Step right up, Ladies and Gentlemen. Step right up.
The Final Performance has just ended. The great war that embroiled circuses across the world has recently come to a close. A sacrifice of the highest order has shifted the course of history, a history hidden and opposed for over two millennia, freeing their great legacy from the grasp of the powerful.
A legacy entrusted by Emperor Constantine, for the good of the free people.
Stop and witness.
This is the story of a grand conflict, orchestrated by the world's powers yet spiraling out of control, and of young Eirene, an artist in a small circus, who found herself at its very heart.
No tricks, no illusions.
We will start at the end: one of them will die. It is inevitable.
Death is the most unyielding truth of all, and there's no use hiding it. So that is where we begin, because it's the only way to explain life, life whose circle, like the one of the ring, has neither a beginning nor an end. In this circle, the end and the beginning overlap perfectly.
Indulge in the luxury of emotions.
Joy, sorrow, elation, fear, shock, excitement, tears, and applause. Only a circus performance can bring you all of this. Only a circus show knows how to fuse everything into one Grand Emotion. Get ready with both your flags and handkerchiefs-you'll need them both.
Step inside; without you, we cannot begin.
Take your place at the center of the stage. Because you are the source of our artists' brilliance. They will perform for you, risk their lives for you, and smile through the exhaustion, the effort, and the sacrifice, all for you. For you, our audience, are the true protagonist of our show.
Sit back, Ladies and Gentlemen. It's about to begin.
The curtain falls, the room darkens, silence descends.
The music starts: it heralds the beginning.
The lights ignite in the colors of fire.
The show begins.