Once upon a time there was a place called Airwarrior. A place where friend and foe alike shared a common interest. This common interest was dogfighting. Some loved the furball, some loved the Boom and Zoom, some loved the vulch and some loved the buffing. Some loved relaxed realism, some loved full realism, some even loved partial realism and ultra realism, though others knew not why.
Within this land lay magic. An unusual kind of magic. A spell was cast on each and everyone who entered the land which transformed them into a combat pilot of the virtual world.
The spell was strong. The spell was intoxicating. It made the most timid into a bold and fearless warrior (though some were more bold and fearless than others).
Unbeknowest to all the inhabitants of the land, there was a monster hidden in the mists. A horrible, ugly monster that devoured all who fell within it's grasp. It's name was "Avarice" and it laid dormant ... waiting for those who would one day awaken it.
Blissful were the warriors who's worst concerns were those of "Lagdemons", "Warpgeists" and "Whinerbirds". They never suspected the evil beast which laid deep within the bowels of the land.
The beast was held at bay by those who ruled over the land with a pure and noble purpose. A fearful responsibility which they took to heart. But as the scepter was passed and passed again, it eventually fell into the hands of those who's souls belonged to "Avarice".
"Avarice" awakened.
The beast ravaged the land, slaying and casting aside the guardians of the faith. Ripping and tearing apart the dreamers of the future. Sucking the very lifeblood from the land, leaving in it's wake a desolate waste.
And the warriors did mourn.
Yet ..... the spirit instilled in the warriors by the spell cast on them in this once wonderous land lived on. And with them they carried the magic wherever they went.
And "Avarice" ... though gourged in it's feeding frenzy of destruction ... was left to starve.
So it is written that destruction will one day destroy itself .... but that creation will always be reborn anew.
