PROLOGUE /// A LEGEND LOST TO TIME

In the days of old, before the first wheat was planted on the fields of Cubecraft…


Before the first kiln was lit up to make bread,


And before the first tree was cut,


Ten tribes ruled over the lands, fighting a seemingly endless war.


One day, the people grew weary of the eternal conflict,


They decided to lower their spears, and instead picked up their instruments,


And only through the Chanson of Harmony, was the Kingdom of Cubecraft first birthed.


…


But alas, the song that once united the kingdom would eventually come to an end.


Blood tainted the heavens, and the Evernight fell;


Spawns of Darkness roamed the land, and the Sons of Ashes ruled the kingdom.


One day, the people grew weary of the eternal nightmare,


They refused to lose sight of freedom and fought valiantly against the Evernight’s reign.


With the melody of their clashing blades, the people have remembered their homeland’s hymn,


And only through the Chanson of Harmony, was the Kingdom of Cubecraft rebirthed.


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