Once upon a time, there was a Mound of Heroes, and within it lay supernatural powers.
Legend had it that deep in the clouds and mist stood a mysterious tomb. Whenever a hero passed away, they sealed their superpowers inside this desolate mound. Countless people followed the trail of the legend in search of the mound's whereabouts, each yearning for extraordinary abilities. Yet every pursuit ended in disappointment. Time passed, the world changed, and at last the legend of the Mound of Heroes faded from people's memories...
But one young man never forgot. Though the years had been worn away by wind and frost, though sand had buried the oasis, though smoke and fire had razed the cities, though the splendor of the past had become ruins buried beneath the earth, and though the heroes' elegy had become an echo across the wilderness, he still gazed into the distance alone. He was waiting, waiting on the far shore of his dream, waiting for the heroes to return.
At last, the ordinary young man stood at the entrance to the Mound of Heroes...
