The city of Iredele was more like a village than a city.  There was a small commercial district that you could visit to acquire goods and a large temple at the center of town. Other than that there wasn't much to see. It was a pitiful place to say the least. The townspeople were like zombies. They went about their business and pretended like everything was fine, but on the inside their were all dead. They were shells of what you would call human. Almost everyday the same events occurred, but today something out of the ordinary would happen. Something that no one would suspect.

On the far edge of town there was a slum area that was almost completely abandoned. Lurking in the basement of one of the buildings was an insane man by the name of Leo. He is a mad scientist who came to this land not too long ago. Ever since he has been performing experiments that disrupt the daily lives of the villages. The only reason they haven't taken up arms and chased him out of town is because of his skills in the field of alchemy. He is unlike any other. No alchemist in the entire world could match his skill. Almost daily he comes up with a new invention. Most of the time they're extremely destructive, but every once in a while he invents something that improves the lives of the villagers. If it wasn't for that, they would be more than eager to get rid of him.

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[color=39b54a]"Yes! Just a little bit further and it'll be done!"[/color] The mad scientist dashed across the damp cellar with a vial in hand. Inside was a light green liquid that appeared to be extremely volatile. As he reached the other side of the room he grabbed a jar off of a table and dumped the contents of the vial inside. He then grabbed another jar that was filled with a mysterious black powder and dumped it into the jar holding the liquid. There was a flash of light and a large puff of black smoke arose from the jar. Any sane person would have ran for their life, but not the scientist. Instead he began to laugh maniacally as the cloud of smoke began to rise. [color=39b54a]"YES, IT'S FINISHED! THE FRUIT OF MY LABORS!"[/color] He began to jump up and down giddily with the jar in hand. He was like a school girl who had just received a love letter. [color=39b54a]"Now it's time to test to see if it works."[/color] With the speed of a bullet he darted up the stairs of the cellar in an attempt to make his way out side. If only he had walked he could have avoided what was about to happen. When he reached the top of the steps one of the loose boards gave way causing him to trip. The jar went flying out of his hands and crashing onto the floor. At this point you're probably wondering what it was that he made. The secret was that he made a high power explosive that detonated on impact. As the jar made contact with the ground there was a bright flash of light. Across the town the ground began to shake as a building on the other side of town began to collapse. What from? No one knows.