Long, long ago, a Snake, a Wolf, and a Dragon became friends.<br/><br/>While they were quite different creatures, with different histories and views, they saw in each other a great strength, and a potential for friendship. As the years grew, they drew closer, and when enemies threatened, they fought together, and drove the enemy away. And when peace settled... their differences, finally, drove them apart.<br/><br/>The Wolf believed that rulership belonged to the Few, the elite, who were born better than the rest, and had the obligation to their people on their shoulders their whole lives. The Dragon believed that rulership belonged to the Many, that every man should be able to rule, and that no man is great simply because of his birth. The Snake believed that no one deserved to rule, but them; only they were cunning and powerful enough to guide and rule.<br/><br/>As once they were the closest of allies, they soon turned into the bitterest of enemies. Personal duels grew into battles. Armies clashed, and grew into nations, worlds, and more. The three met, time and again, no one gaining the upper hand for long, nor losing too much ground. Sometimes, they put aside their differences, and united, and other times two struggled for ages, while the third watched and waited.<br/><br/>Finally, a great war, a war to end all wars, emerged between the Snake and the Dragon. Worlds burned, armies were shattered, and, in the end, the Snake lay dead, at long last, and the Dragon wept for his fallen friend, even as he delivered the killing stroke. But the battle had left him weakened and injured, and he retreated, to a place no one knew of. And the Wolf, uncontested, took his chance, and seized control.<br/><br/>Now, all worlds lay under the Wolf's dominion. The ruling elite control massive empires with an iron fist, and all, in turn, serve the Great Emperor, who rules over all of Creation, safeguarding it from an even greater danger.<br/><br/>But the people cry out for a savior, the champion of the Many who will oppose the tyranny of the Few. The call goes out for the Dragon to return, to worlds that need him, now more than ever.<br/><br/>Finally, after three hundred years... the Dragon returns.