"Come take a seat, Raphael; before we start physical training, we'll go over what you studied about Xer and "Sanctuary of Dawn."
The Sanctuary of Dawn is what we call all territory that covers Xerith, our planet, according to what has been discovered so far and what is recorded in books. Xerith is divided into 5 main parts;
[Paradisio Waterfalls] That is currently "The Royal House of Angels" territory.
[Hell's Canyon] Which is under the rule of "Fiend Famiglia"
[Fields of Silence] Under the "Ferrati Famiglia"
[Moon Mirror] The oceanic territory of "The House of Blue Moon"
[Nest of the Ancients] An abandoned territory that used to belong to "DracoFist Famiglia].
There was a time when these regions were connected, prior to the discovery of The Chaos Orb in The "Nest of the Ancients." Following that, three decades[6500-6530] were spent experimenting with Chaos' fabric and attempting to understand how it operates, with little success. The
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