HERO x HERO
Part 5: The Dark World
The Cloud Sea is dying. They don’t know how, they don’t know why… but it’s dying.
For almost a millennium now, the mining colony of Onda has been stuck in the shadow of Altera, needlessly tortured and oppressed by it’s tyrannical ruler: the Iron Incursion. One day, Alex and Serena fall from the sky, caught in a whirlpool on their way to discuss the crisis, ending up in the Dark World of Onda. With the help of a skittish fortune teller called Ambor, and the mysterious masked rogues known as the Masqueraiders, it’s up to these heroes to bridge the gap between land and sky, and lend Onda the support they need to save the world one last time.
Yet, despite their confidence, the prophesised ‘Fall of Altera’ draws near, a cataclysmic disaster set to wipe out both worlds… unless Ruby Kabashima, fresh from the future, can prevent it with the knowledge he has. As the judgement day approaches, a new era begins to dawn all over the planet.
HEROES
Alex Smith
The Hero of Tera, earning himself fame and fortune for dutifully protecting the kingdom for the last nine years. He’s since made official his relationship with his fiancée, Queen Serena IV, and brought all kinds of hope to Altera in the wake of Necron’s attack.
His strength wanes however, and the dawn of a new era approaches through the dark. Remaining firmly at Serena’s side, Alex prepares himself for one final fight for Altera, and for everything that lies beyond.
Queen Serena IV
Queen of Tera, Hero of Alta, and an all-around upstanding lady. The Cloud Sea Crisis had occupied most of her mind for the last few months, but the newly-discovered world of Onda, among other things, weigh on her consciousness like nothing else. The future draws near, and uncharacteristic uncertainty fills her mind. As the dawn of a new era approaches, Serena has to acknowledge what this means, and what she wants to become when the dust settles.
Ambor Asta
A skittish Ondan fortune teller that meets Alex by coincidence upon his arrival in the Dark World. Behind all of Ambor’s tricks, he holds an incredible secret: a power that torments and delights him all at once, and a power he’ll have to use to it’s fullest to fight back against Iyrrhon and the Iron Incursion.
‘King’ Fido
The mysterious hero of Onda, leading a ragtag resistance group against the Iron Incursion. No-one knows who he is, or where he came from, but he fights not just on behalf of all Ondans, but for all the Alterans up above as well. Despite the small size of his operation, Iyrrhon rages on about his inability to catch him and his Masqueraiders. With a full-on civil war inevitable, all eyes turn to Fido to see if he can step up, seize the throne of Onda, and free the nation from it’s decades of tyranny and oppression.
Ruby Kabashima
The prodigal prince to Hiyama, fresh from a one-year journey through time, making memories and finding himself. An impulse choice persuaded him to leave early, a decision he quickly comes to think about when G.V.N.R. rejects any chance at ‘redemption’, rendering his choice… partially pointless… but no matter. He’ll just keep going as the hero he’s always been. The hero he’s always comfortable being.
The hero he’s always wanted to be… right?
VILLAINS
Machine King Iyrrhon
To be revealed…
“I wish I had more to say, but this is really gonna take a while…”
Credits
Myself: Most of the story.
NinjaBash, ‘Miles’, ‘Simeon’: Many key story details.