My name is StormRaven. I am a Buyan Defender and also the Intelligence Advisor. As a grown man, I have come along ways in my time. I remember being a small child living a life of uncertainty. My parents always fought and argued and I remember
talk of wars and battles which had taken place throughout the realms. There were constant changes and misfortune? as though the world was coming apart. Many people of my family's village fell victim to invading warriors, and chaos came to our lands. I remember my older brother, Dragolyk, pleading with my parents to be allowed to join the Army, but when they would not let him do so he became upset and angry.

Eventually my brother Dragolyk kissed myself and my baby sister, Kirikka, goodbye in the middle of the night. He told me that I would have to look after our family. I was just a boy and did not understand his words. I cried and he scolded me to be quiet and not to worry because he would save us, though I would not see my brother again until years later.

As time went on my parents became distant and cold and were always upset. Looking back I know it was because they feared for my brother and for the safety of us all. All the while I wondered where my big brother was and if he was safe or alive.

Our great city was attacked by an unknown force later that Yuri. I remember people were screaming outside in the square. I remember women crying... flashes of fire and loud explosions... So I stayed inside tucked in my bed and held my blanket tightly, wondering where my father and mother were and hoping that they were alright.

Suddenly, I heard an even louder explosion which knocked the entire wall of my bedroom to the ground! I could see fire and people screaming and yelling but I could not make out their words. I was frightened. I could not hear or see my mom or dad, all I could hear were the cries of my baby sister. As I climbed out of bed to run towards Kirikka's room I was grabbed by a Soldier and yanked out of my bedroom.

When I awoke I found myself in a military training camp. These soldiers were mean and heartless. They had destroyed my village, and they wanted to take my heart and soul as well. They abused me and mistreated me as they attempted to make me into one of them, but I would not break. I held the memory of my family in my heart-my headstrong older brother, my gentle sister, and my caring parents-and that memory kept me strong. When I was finally able to escape from the brutal foreign soldiers, I made my way to Buya where I was finally able to rediscover the family I had lost. I learned of my mother's death that night in our village, and ho our father raised my sister alone in Sanhae. I grieved for the difficulties they experienced but my heart was glad to be reunited with my brother and sister once again.

All that is left of my family is my brother and my baby sister, but we are as close as ever. Since then I have become a professional Soldier in the Buyan Imperial Army, and there I have met many fine people who have married into our family. My new hope is to stop terror in it's tracks. This is what makes me who I am. I protect those who are faithful to family. I am and always will be, StormRaven.