Progress, Mercenaries, and Idealism

"In a world advancing at such a breakneck pace, there are bound to be people that are unable to keep up."

Such a phrase can be attributed to the exponential growth of the Kingdoms' economies due to the discovery and usage of magic stones. As the kingdoms grow larger with the power of military or economical might, as technology is replaced in favor of more technology that can create further technology, and as politics clash against one another with disputes over resources, the disparity between the rich and the poor grow wider day after day. Dead Zones begin appearing in each kingdoms' major cities, areas where no economic growth occur, areas where the poorest of the poor do what they can to survive.

In such a world where technology and society evolve at the speed of light, only those that hold on to their beliefs, those believe in their own Ideals, will be the ones standing once the smoke of progress clears.

And so, in the Dead Zone of the bustling City of Siev, one young woman began their story...