One fateful night in the 12th Century, a fiery mass fell from the heavens, causing Mount Velchans to erupt and burn everything around it, leaving nothing but a wasteland. Earthquakes rocked the land and storms pummeled the coast. It was in this cataclysm that the Great Demon King Alazhad, son of Ordog, stirred from a 1,000-year slumber and terrorized the continent of Tajiri. With an army of monsters under his command, they laid waste to the battered countryside. Entire cities were leveled and Alazhad took over the king’s castle in Aeolus.
Grandmaster Hieremias Rode of the Order of Pegasus, a guild of warrior-mages, stepped forward to oppose Alazhad. He and his twelve students successfully fought the Demon King’s armies and reached Aeolus. Unfortunately, the immense power of Alazhad gave the Pegasus Knights a difficult fight and twelve of them died in the final battle.
Malachias Limbourg was the last man standing, and through sheer luck beheaded Alazhad. An almond tree grew rapidly from the blood of the Demon King and bore nuts. One almond fell from the branches and cracked open on the ground. From out of that nut, a newborn girl materialized.
Limbourg was terrified at the sight. Was it a trick? A last attempt by the fallen Demon King to kill him? He approached the newborn with caution.
Suspended above the infant, a beautiful-looking man with long blue hair and a crown crafted like deer antlers materialized.
Limbourg could tell that it was a god. He froze and stared at the apparition with awe.
“Fear not,” the being said. “You are to be congratulated on the slaying of Alazhad, though the cost was great. This infant before you, though born of the demon’s blood, is harmless. I give you the option of raising her as your own child or giving her to me. Should you reject her, no penalty will be levied upon you, but based on how you raise her, she will the potential to become a great woman and many will benefit from her deeds.”
Limbourg looked down at the crying baby and lifted her out of the blood spilled in the great fight. She started to calm down.
“As you wish,” said the god. “As you have accepted this task, you will need to follow these instructions to succeed: wander the woods between the Corus and the small lake to the north until you find a Green Slime. When you kill it, its core will harden and crystallize. Dig beneath the spot where the creature is slain and you will find a silver bottle beneath it. It can only be opened by the child twelve years from now. That is all you need to know. More will be revealed in time.” At that point, Palz departed.
Immediately, Limbourg went into Corus Woods and quickly found the seemingly common monster Palz described. The fight ended, predictably, with one blow, and the Slime’s core hardened. Collecting the trinket, Limbourg began to dig. Before long, an ornately-designed bottle was unearthed. The knight, as per his instructions, would not open it: partly from fear of punishment as well as an assumption that it was under a spell only the baby would be able to dispel.

Young Limbourg, the sole surviving Pegasus Knight, had become the kingdom’s greatest hero, showered with riches and accolades by the royal court. The title of count was bestowed upon him as well.
But wounded and weary, Limbourg retired from his life as a warrior. He used his rewards to build a mansion on the spot where the bottle was found. From there, he helped rebuild a country devastated by Alazhad through money earned through farming and trade. He would also raise his adopted daughter and see to it that the words of Palz came to be.