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== Rena's Journey ==

=== Portrait of Younger Days ===

Every day, two young elves, [[Lua]] and [[Rena]], explored the forests that surrounded their village. One such day, a change occurred in Rena, as she was now seeing small spirits gather around her. She attempted to tap into the power of these spirits by saving a wilted flower, but the effort caused her to fall unconscious. The head elder, [[Branwen]] arrived to help, sending the spirits away and awakening Rena. After learning what happened, Branwen took Rena in as her disciple, and taught her how to control and use her power responsibly.

== My Brother & I ==

In the Northern Empire, resides a martial arts family, known for having sealed the destructive Spiritual Beast, Eun. After the great El Explosion, the Haan family was able to wield the power of the Moon El after it flew into their territory, turning them into fierce warriors. This did not sit well with others in the capital, who tried to quell their power by appointing the eldest son, [[Aren]] as the capital's guard captain. [[Ara]]'s mother met the head of the Haan family by chance and the two started to see each other, eventually marrying. Within the family, some of Ara's new step siblings weren't too pleased with her and her mother being a part of the family, all except Aren who treated her just as he would any of his other siblings. She tried her best to be as perfect as can be, in order to avoid being teased by her other siblings. Due to Aren's respect and faith in her, she was able to withstand the teasing from her other siblings, knowing that at least one of them cared for her.

One of the earliest target of the Demon Army was the Moon El located in the Northern Empire Xin, in Isshin village. [[Aren]] Haan was a strong warrior of the Haan clan and was stationed as a guard captain for the land's capital. He was the target of the demons, the demon [[Ran]] managed to possess Aren's body. With one of the empire's best warrior under their control, Ran opened a portal and demons began to flood the city. The capital city quickly descended into chaos and fell.

In time, Ara was able to regain her own consciousness and she began to hear Eun's voice calling from the hairpin. Eun filled Ara in on what had happened as well as why she was trapped inside of the hairpin. The fox spirit, requiring Ara to act as her medium, decides to make a deal with the girl. Eun would help save Ara's brother in exchange for Ara helping Eun seek out the power of the El, a power she believed might be strong enough to break the seal that had been placed upon her, undoing the ancient seal.

Upon arriving to [[Hamel]] the group meet up with the Red Knight Captain [[Penensio]]. He tells them that while [[Velder]] is in trouble, Hamel is in just as much trouble and they can't simple leave the situation as is. [[Raven]] realizes that if Hamel get's taken, Velder might follow soon after regardless, [[Elesis]] agrees and they all stand to solve the crisis and Hamel first.

Needing more answers, they seek out the Lord of Hamel, [[Rod Ross]], however he was not in his quarters. They soon discovered that a band of jealous Mermen had taken Rod to the sunken city, they managed to save him from the depths. When they returned, [[Chung]] noticed that the water levels of Hamel were still abnormally high, [[Denka]] suspected that not only the Water El, but the [[Ancient Waterway|Ancient Waterways]] had something to do with it. [[Ain]] realizes that the kidnapping of the Earth Priestess and Water Priestess were probably connected, but he found himself unable to do anything, [[Elsword]]'s memories of Ain begin to waver and his body get reduced to mere energy. When the group reached the end of the Waterway, they were faced with many light contraptions, ones which Denka believes he could use to read the Guardian Stone, but they are soon attacked by the Holy Beast Taranvash. The group fought and defeated the beast, or so they thought before it recovered and tried one final attack against [[Eve]], she was saved by [[Add]] who had been tracking them for some time. The group thank Add for saving Eve, but he remains dismissive towards them, but sees that they could be used to his advantage.

== Elrianode ==

=== The Boy and the El ===

With [[Elsword]] having sacrificed himself, his will restored the El. The seal that [[Denif]] had placed on [[Elrianode]] was lifted and the El Master began to awaken from their slumber. Additionally, all the El Priestesses were teleported to the reawakened city, where they met Denif and conversed about what had happened over the past 500 years as well as the recent development with the El Search Party. [[Ain]], much like he anticipated completely lost his form when Elsword restored the El.

== North Fluone ==

=== Second Help ===

After being castaway, [[Laby]] ended up washing ashore in [[North Fluone]]. She is spotted by a Feudal Guard that worked under the lord of the land, the demon [[Nenya]]. Guard give chase but Laby runs away. [[Mao]] sees and helps Laby escape the guards. The guards lose her but report the news of the intruder up to the lord. Mao and Laby hide out, Mao tells her that the guards patrol the [[Bamboo Forest|Bamboo Forests]] and prevent the townspeople from leaving. Laby explains how she ended up here, but just confuses Mao, she asks to go to the town. Mao first properly introduces herself but due to the guards advises Laby not to head to town. She then offers to take Laby to her home high in the mountains. Mao tells her the town and the capital's situation.

== Varnimyr ==

=== In the Demon Realm ===

[[Denif]] informs them that the Dark El that [[Hennon]] had used was no longer a viable means to getting to the Demon Realm. They brainstorm ideas, [[Add]] suggests the Henir Portal in [[Debrian Laboratory]], but they lack the Demon Realm's coordinates. They realized that the El was the key for interdimensional travel, or specifically disrupting said travel. [[Ara]] remembers seeing something below the Large El. Looking below, they find an ancient seal, so ancient it may have been placed by the goddess herself. [[Denif]] refuses to break the seal, but decides they could pry it open temporarily just long enough to let the El Search Party through.

At the end Eve detects that only sea lied beyond. The door in front of them began to move on its own, revealing itself to be a A.M.P.S type robot itself. Once the group managed to defeat the robot, Eve detected a new life form approaching. [[Winster]] had already spotted the group, especially Steel Queen [[Lu/Ciel|Luciela]] and had considered destroying the tunnel entirely to rid the potential threads, however he meets to greet them on the possibility they may ally, feigning ignorance of Lu's identity. [[Ara]] and [[Chung]] were wary of the demon as a potential subordinate of [[Ran]] due to his appearance. Laby notes that [[Calonne]] had a similar look, Winster surprised to hear of his former comrade, he then denies any relation to Ran and introduces himself. Lu asks Winster the purpose of the tunnel, Winster tells them the history of his people and how they were persecuted and took refuge in the region, as well as their plans to rebel and reclaim their land.

=== Deal for Return ===

[[Winster]] invites the group to his village, however the group still prioritized returning to Elrios. Winster suggests helping them reach the surface on the condition they go to his village to hear them out. The group hesitantly agree and take Winster's submarine. The submarine crashes in an air pocket of [[Rigomor]]. As they landed, local Troshes stole the energy core of the submarine, Winster requests the group help retrieve the energy core back while he stays and called for help, he does plea them not to harm the local wildlife. While on their mission they ran into Winster's son, [[Haivan]], who was also in the region searching for something. Haivan guides the group to the nest, they enter the nest and encounter the Troshes. The group managed to retrieve the energy core and stop the Troshes without excessive violence, however Haivan comes to deliver the finishing blow before the El Search Party stop him telling him of his father's request. They return with the energy core and the news that they abided by his conditions. Winster then bows down to Steel Queen [[Lu/Ciel|Lu]], revealing he was testing if Lu would be their ally. He reveals their plan to revive [[Aegirp]]. [[Add]] is very caution of the prospect of reviving a demon lord, however Lu tells the group that Aegirp is one that they could trust. Laby reveals that Aegirp's army had already been trying to conduct trade in Northern Fluone. [[Elsword]] wonders if they'd have a useable portal, they learn of an ancient portal they had discovered but had never used. Winster offers the use of the portal in exchange for Lu's cooperation, the group compromise and agree to work alongside Lu to assist in reviving Aegirp first. However both [[Add]] and [[Eve]] request to see the portal before anything is decided.