From Foe to Friend
Henry lived in the village, Trithiem (pronounced Tri like trip-time), and Rudolf lived in the, not too far away, village, Engralde (pronounced En-grul-day). These tow villages have waged war upon war on each-other for the past three centuries. Their battles had always taken place at The Forest of Death, which lies directly between the villages.


Before their first battle had taken place, there was a tall, and very strong, wall that separated the entire forest perfectly in half. This wall had been there long before either village was settled. The fighters of Trithiem were bow-men and the fighters of Engralde were ninjas. The bow-men would climb the wall and ready to fire down upon the ninja when they would come, and the ninja would use their stealth with the tall, thick, trees, and bushes to get closer to the tower. Then when one of the bow-men would finally spot a ninja, they would commence firing. But, the ninja would usually be within range to throw their kunai and shuriken to eliminate the bow-men on the wall. Then they would use their grappling hooks to quickly climb up the wall, but the bow-men behind the wall would be waiting for them. So when the ninjas got to the other side of the wall and would begin to climb down as quickly as they could, the bow-men would start shooting as quickly as they could at them. Then, by the time the ninjas got to the ground, there would be about half of them left. But that would be enough for them to charge strategically trough the forest, using the trees and their swords to block the arrows. Then they would start slicing away at the bow-men's numbers, but, of course, the bow-men were pulling out their daggers and taking many of the ninjas with them. Because both sides were equally matched, not very many bow-men or ninja would get through on each of the battles and the ones that did, were easily disposed of by the guards that were stationed around the other village.


Each village has a leader of course. Leeroy Irkson (pronounced Eerk-sun) was the Village Chief of Trithiem and Riokuzo Higarashi was the Village Elder of Engralde. Leeroy's wife is Elayna and Riokuzo's wife was Hitari. They both had a son on the same day. Leeroy's son was named Henry Irkson, and Riokuzo's son was named Rudolf Higarashi. Hitari died while giving birth to Rudolf.


When Henry became of age, which is 8, he was instructed in the ancient arts of the Sacred Archer style. Right from the start, his instructor new this boy was a prodigy. After only five years of training, at the age of 13, Henry was able to perform a sacred arte that would normally take an exceptional bow-man at least 20-25 years of relentless training.

Henry is now 18 and has mastered every ancient and sacred arte known to the village. He has also revived a couple of the most powerful sacred artes that had been lost through-out time. These two artes were known as Piercing Shot and the Sonata of 1,000 Arrows. In order to use Piercing Shot, the user must have an astounding amount of mana because this arte requires a lot of it, and he must focus his mind of the very tip of the arrow. Then when he has focussed enough mana at the tip, he shoots the arrow and it will pierce clean through over 100 trees before even slowing down. When Henry uses this arte, his arrow covers a much wider range, due to his exponential amount of mana, and can pierce up to 200 trees before slowing down. The maximum amount of trees he can pierce so far, is about two-hundred forty-eight. Now, for the Sonata of 1,000 Arrows. This move has only been successfully used by one person...Algamos, the ancient hero of Trithiem. He created the arte. It requires a nearly super-human amount of mana and the user must be able to play the Sonata PERFECTLY. If just one of the notes is held a fraction of a second longer or ended a fraction of a second early, the arte will fail. Henry has tried many times, but has only succeeded once. And it nearly killed him and left him un-conscious for a week because it took all of his mana, but his father gave him some of his own mana to save him. This let him know that he has a long ways before he can completely master the arte.

Rudolf's present story is very similar to Henry's because they both have a similar attitude.

Rudolf was instructed in the artes of ninjutsu when he became of age, which was the age of 10. He, too, was a prodigy and learned and mastered many ninjutsu that would usually take an extra-ordinary ninja at least thirty years or more to master with grueling training. He also learned all ninjutsu his village still remembered and was not yet lost. But, at the age of 16, he revived one of their ancient ninjutsu artes, that had been lost for centeries. This arte was known as Shadow Clone Jutsu. (I'm not trying to copy off Naruto, but the move he has in the game is the exact same, xD) This arte allows you to create as many physical clones of your-self as you want until you run out of mana. By physical, I mean that they can not only make it difficult for the enemy to find the real you, but they can also hit the enemy. It would take a ninja with a near super-human amount of mana to create around fifty clones that could survive more than five punches from an averagely strong enemy. It would take at least 15 years to successfully create a clone without it being either a mangled mess or a stiff dummy that would just poof away in about 2 seconds. It only took Rudolf til he was 18 to perfect it.

Rudolf is now 18. He has finally mastered Shadow Clone Jutsu. He can successfully create up to a total of 24 clones that can survive about 2 punches from an averagely strong enemy. The clones you have created also slowly drain your mana until they are destroyed or you get rid of them. The more clones you have at once, the faster your mana will drain. Rudolf can have twenty-four clones out at once for only twelve seconds. But, he has a long ways before he can completely master the arte good enough to be able to create fifty clones.


One day, Henry went up to his father and asked him a question that he had been thinking about for the past few days.
Henry: "Father. Why don't I just challenge the the Elder's son to a duel? One-on-one, that way, when I defeat him, it'll end these wars once and for all!"
Leeroy: "Absolutely not!
Henry: "What? Why?!"
Leeroy: "Because it would be much too dangerous for you."
Henry: "But I can handle my-self. And I KNOW I can handle Rudolf! He's a ninja. I know a ninja, alone, won't be able to stand up against a bow-man."
Leeroy: "Look. I know you are by far the strongest bow-man in this village since Algamos. But what if they were to secretly send a large group of ninja to follow him? Then, when you show up, they, along with Rudolf, ambush you?"
Henry: "...." *he looks down*
Leeroy: "And I've heard Rudolf is also a prodigy in his village."
Henry: "..What?? Are you sure? That can't be.."
Leeroy: "I am sorry, my son. But don't fret, when the time comes, you can fight along side me and the many bow-men of this village. *sigh* It is late. Go get some rest. You have some more training in the morning and you'll need all your energy."
Henry: "Yes father."
Henry goes to his room. He can't believe that Rudolf might be as strong as he is.
Henry: "I have to train even more so I can make SURE I'm stronger than he is!"
*Henry*: "I'm sorry father. I know you don't want me training more than what I am right now, but I have to do this.."