In the middle of a moonless night, there stood a manor in the depths of an unnamed wood known as Dreadlight Manor. While none knew exactly what the manor was or why it was sitting in the middle of nowhere, not many knew about its existence either. This was due to the fact that whoever or whatever lived in the manor had managed to keep it a well kept secret and it is said that those who entered the manor never returned.

However, while the moonless night remained otherwise still and silent, a shadowy gate could be seen opening in the manor’s foyer and eventually, ended up tossing out four individuals who had been pulled on from a different world. These individuals had ended up having their more powerful abilities sealed away upon arrival however, they were also left in an unconscious state until one of them, Bartz had woken up. While he remained silent for a few moments, he eventually decided to speak as well.

“Where… am I…” Bartz muttered softly as he slowly stood up. While he had glanced around his location prior to speaking and standing up, he ended up noticing that he was in a completely unfamiliar place and that his theee companions were right beside him albeit they were currently unconscious until he attempted to try and wake up Firion. While this attempt had come in the form of a light tap on the taller male’s shoulder, it remained momentarily unknown if his plan had worked up until the moment where Firion had regained consciousness.

Following this, the taller male ended up slowly sitting up and then glanced around the current location that he was in. While he couldn’t figure out where he ended up, he also ended up noticing that Bartz had ended up in the same location as him which seemed to grant him a slight wave of relief from his worries that something had happened to the young wanderer. However, he also ended up attempting to ask Bartz about where they were.

“Bartz, do you possibly have any idea of where we are? This place seems… too unfamiliar to me and I can’t seem to figure out why. Pair that up with a slight feeling of unease and I don’t really know where we are myself hence the reason why I am asking you about this.” He said softly as he looked over at Bartz. While he did stand up after he spoke, he also ended up slowly approaching one of the walls as well.

“Well, for the type of room that we are in, this seems to be some sort of foyer from the looks of it however, aside from that, I have no knowledge of where we are. I apologize for that, Firion.” Bartz said softly as he ended up giving Firion a slightly apologetic look. He seemed to be somewhat upset at not being able to find out where he and the others were however, the most that he could possibly do at the moment was to identify the type of area that the group of four was in.