"Long, long ago, during the Silver Millennium, there was a very old and beautiful planet between Mars and Jupiter. It was called Ceres, and for many thousand years, it was ruled by wise and peaceful monarchs, but then, a proud and terrible woman assumed the throne and cut off all ties to the Alliance of the Moon.
"This woman was named Iris, and she was not truly evil, but her mind was sick and she was controlled by a man named Thornbrush, her Prime Minister, who lusted for power. He caused her to do many things she might not have done, including her sadistic torture of her courtiers.
"Eventually, Iris's daughter, Terra could take no more of this abuse of the weak, and she rebelled against the Queen. However she was no match for the High Queen and the only thing that saved her life was the intervention of her protector, Aspen, Ceres Knight.
"Aspen spirited the Princess away from the Palace and hid her far away, but he was determined to under mine the mad Queen's power by stealing the most powerful object she possessed, The Ceres Emerald Jadestone. He knew that as long as Iris controlled the crystal, Terra would not be safe.
"However, the High Queen and Thornbrush lay in wait for Ceres Knight, and they ambushed him. The High Queen easily all but killed him and gave his body to Thornbrush for disposal. The Prime Minister was skilled in the dark arts and a disciple of the Death Knights. He summoned a Death Knight and offered Aspen up as a sacrifice to the Death Lord.
"The Knight who collected Aspen was one Lord Dis. He is the most powerful of all the Death Knights, and their Lord. He, at that time, was lover to the head of the Dark Kingdom, then Lord General Beryl. He sensed some great potential in the unconscious body that he was in possession of, so he did not absorb its life energy.
"Instead, he wiped its memory clear and nursed it back to health on dark energy. Thus, Naverght was born. Naverght could remember nothing of his past, except a vehement hatred for the Queen of Ceres, and a strange, possessive desire to own the Ceres Emerald Jadestone.
"Naverght grew to be a very powerful dark magic user, equaled only by Beryl herself. Metallia realized this and made Naverght a Lord General too, knowing that the strongest would survive. Beryl had a larger following, but Naverght's was more loyal, even containing a woman named Kazracite who claimed to be in love with him.
"It was Beryl's plan to attack the Moon, and thus gain control of the solar system. However, Naverght disagreed and counseled that the first attack should be on the rebel planet Ceres. His desires drove him on, and he explained to Metallia that Ceres was ripe for the taking and boasted the most power in the Solar System. With Ceres under their control, the moon would fall easily.
"She agreed with him, and much to Beryl's dismay, sanctioned the attack on Ceres. However, the attack was not entirely successful due to Naverght's feelings for Princess Terra, and the intervention of the Goddess Demeter. One of the Dark Kingdom creatures was killed, and the Jadestone was shattered into three pieces, one in Terra, and two in her shadow children, Chaos and Void. None of the energy liberated in the destruction of Ceres was contained by the Dark Kingdom, and Demeter, angered by this attack, sent Princess Terra, Celeus, and several members of her court, to the future on earth. Naverght was also sent, but his memory was wiped again, so that he might grow into his former self once again.
"After their disgrace at Ceres, Naverght's remaining supporters faded into the shadows, and hid from Beryl, lest they draw her wrath. Except for the addition of the shadow children, Chaos and Void, to their ranks, they gained no new strength, whereas Beryl, without an opponent was crowned Queen of the Dark Kingdom, and went forward with her attack on the Moon Kingdom. I believe you know that story.
"Anyway, only after Beryl's destruction recently, has this rebel faction of the Dark Kingdom felt safe enough to come forward again. Now, their leader, Kazracite, seeks the Ceres Emerald Jadestone so that she may restore them to their former glory. The Jadestone did not exist in this time until it refused and the spirit children, Chaos and Void were absorbed. "
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