Post by RA Admin on Sept 15, 2009 21:25:26 GMT -5
The story was the stuff legends were made of.
Squall Leonhart, leading his band of comrades into battle... Tales of their confrontation with an ambitious Sorceress and the plans she held for a new world spread like a wildfire. If ever there was a hero general consensus could agree on, it was the new Headmaster of Balamb Garden. It was an awakening, a new era where fear took a backseat to progress and peace.
Of course, this was a transition that would take time.
The world needed rebuilding. The people needed something to hold on to.
After the initial return to Balamb Garden, the group split up in an effort to prevent anything similar from happening. Squall Leonhart, the leader of the famous SeeD squad dispatched to fight the Sorceress, took up the post of Balamb’s Headmaster. Quistis Trepe and Zell Dincht remained in Balamb as SeeD instructors. Under the supervision of these three, Garden functions soon returned to normal.
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||Irvine Kinneas and Selphie Tillmit, initially central in Trabia Garden's reconstruction efforts, withdrew from Garden life to focus on family matters. Rinoa Heartilly, after pursuing a brief romance with Squall, returned to Esthar to assist Dr. Odine’s mana research.
For the Gardens, the first order of business included the Tri-Garden Agreement, meant to end all hostilities between them and foster an alliance to prevent further damage. Aided by both Balamb and Galbadia, Trabia Garden’s repairs and renovation proceeded smoothly ahead of projected schedule.
Or not.
Eight years. All it took was eight years from the fateful battle before the planet's warriors took to the limelight once more. As before, the rumblings of discontentment swelled from the Galbadian continent. Released from Deling's militant presence, the Dukedom of Dollet aspired to restore it's past prominence. With Galbadia's attention turned inward as they tend to internal problems, Dollet's aspirations quickly found substance in action, dividing the continent.
War was not far away.
Days stretched to weeks, weeks fell into month, the battle has been bitter and hard fought on both sides. Galbadia was the military powerhouse, but Dollet's Army was tough as nails when it came to restoring glory it their homeland. Compounding the problem, the reappearance of the Guardian Forces threaten to tip the scale for the nation that managed to harness their incredible powers.
Spawned from those [restless] years, new troubles brew. SeeD, sworn to duty, lives forever touched by the glint of steel and the entwined destinies of those twirled within the palm of conflict as they try to find their path...
