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Black mage is from Edelstien. Probably a battlemage gone rogue who also tried to learn all other forms of magic. He sought the power to bring peace to the maple world...by conquering it. In his quest he created the magic seal of Magatia, and later tried to bond with Afrien, the king of the Onyx dragons.

Afrien however felt the evil of the Black Mage's soul. He informed him that it was impossible because he was already bound to Freud (who seemed to be the polar opposite of the black mage...peace through knowledge and discovery) but he wouldn't do it if he could. The blackmage later took vengance and eradicated the onyx dragons from the world...all but Afrien and the unknown dragon egg afrien left with Freud.

The black mage planned to conquer the maple world (leading to the death of Aria) while coming up with a plan to separate Freud and Afrien without killing the dragon. Meanwhile Aran suffered a brutal betrayal from his friend and sparring partner...Hudak. Hudak became one of the Black Wing's generals, the Ice Knight...and in the final battle was cursed by Aran to wither away into nothing but armor and weapons used to destroy. Also, Aran was already injured before entering the final battle. It is a theory that Aran either suffered a head wound during the final battle or his previous injury caused him to develop amnesia

Mercedes could sense the growth of darkness even from Ellin Forest, across the sea from Ossyria. She had to return the natural order to the world and that's why she joined...she played a part in Hudak's defeat and cursing. it is also plausible that she informed the refugees of Victoria. According to her dialogue, while destroying the black mage had been the plan she had to revert to sealing him instead (something that is directly affected by some sealing stones which were later taken and redistributed across the maple world). She had an elf child hold onto the most magic artifact of her kingdom to keep her away from the battle...and so when she froze due to the curse, all the elves did except Athena Pierce who helped create henesy and develop the bowman school.

After the final battle the black mage's curse shot everyone across the continent as well as reshaped land. this is how Aran ended up upon Rien, and luckily Afrien landed close (same general area). Unfortunately for the dragonlord and dragonking a choice fell upon Afrien...whether to let Freud cursed and have his bound broken, potentially to be captured later by a resurrected mage, or to take the curse and spend the rest of his partner's days frozen in ice. Of course he chose the latter. Before Freud died he became a master mage...creating a seal on Afrien's island as well as the one Aran did...so that none that were aligned with the black mage may enter...and he hid Afrien's egg in a magical pocket of a forest he had created (with knowledge learned from mercedes?)...later to be discovered by Evan.

Aran quests to keep the seal stones from falling into the wrong hands, Evan quests to be a hero and to find other Onyx dragon survivors and later for revenge, Mercedes quests to regain her strength and free all the elves from the curse of the black mage, and Phantom...quests for fame, fortune, and to avenge one he loved(?).

The pirate hero is believed to be Kirin's father in theory at this point in time as he is both a famous pirate, was hunting the black mage, and is missing...the original captain of the nautalis. Kirin is known to be half fairy (or sylph thanks to mercedes' alerting us to their proper name) as her mother was a tom boyish one who helped the settlers of victoria...(was she on ossyria previous to the final battle? perhaps she traveled with mercedes?)...her father was human.


each of the black wing's generals has a tale as well...but there are too many. and I am not too familiar with Demonslayer's quest of vengance...but we will soon find out.