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A trip, a novel and a purpose - Prologue
It was a rainy day, the crying clouds symbolized what seemed like a bad day for Vincent. He was frustrated, as his novel idea did not please his philosophy. He was desperate for ideas and inspiration, but they were lacking.

«Reality seems so boring and mundane.. No matter what I do, no ideas come up to my mind. Every time I have good ideas, they just come naturally.»

At that moment, he had an idea. His brother Melancton was on a vacation to Grandia, in the Archduchy of Azuria. Visiting him was the perfect method to let his mind produce the perfect idea for the novel, but he had much larger ambitions. In case he was going to die from the growth of the corrupted arm, fulfilling one of his dreams was the way to go. He was about to begin a trip to visit most of Southern Rathnir, but he could not do it alone, because of the dangers the outside world might bring, so he invited Stephanie Justinianus, one of his most loyal guards, to dive with him into possibly one of the most dangerous trips, visiting over 16 countries in over 1 entire year. She willingly accepted this risk, for she was curious about many cities that Vincent had planned to visit.

As they were leaving the Bronzekreuz Castle, Vincent was worried about the moon's state, and prayed to Fortuna for both saving the innocents from the current events in both Rathnir and Eldham, and protecting him and Stephanie during the trip. At first, he feared that wolves would attack them during the full moon period, but his determination to stay alive and attain his dreams left Vincent motivated to finally start writing novel ideas.

A trip, a novel and a purpose - Coldness
As they reached Southern Cymru's jungles, it all complicated in the middle of an eternal night, as they could barely go through the biome with two torches, armor, and backpacks. In the end, they managed to go past it, and the clear water was on sight, the moon's silhouette was visible from the ocean's reflection. After a few hours on boat, they encountered a large octopus in the middle of the ocean, but they were able to escape without being hit.

In the midst of the sea, they were able to see the frozen hills of Sørligste. Both of them landed in Tortuga, seeking to follow the southern border of Rathnir, and go north after crossing half of the continent. There were no complications in the end, and they had the chance to take many pictures of cities covered in snow, ancient monuments, and especially megastructures unimaginable to them. One of the most important cities they visited in this part of the long trip is both Not Venice and Port Leon.

While they followed the coast, the first ideas came to Vincent's mind, who was at the same time gazing the oceans. Before arriving to Sørligste's last parade, Lorent, Vincent sat in a cliff to watch the moon stand above the horizon, while Stephanie was still visiting the town of Windcliff.

A trip, a novel and a purpose - The Desert that connects Continents
After 3 months of trip, they arrived to the historical city of Lumaire. The city was the entrance to a large desert that connected Sørligste and Haven, and some megastructures could be seen from the distance. Vincent was astonished with the effort other people made around the world, and decided to stay in the astounding place for a while before finally entering the deserts of Haven, to what used to be Uldarash. Meanwhile, Vincent was asking himself whether he regretted this decision or not, but he later discarded it. In the middle of the city, they encountered one of the nobles of Lorent, Koekie, who wished them good luck on their trip.

After leaving the city, they continued the trip by paying for a carriage to Alfheim. It lasted for a few hours until Chervonstad could be seen from the distance. It was a large city, it had a peculiar look, since there were skycrapers everything, but then Vincent remembered that some Asagrims lived in that zone, so he decided to go look for them. Sadly for him, none of them were in the city, so he had to continue with the trip as usual.

The next stop was Terroja, the capital of Montroig, an attractive city in the north of Haven. Next, they were about to depart from Haven to Alteniquia. While Stephanie collected the photos, Vincent was wandering in his mind when Stephanie called him, nervous, to see the photos, and the only thing Vincent said was:

«... Fuck.»

Half of the photos they took were lost and their food rations were running out. Despite this, Vincent maintained a sense of hope and decided to hurry in their way to Lirgal to get more food rations. This meant that they would skip several cities in the way.

A trip, a novel and a purpose - The Lunar City
After a short boat travel, they arrived to Kush. A series of islands followed next, until the many cities in southern Alteniquia were visible. They landed and hurried towards Lirgal. After a few days, they arrived to the city and bought some food to continue the trip, and visited a llama café in the way. Because Stephanie was exhausted, they took a break and gazed at the dark oak buildings. The eternal night looked more beautiful than ever with the lights in the incandescent city. After a week at the lunar city, they packed up everything to continue the other half of the journey.

Asitir, Lirgal's religion, inspired Vincent to make the moon one of the main elements in the novel. As they reached the gate of Lirgal, Stephanie wondered whether the moon would go back to it's normal state, since it had been over a year, and 5 months since they last saw Lapithos. Vincent, confident that everything would go back to normal, told her that whatever was happening to the rest of the world, he knew it would end eventually.

As they were getting closer to Carn's coasts, Vincent felt a deep ache in his arm, and he knew it was going to endure with him the rest of the journey. Stephanie was worried about it, but then he assured her that everything was fine, although it was on the contrary.

A trip, a novel and a purpose - Visiting a Brother from Afar
On the 6th month of travel, Stephanie and Vincent finally arrived to Grandia. On the gate, Melancton was waiting for him, and he wasn't happy at all. He had received news from Lapithos that their mayor had left and he had a suspicious arm bandage. The moment Vincent talked to his brother, he took off his arm bandage, and to both Stephanie and Melancton's surprise, it was already bigger than the arm itself. They immediately tried to take him to a clinic in Grandia, but then Vincent complained:

«You don't even understand, do you? I am as much scared as you, but I would never bring panic to both my friends and family. This corrupted arm has been hunting me for almost a year, and I have never accepted it. There is a true reason, a purpose to come to commit myself to this long, dangerous travel: I want to fulfill my dreams before I might die from whatever this arm has been consuming from me. That's the entire reason I hid it from you, and I'm sorry for not letting you worry so much about me!»

His brother and Stephanie's reactions described what he imagined: Affright and worriness. While this made him think about his mistakes, shortly after, his brother changed the topic as he wanted to help Vincent fulfill this dream of his. They visited the entire city, including the port. After a week of stance, they said their goodbyes to Melancton and went traveled back to Lapithos.

5 months later, they finally saw the city of Lapithos after 12 months of visiting cities around the southern hemisphere. Despite having enjoyed the entire journey, Vincent felt uneasy. Stephanie left to her house and he went to his. But then that uneasiness became fear, for his arm had gone worse.

A trip, a novel and a purpose - Epilogue
When he came back home, his mouth began spitting blood. He immediately went to the closest hospital to ask for a diagnosis. As he arrived to the hospital, everybody was looking to his worsened state and began to panic. In his mind, everything crumbled to pieces and it was all hopeless, but his heart told him to go beyond the limits. A doctor attended him, and he was not surprised upon seeing his arm. Vincent was curious about his behavior, but he still asked the doctor if he could diagnose him.

The doctor apparently knew already about his arm's condition, and was coincidentially the same doctor that attended him more than a year ago. He then began explaining a story that blowed Vincent's mind:

«As far as we know, there's nothing we can do about this. There was once an ancient story about the once called 'Mad King', whose name was Domitius, but historians haven't really bothered including him in the history books. He was an ancient Fortunan king, who for decades had massacred thousands of Fortunan people, until a 'Brave Hero', whose name was Tydides, killed the maniac who painted this period in blood. The interesting thing about this is, there was once a legend that stated this Mad King would eventually be back through the power of darkness, infiltrating the host's body as a parasyte and to later consume it, and come back to commit all those attrocities once again.»

After the doctor finished explaining, there was a deep silence in the room, a silence of worriness from Vincent, and a silence of lament from the doctor. Vincent then left the room to come back home to finish his novel. While he was coming back home, his mind was clouded by both hopelessness and desire to get rid of the parasyte, which he now called Domitius.