“We were trained for combat against people, not monsters… but that doesn’t matter now. I will save everyone…”
The crusaders have been a potent military force for the better part of 300 years. They have acted as peacekeepers and as conquerors, spreading the Word of Light and stamping out teachings deemed to be wicked or that were believed to bolster the forces of darkness. The Church of Light is one of the most dominant religions in the world largely thanks to the military efforts of the Crusaders, bolstered recently by the technology of Diamond enhanced gear. Their soldiers were known to be completely fearless as they were bound to the battlefield by the holy pendants around their necks. They were impossible to route.
Gillian joined the Crusader Military Academy as a young boy. He was born to an impoverished family and he’s been using his wages to support his widowed mother and sister back home. His performance was exceptional and he was expected to rise through the ranks after graduation. It was about half a year before his expected graduation that the Floating Lands lay siege to The Holy Temple of Light, before demons swarmed in from the shorelines, before the academy was completely overrun.
The Church did everything it could; it pulled back the entirety of the crusader fighting force from lands near and far. They used constructed and natural choke points to funnel the demons into situations that would have been the end of any fighting force of humankind. In war, being immune to fear is normally a boon. Against the demon forces, it sealed the Crusaders’ fate. They would fight to their very last and pray for their Goddess to grant them victory believing with every ounce of their being that they would be victorious. Every last crusader would fight, be they seasoned veteran or cadet, bound to the battlefield by the Holy Pendants around their necks… every crusader would stay, fight, and die… every crusader… except for Gillian…. Struck by a massive blow from a massive beast, Gillian’s Holy Pendant shattered and for the first time in over 50 years a Crusader fled from a battlefield.
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