The Great Rescue

### **First Edition (DragonRaid)**

In the beginning of time, Eden Again was created by the will of the Maker. It spun off in space towards the star known as Warfare and established an orbit. Next, the Maker forested and peopled the planet with his word.

Soon after, Eden Again came under attack of the Evil One, after he took a malignant egg from the dragon Kakia and transported it across the universe. When the egg reached the atmosphere of Eden Again, its ovum divided into 9 evil and writhing serpents, who became Dragons and tempted them with evil. With no prior knowledge of evil, the people found the Dragons and their message attractive. The Dragons spoke of secret things unknown to man, things that the contented people began to desire. Once one of them yielded to their message and took one of their gifts, the rest of the people followed suit.

Now the people of Eden Again found themselves separated from the High One and discovered that the peace they once knew had now vanished. Now the Dragons attacked them and made them their Slaves. They initially fought off the Dragons, until the Dragons changed their strategy and refined enchantments to entice the slaves into voluntary slavery.

The Dragons seduced Dragon Slaves with material possessions and comforts, distracting them from the true comforts given to them by the Maker. With a false sense of happiness, the Dragon slaves began to believe they were not actually slaves, but were free and happy. Even though they were forced to do manual labor, the Dragons would give the slaves regular times of exciting leisure, designed to lead them into isolating selfishness. A sense of individualism drove them towards a selfishness that led to an inconsideration of others' wellbeing and it led to rebellion. Luxurious food was offered to the slaves so they would become gluttons, quickening the day to when they would die.

At the perfect time, the Maker limited the Great Red Dragon's control by sending his Overlord for a brief visit to Eden Again. With fantastic power, the Overlord drove the Dragons to the northernmost part of Talania. He led a small nation of chosen people to the southern portion of Talania, and exposed the false teaching of the Dragons to them.

With many Dragons in pursuit, the people who followed him, known as the Called-Out-Ones, fled with the Overlord who finally forfeited his life to secure their narrow escape. With a bright light, he changed from human form into a great wall of living water that engulfed the Dragons, who spent all their Fire in vaporizing the water. Barely avoiding death, they retreated. With the Overlord destroyed, they now believed that recapturing the deserters would be easy. Meanwhile, the escapees of the Called-Out-Ones fled to narrow caves on the southern coast.

A few days later, as the now recuperated Dragons were about to resume their chase, Talinia erupted with a roar as the earth began to rise higher and higher. The Dragons, realizing that this was evidence of the Overlord's return, flew towards this geographical phenomenon, determined to cross to the other side of the to finish off their pursuit of the deserted Dragon Slaves.

As the mountain rose, the Dragons flew higher and higher, until the oxygen became too thin and frigid. Gasping for breath and their bodies stiffening, the legion of Dragons retreated after having their Fire extinguished.

This is how the Overlord returned from death to conquer the Dragons. The Called-Out-Ones became the Twice Born, who live for the purpose of the Overlord. Many of them live in the southern region protected by the 26,000 foot, snow covered mountain range and by a dense barrier of Mist. This region is known as the Liberated Land.

The Overlord periodically sends out some of the Twice Born into the Dragon Lands to rescue Dragon Slaves. The adventurers are known as Lightraiders. Some die on these quests, known as DragonRaids, others battle and even live in the Dragon Lands, becoming Salt Warriors or Dragon Slayers.

In DragonRaid, you will become a Lightraider and go on DragonRaids to serve the Overlord.

The version of The Great Rescue in Lightraiders (Second Edition)

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