Hero's of Teshran- Prelude

    Its been said that living a life of solitude was a sentence for damnation, that being the lone wolf in the world is no way to live. Of course, that's what was once said. Now however, the exact opposite can be said; the only way to truly function in the world today is to go by the mindset of egoism over altruism, that only you and you alone matter now. Its honestly not hard to do; ever since the Disaster killed so many Animayus, and left most of the others completed mutated and consumed with violence, there aren't many people to care for and about, leaving you to care about one person and one person alone, yourself. And in the wastes of the land formally known as Teshran, being self centered and alone is what keeps you alive. Trust me... I've survived for a year since the Disaster living by the egoism approach, albeit not by my own choice, and have fared relatively well. 

    I should rephrase... faring well in my situation means that I have yet to fall victim to one of the many causes of death in the post-apocalyptic world. I haven't been mauled to death by one of the ruthless and destruction-bent Beasts, nor have I starved to death, even with food as rare as it is. I've even somehow managed to avoid the seemingly systematic Black Storms, rainstorms of violent lightning, wind and black rain that singes you, leaving everything burnt in its path. Those are just the major threats, who knows what else may crop up from day to day either.... In all honesty, given what I have to deal with on a daily basis, I do sometimes think it would be better if I was dead. 

    But... I don't want to die.

    Somewhere inside of me, a flame flickers bright, a flame that drives me to keep on living, despite the mounting hell that I face everyday. I can't explain this flame, nor can I say its origins. All that I know is that I'm glad to have it, despite my wishes for death. This flame... its what keeps me going, what keeps me alive, what gives me power. The flame.... the drive it grants me...  Its all I have left in the world... and if there is one thing I can reassure myself of in this world of uncertainty, it is that with this driving flame within me, I will go far.

    I will survive. 

    I will do something great.

    I... will be a hero.

    I am Drake, and with my burning flame, my aura, and my Wolves Bane by my side, I will overcome the odds and change Teshran....