In the era four hundred years ago, before the Federations and Empires had been born, before there was even any distinction between the Northern Continent, Central Earth, and Southern Continent, the nation that ruled the world and unified all things was hailed as the Eternal Empire.
Just like the golden ages described in any myth, the land was abundant as heaven itself, the skies lofty beneath a vaulting canopy. There were no Natural Disasters, no aberrations, nor any of the countless upheavals.
All things flourished beneath the Empire's radiance. From birth until death, everyone contributed their own insignificant share to the eternal Central Empire.
Eternal and unending.
And it was during this time that the matrix known as Feigong was born from within the Empire's innermost... greatest threat!
Beneath the glorious light of the great Empire, there existed such an insignificant shadow.
An organization that indiscriminately launched attacks against every Imperial organization and institution. From the moment of its birth, it had only one goal: a radical resistance force dedicated to completely dismantling the Eternal Empire.
Its earliest origins lay with a group of alchemical craftsmen who had had enough of the Empire's countless laws and restrictions. They no longer wished to obediently sing the praises of Imperial benevolence within prescribed bounds, but instead yearned for the freedom to study techniques and create...
And the banner they raised stood opposed to the pure white color of the Empire's supreme authority.
Thus, they were called [Ink].
From the Empire's middle period through its final days, and even after the Empire's destruction, the figures of this organization could be found behind countless major events—or rather, they had directly stirred them up.
When the Calamity Era began, the last trace of the Eternal Empire vanished completely along with the continent's collapse and fragmentation.