The First Vol'Dante

"This is the story of the first Vol'Dante. My name is Surgi Hanzo. I lived during. The Great War between Eruem and Haliax. I was a Ryoukoshi, it was near the end of the war, and refugees of my people were fleeing into the desert, back to our homeland. They were pursued by all manner of Dark creatures. We stopped for the night, and were ambushed. I grabbed my spear and leaped out of my tent. The fighting was intense, and my wife... she died in the battle. With nothing to love for I told the others to leave, that I would hold them off. It was suicide, I knew that, but I was broken, I had nothing to live for. They agreed and they made a mad dash towards home. I fought as hard as I could to buy them time. In fact I lost track of it. I killed the last enemy before me, and there was silence. Silence. I had killed all of them. With nothing else to do, I say and wept. Battered, bruised and bloody, I wept. I cried for my wife, and the life I left behind. Suddenly, a hand appeared before me. I followed it up the arm and found it attached to a man, hooded and cloaked, with pure white hair and the greenest, most piercing eyes I have ever seen. 'Who are you?' I asked. 'Be not afraid mortal. I am Tyrinus, god of the sky. Come you have been summoned.' the man, Tyrinus, replied. With nothing to lose, I took his hand. We appeared, in a huge circular room, with walls of white. Above, stood a figure, silhouetted by a blinding light, who said, 'Tyrinus, you may leave us.' Tyrinus looked shocked, but replied, 'Yes my lord.' He vanished. 'Why am I here?' I asked the figure. 'Before I tell you that, let me introduce myself Surgi. I am Eruem, the creator of this world. I have summoned you here to give you a mission.' 'A mission?' I asked. 'Yes, as you know, the Triumveri watch over Haliax's prison, but his followers are many and the Triumveri are far fewer. I need you, to infiltrate these groups, and, if nessisary, lead the Triumveri against to prevent Haliax ever escaping again. I will grant you whatever you will need. You will become the first Vol'Dante, the leader in the darkness. General of the Triumveri. Can you do such a thing for me?' 'I... I would be honored sir.' I answered. 'Good, I Now bestow you with immortality, now for your weapon. I have had Hyrugos craft the finest weapon of all time. The Azure Sky, it is crafted of gold, vertalium, and... Something else. Take it, it is yours.' The weapon rose out of the floor in front if me. It was a sword that was black as night, with a circular pommel with three spikes on each side, and a red eye jewel in the center. I grabbed the hilt and it changed, it changed into a spear, just like the one I had but black as the night sky. 'Tha-thank you.' I stammered. Now we'll fast forward a bit. I was far underground viewing Haliax's prison. I past the Triumveri, guarding the Door of Nine Seals, and stepped in to a huge circular room, I has on a small platform overlooking a pit that went on forever. Suspended in the middle of the pit, was Haliax. Wrapped head to toe in chains, what little of his skin I saw was blacker that black, and where the chains touched him it boiled. Now we fast forward some more, three days ago, I was there again, on the platform. I looked below, and he was swinging, back and forth, curious I stayed and watched. The chain broke, I have no idea how but it broked. Haliax fell. I saw him fall and fall, till I could not see him anymore. Then the chain rocketed up and broke through the platform, and through me. Shocked, I tried to utter a warning to the Triumveri outside, but to no avail. The chain yanked and I was thrust to the floor, I could feel in slowly being climbed up, finally he made it up his cruel rope. I looked up at him as he rise up over the platform. He was made fully if Dark Matter. He was pitch black and darkness lurched around him like a fog. Without a word, his arm became a blade and the stabbed me in the face. Usually when I die, Eruem brings me back, but not this time. Thankfully, my spirit was able to flee. I am Surgi Hanzo, Vol'Dante, and I come to tell you Haliax has escaped and the Fourth Age has begun.'"