Starlight Calendar Year 1280, The Month of Autumn's Twilight (October).
The weather gradually took on a bleak chill.
Yet on the Sal Plain, tension was mounting, a foreboding cloud hung overhead, as if heralding the imminent outbreak of war.
Looking down from high above, the once spacious plain was now overrun by vast armies.
The starkly opposing sides stood facing each other from kilometers apart, the tense atmosphere having long driven all animals from within dozens of kilometers.
War was on the brink of eruption.
Within the Northwest Alliance's camp, atop a slope.
A group of coalition leaders gazed at the elite imperial troops in the distance, occasionally whispering among themselves.
Standing at the forefront, Alliance Commander Edis Therman put down his binoculars, brow furrowed.
Only after truly engaging in war with the Star Empire did he fully realize the terrifying military might of this massive empire that conquered the Southeast Domain.
