Episode 1: Crimson Moon
When Aether Von Croft opened his eyes, he felt as if his skull was being shattered into pieces. He groaned in agonizing pain. His surroundings were a blur of haze, and outside the window hung a massive, otherworldly Crimson Moon.
As he tried to sit up, he felt something sticky and warm trickling down his cheek. He touched it—blood! His body went cold. Where was he? This was not the world he knew.
Before him sat an old mahogany table. On it lay a brass-colored revolver, smoke still curling from its barrel. Beside it was a diary, its pages fluttering slightly in the breeze. Trembling, Aether picked up the diary. On the final page, a single sentence was scrawled in ink:
"Everyone will die, including me."
Aether's heart sank as he read the words. The handwriting belonged to this body, yet he remembered nothing of it. Had he tried to commit suicide? Or was some sinister force controlling him?
He staggered toward a tall mirror in the corner of the room. The reflection revealed a noble but pale young man. He was dressed in a Victorian-era white shirt, but on the left side of his forehead was a gruesome gunshot wound. Blood and brain matter were seeping from the hole.
But at that very moment, a miracle occurred. As Aether stared into the mirror, the wound became alive! The muscle tissues began to intertwine, rapidly filling the cavity. Within seconds, the deep hole vanished, leaving behind nothing but a faint, translucent scar.
From the chaotic fragments of memory rushing into his mind, he realized he was no longer an ordinary human. He was now Aether Von Croft—the scion of a noble but currently destitute family in the Loen Kingdom.
Just then, there was a soft knock on the door. A feminine voice drifted in from outside: "Aether? Are you awake?"
Aether realized this was his younger sister, Elena Von Croft. He was now trapped in a web of deep mysteries in this new world, under a new identity.