Post by Admin William on Aug 25, 2011 18:15:36 GMT -5
Long ago, so the legends say, the land now known as Firefly Island, was put under a curse to bear no fruit. Farms withered and died, the forests began to wilt, and Bluebell Fields slowly turned into a barren wasteland. The Marshlands even began to dry up and die, and no living thing could survive on Firefly Island for very much longer. The curse was set upon the island by a Witch who was furious at the Goddess. The curse stated that two shall bring the land back to its former beauty, but that the two would have to sacrifice something they longed for.
Just before the land went to ruin, two people, one male and the other female, came to Firefly Island after being tricked by its inhabitants to believe that the farms and countryside were thriving with life. Upon entering the village, they realized their mistake, but were unable to go back as they had already given money to the villagers for the farms. The two farmers tried and tried to grow what they could on the farms. Slowly, the two began to fall in love. In love with the villagers, in love with the land… And in love with each other.
One day, the Goddess came to them. It was the day before they were to be wed. They were told that they were the two that the Curse spoke of, and now it was their time to choose what to do. They could sacrifice the land, the villagers, the allure of the Island for their love, or they could give it up, fulfilling what the curse asked for. As the Goddess spoke, tears of bright silver spilled down her cheeks with the pure grief she felt for having to ask two people to give up their love to save the land she had helped the King to create.
The two farmers grieved for the choice that was forced upon them. However, their love for the villagers, the Island, won over their need to love one another. They gave up their love, their marriage, and their ultimate happiness to help Firefly Island to live. However, before they had given up their love, she found out that she was pregnant with a child. Instead of telling him, she went away from the Island before she started showing too badly, and never returned.
Now, nearly a hundred years later, the Curse is back, and Firefly Island is dying again. However the Curse has a new law, and no one is sure on what it is. The Goddess has vanished, locked in a prison of magic that needs to be broken before the Curse’s new law can be figured out, and broken.
Can you figure out the secret behind the Curse?
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Firefly Island is a Harvest Moon role-play with friendly members and many things to do, like;
•Choose from many available jobs!
•Create a mini-plot with your character that other members can join!
•Join in on the plot topics with the other members!
•Have fun with the many seasonal events!
•Create friendships and relationships with other people!