The Legend of Clockworks...

Long ago in the skies of roika, there was an immense power that enslaved the dwarpet race and kept the gears of our world spinning, bringing balance to the world.

then, one fateful day, a group of people who nicknamed themselves "Clockworks" destroyed the gears. they trapped people in invisible walls and even used invisible spells to defeat monsters high above their power

the Clockworks beast became angry about the fake people, and he began to hate them. and slowly, he began to hate everything. after months of chaos reigning from the mighty beast, an elite team of sages managed to trap him in the south of darkon 3, guarded by other mechanical monsters.
but the influence of clockworks' energy was causing the nearby pyramids to collapse. the sages moved the mighty beast to the north of darkon, in the caves. his influence over the gears slowly lost ; they stopped repairing themselves.

from the skies on a night filled with starlight, a meteor fell into the desert. prophecy had it that the human who first touched this asteroid would become a hero amongst the humans, and destroy the "Clockworks" group.

it was december, and the snow had just started to fall.
a cold breeze blew over the land of flaris, and marse dungeon had been blocked by a tree landing on it from the nearby red bang tribe making a camp, they were the arch rivals of the masquerpet tribe of magicians, descendants of the sages.
although nobody could see him, Chris was sitting on a nearby airship, relaxing to some music. suddently there was an explosion, and screams of "H3lp Meh!!1". Chris watched over at the bridge, at the center of which was where the explosion occured. he saw a young vagrant holding on for dear life on the rope of the bridge, and he caught the name "Clockworks" above someones Masked head as they flew off.
Chris helped the girl up with his magic, and then led her to a safe spot. the girl informed chris that it was the "Clockworks" group again, and that they had made a hole in the middle of the bridge. chris looked over, and indeed there was a hole in the bridge, still smouldering from the explosion.

he took the girl to FlariPang, who took care of her.
he then set off, in search of the Masked Magician and his Clan of evil-doers.
But something wasnt right. as chris flew over flaris, he saw a sight that will be seared into his head for aeons. what he saw was a massacre, hundreds of bodies scattered over flaris lodestar. he quickly equipped his telescope, and saw in the distance the silhouette of a Giant monster. his knees gave way, and he sank into his cloud. He put a notice up for as many highly skilled humans to come and help destroy the beast, but as he did so, monsters from their areas followed the humans, and began to attack the local flaris residents.

eventually they weakened the monster, and he took off.
they nicknamed the monster "Clockworks" after an old legendary monster, thought to be extinct.
they called his "Invasion" ; The First invasion.
and slowly, the humans forgot about it... but the monster never forgot. and the clan behind the releasing of that monster never forgot either.

months past. multiple times had Clockworks found a way to escape his Prison, now in darkon 2. every time he would try and destroy the land of roika, but every time he was sent back to his cell.

the clan known as "Clockworks" had been disbanded, and exiled from the land. they reformed multiple times, but every time they were thwarted, just like the beast they were named after...

untill one day...
when noiér questioned the stars...
and Marché started to cry...
and E=mc2...

"wait... did that last one actually happen?" said a now disgruntled mage, watching over his camp fire in jail.
"it supposedly happens in around twelve hundred years, noier said so." explained Pydro, who was now poking the fire.
"i will bet you 25 penya that i can come up with a better bed time story to tell my grandchildren than that~" interupted Angel, a Psykeeper and good friend of the pair of PK's sitting around the camp fire.
"by the way. Heron says we can leave now. although~"
"really??!1?" Cried Donpo, the mage, as he cast a water spell over the fire.
"~although... were under assasination orders. as soon as we take out the targets, heron says he will give us clemancy. but only if we return..."
The PKs she was addressing gave a blank look, and turned pale. In that evening alone they had killed several hundred people. any more and their Names would become a stained Blood Colour.
"who... who is the target..." began Pydro, who was interupted with his answer; "the clockworks troupe..." Donpo said in a low, cautious tone. He had stolen the letter from Heron, who was glued to the spot by NPC magic.
a lot of "O.O;" Faces were shown. And as the story quickly lost its original topic, Delpheus announced a complete rollback.

It was the end of Beta Stage 1.

Thats my story. Dont ask me about the timeline, or about the REAL reason why there is a hole in the Broken bridge.
Because i will just say; "bbqd quack"

Enjoy.
- Clockworks