meeting."

A large, bearded man, in similar robing, stirred in his seat, "Yes. The Guild War between Black and White Dawn. Its going on eight years, now."

A thin woman, with an exotic hairpiece, took this opportunity to speak up, "Eight years, and we've just dusted it aside as if it were nothing. And now, we're left to regret it. The magic these two guilds are capable of casting is extraordinary. I guess, though, it is to be expected of guilds lead by a God Slayer and Dragon Slayer respectively."

"Now, councilors," a large woman, about the same size as the large man who spoke earlier, interjected. "Black Dawn is a legal guild. Technicalities aside, it is permissible under the law for them to fight the White Dawn, because they are one of the Dark Guilds."

"Nevertheless," the tall and skinny man spoke back up, "Their war now threatens to drag the entire kingdom in with it, and the king is none to pleased with it."

"One of us needs to go down there and warn them." the large man chimed in. "Kurama will listen to a member of the Council."

"I'll go." the equally large woman replied, "I was a member of the original Dawn Guild. Kurama will listen to me."

"Then it is decided." the Chairman replied. "Go. We await your report."