"It was almost time for harvesting as the rice grains bowed their golden heads in the breeze. That was when the Ice Shield Armies broke through the country border and began their invasion. At their wits' end with this sudden turn of events, the local residents of this frontier region were exterminated in a blink of an eye. But who would ever have imagined that from among the few survivors of this assault, one of the strongest and bravest heroes in the history of Otherrealm would be born...?" —Authentic History: Chronicles of Manaka the Dragon Knight, Year 628 AGR—