Chapter 1: A New Beginnings The country of Pulpini was a proud and great nation. One of the most powerful and prestigious countries to ever harass the planet. There was one man whom was responsible for this, Cornelius Giovanni Wilbert. No one expected this tiny upstart nation to become so powerful. It was a guppy in a sea of sharks. Cornelius wanted only what was best for his nation. He was a leading general at the time and held power only comparable to the president himself. Cornelius was fed up with being a second-rate country. He created a coup and caused the downfall of the ruling party, and thus democracy. Yeah there were elections obviously, but no one ever voted for anyone else than him, no one wanted to. There were people that did though, we don't talk about them. Pulpini funded its military in insanely high amounts. Tanks and planes and weird goopy things that were supposedly weapons. Soon Pulpini rose up against its neighbors, nationalism was at its height. The surrounding nations were all in the same situation as Pulpini but did nothing about it. Pulpini "convinced" them to join their glorious empire. Soon Cornelius too was a giant. Having gobbled up every small nation around him he held an empire to challenge the greatest. That's when everything went wrong. People say that when things begin to go right, that's when the complaining begins. When things are bad you don't notice little things like poor sanitation, bad infrastructure, and oppressive regimes. The citizens were fed up and mounted massive rebellions against their ruler. No matter how many bullets, tanks, or crude gestures he would use it was a losing battle. Pulpini would survive, but Cornelius might not. His palace was stormed eleven years after he took power, he was deposed and now a stupid form of "democracy" took place. Pulpinian citizens thought for days and held trials to decided Cornelius' fate. They thought it cruel to kill him as he did make their nation great, so they did the humane thing and abandoned him on a random island in a cruel land known as Teraan. His family were dumped with him too, this is where our story begins.   The land of Teraan is entirely void of life. Nothing to speak of but dirt and water. The lands were harsh and unforgiving. There was a small island in particular that would be used as the landfill to dump Cornelius. The island was used because an island is what? Yes, surrounded by water. And this means that unless he is part dolphin he cannot leave without somehow constructing a boat to leave.