For centuries the sacred magic of the divine crystal blessed our world and its people. But in time the promises of its power brought war to our lands. Lucis, a peaceful kingdom of great magic, kept safe by the power of the crystal. And Niflheim, a military empire of vast machinery made strong by the might of the magitek. Long has war raged on between the two. As years passed, Nefilheim marched on nearby nations driven by unsurpassed technology. To defend itself, Lucis raised a magical wall, the strength of which comes from the crystal itself. Insomnia alone, the crown city and the last bastion of Lucian defence remained beyond Niflheim reach for many years.

Amid the escalating war, Prince Noctis of Lucishad come to Tenebrae to seek healing for grievous injury. Long before Noctis had got into a car crash and was a victim of the daemon Marilith, implied to have been unleashed upon them by Niflheim. He had made a long journey with his father, King Regis. Luna, Ravus, and their mother, royalty to Tenebrae had all welcomed their visit. It was then that the fires came, everywhere and all at once. In a mere instant, the whole of Tenebrae was ablaze. From that day until this day, Tenebrae has been gripped in the iron fist of Niflheim, sworn enemy of Lucis. King Regis assembles a force of mighty warriors to combat the imperial menace. Dubbed the Kingsglaive, they fight relentlessly against Niflheim, empowered by the magic sovereign.

Nyx's pov

To serve and protect are two main things the Glaive and I do. It's not about the fame or the money. It's about sacrificing our lives to do our job. We set our minds on the future and not the past. But my mind had always looked back to the past, ever since my sister died.... But now that I have been in the Glaive for about 20 years now. I have never failed my mission to serve and protect. I was saved by his Majesty: King Regis. He is the 113 heir to the throne and is doing a heck of a good job keeping peace. But that's not the point here. I am now 32 and I will continue to be a part of the Glaive to repay his Majesty. My name is Nyx Ulric and this is my story.

His Majesty got all of the Glaive together one morning and sent us to the borders of Lucis. Our mission was to let nothing through the gates, it was mostly to push back the imperial menace. It was a battle of blood. The Glaive used every last breath in their lungs and every beat in their chest to try to not let them in. This wouldn't be our last stand. It was getting close to being night time, the sky was painted with grey smoke and reds. We were battling four kinds of things that day: Beasts, daemons, Niflheim's magitek armies, and another day to stay alive. I was currently fighting off a monster, and I quickly used the power I had to zap it off the wall. Then I heard Captain Drautos's speak through the ear piece we all were wearing.

"All units, move to secure the wall. If they break through, we're done." The enemy was getting more and more difficult to fight. I was hearing my comrades falling to the hand of the enemy. The Niflheim suddenly shot off some bombs at the wall. One of my comrades chucked his blade towards one of his comrades, warping to help him, as a large stone suddenly fell from the wall and was going to crush them. The one who warped over towards one of the Glaives, summoned a clear glass shield, that was shaped as a honeycomb. When all of the stone cleared the shield broke and faded away. They both looked towards the right to see another beast charging right at them. The beast had dark brown skin, horns like huge tusks of an elephant, teeth like a saber tooth, and a deadly gleam in its eyes.

"How is this fair?" I heard one of the two shriek. I had to quickly save them, I worry about all of my comrades, they are all considered brother's and sisters to me.

Before the beast could even reach both of them, who were still on the dirt ground of the battle field, one protecting the other one who was injured. I quickly threw my Kukri towards it from the right side of the beast who was on a full rampage towards the two. This technique made me warp with the blade. The blade plunged itself into the beast's throat and once I re-appeared with the blade in my grasp, my weight leaned me down and sliced the beast's throat right open, with crimson blood gushing all over. I quickly braised myself when the beast fell right on the ground like a stone, and I quickly rolled and got back on my feet. Quickly pulling back my hood and metal mask that goes around my eyes and looking at the two. The other quickly helped the man who was injured behind a rock, while I quickly corner covered behind some kind of ancient piece of architecture that was made out of stone.

"Nyx, I owe you one, and everyone else!" He shouted over the roaring battle. I quickly pressed my ear piece. I then heard the command of my captain.

"We need support on the east flank. Nyx, where are you?"

"I'm on my way!" I say through the earpiece. I looked around the corner quickly before looking back at the other two behind the rock.

"Pelna, fall back and regroup with the others." I ordered them. I quickly made my move and ran behind a piece of stone. All these blasts and fire were going off in the background of the battle field.

"Go easy on the magic, hero. You got people waiting for you back home." I hear Pelna say.

"I am worth the wait." I pointed my Kukri at him and ran. But I quickly threw my blade again, and warped somewhere else, then suddenly catching a smart ass comment.

"Show off...." I heard my comrade say.

From the gate there were four of my comrades using magic to quickly summon a fire tornado to quickly take out a lot more of the enemy.

"All Glaives, fall back. I repeat all Glaives, fall back." I heard my captain say through the earpiece, but I finally re-appeared back on the battlefield. I quickly hid behind some ancient architecture that only had a few pieces left of it. The tornado was taking in everything in its path even a few of our Glaives got stuck in the tornado. When the storm did clear, all of a sudden we heard a loud screeching sound. The sun was going down and we stopped in our tracks. I looked towards the sky to see the imperial ships dragging something huge, that was hidden by the dust of it being dragged through the battlefield. They had just suddenly released something big. It was a really big daemon.

Somehow the storm was not gone and thunder rippled through part of the sky. Dirt and dust flew up and off the ground, as a twin bellows emerged through the dusk and dirt. An ember glow was in it's eyes, three heads, each full of life and fire glowing through its mouth, taking out many of my brothers as it could rip it's teeth into. As the battle went on there was another daemon summoned, one that was too big for us to kill. Hours later the sun had set and the battle continued, with the sudden sounds of thousands of fireworks going off. We looked up to the sky and saw many fireballs raining down among us. Grunts and shouts were everywhere as some of the Glaive were taking an amazing amount of damage.

"We can't take down that daemon. I am ordering a full retreat. Get back here alive. That's an order. For hearth and home. All units fall back to the extraction point. Support is inbound." I heard my captain order through the earpiece. I quickly sprinted as fast as I could to try to get away and to the captain. But I suddenly heard a grunt and a yell. I quickly went behind another piece of architecture. I turned my head back towards the yell to see my best friend stuck on the ground with a big piece of stone crushing his legs. Another one of the Glaives joined me behind the stone.

"Nyx! We have to get out of here!" I heard one of my comrades yell at me. I was trying to make a choice to either leave or go back and save my friend. My breath started to pick up and my ears suddenly started to ring.

"Nyx! We have orders!" My comrade yelled. I quickly heard a flash back of my sister yelling 'help'.

I suddenly ran, throwing my Kukri many more times, warping fast to get to him, before it's too late.

"Oh you gotta be kidding me!" I heard my friend say when that twin bellows was ready to attack my friend. I quickly made my move and warped above it and onto the middle head. Both, left and right head of the twin bellows that look more like a wolf, tried biting me. I took the blade above my head and brought it down on the beast, before it could even pierce the skin, it's tail smacked me off it's head making me grunt as the pain came to my gut. My back smacked into a cliff and I quickly warped away from the beast, under, over, under,sideways. Suddenly another monster attacked me making me warp to the ground and all over the place. I quickly sliced it's eight legs off and zapped it with lightning. I quickly once again warped to my friend trying to help him off the ground as another one of my comrades were trying to help me with this one.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. You know I ain't got the stomach for this crap." I heard him grunt as I tried helping him to his feet.

"Would you rather walk?" I shot back as my other comrade helped me. But something caught my eye, something that was not supposed to be here. I saw from across the field a mother holding her child, as the child screamed in fright. Why the hell are they on the battlefield? I wondered. I couldn't just leave them there to die. I quickly sprinted across the field and warped with my blade towards them.

"Common! We have to leave!" I tried to get them to their feet but the mother's leg was broken. She held on tight to the child, like if she might lose the child. I sighed as I quickly picked them both up in my arms and ran like my life depended on it. Fire everywhere, the imperials pushed forward, loud bombs going off everywhere making the dirt pick up and off the ground. The smell of death was everywhere. I quickly ran to one of the cars we had parked in the distance, it was now covered in dust. My comrade yelled for me to pick up the pace and get in the truck. I quickly opened the door and jumped in before closing the door, now looking back the imperials seemed to be re-drawing.... We drove off knowing that we lost, we lost this battle.

When we got to somewhere safe we stopped the car to rest for a little while, I sat on the dirt ground and leaned against the truck. When I suddenly heard footsteps coming from the left side of me.

"You disobeyed a direct order to retreat." My captain said to me once he stopped right in front of me, arms crossed, not looking too happy.

"For hearth and home, right, sir? I couldn't let them die, I just couldn't. As long as I got strength in my body,I obey that order." I told him, that was something that kept me going, something that could get me to another day.

"Don't fool yourself, Nyx Ulric. Whatever strength you have is on loan from the king. You are nothing without him. Await of your reassignment." Then he left. It didn't hurt my feelings, it just taught me to survive another day. Knowing that my story was only just beginning.