20 years ago<br/><br/>Malikai Dragonheart, one of the underworld's most fierce warlords, appeared as if from nowhere. He smirked as he went inside an ancient Greek temple, while some henchmen were hauling a human sized sack, and went to an alter. This particular alter was made of stone, and was used back then as a sacrificial table, once believed used for Abraham trying to sacrifice his son, Jacob. He went towards it more, laughing as he did. Indeed, dark thoughts and intentions were swirling through his head.<br/><br/>As he prepared to do what he was there to do, he uncovered someone from a sack, brought in by his three henchmen standing close-by.<span style="color: #00FF00">"Bring me the woman,"</span>Malikai ordered, and the henchmen did just that. They uncovered a small woman, beaten and bruised, and looked like she already gave birth. "Why are you doing this? Why can't you leave me and my family alone?" the woman asked, crying as she was dragged to Malikai.<br/><br/><span style="color: #40FF00">"Because I wanted to be with YOU! Not you being with some bastard child from the west. I told you, if I found you with another man, I would do this. You did the deed, now you will suffer!"</span>he answered.<br/><br/>"My son will find out. He will destroy you, and when he does, he will do it in the name of..." the woman started, only to be tied to a post on a huge table. They wrapped her up, tying a piece of leather to her mouth, arms, legs, and neck.<br/><br/><span style="color: #00FF00">"Please, your son is none of my concern. After all, if he is hidden well, then he will surely be something worth searching for. Oh, and by the way, say hello to poor old Richard for me, he seems...how you say, lonely?" </span>he replied, and pulled a lever, raising her up.<br/><br/>Lightning struck, and the woman was screaming, although they were muffled. He saw a bolt striking her body, and the table which she was tied to burst into flames. He laughed wildly, and then signaled his followers to gather the remains.<span style="color: #00FF00"><br/>"Soon, it will truly be the beginning...of the end!"</span>