The beginning.

No one goes into the Blackthorn forest, with its deadly paths riddled with snake nests and thorns, with the fact that during the rare moments the sun does break through the thick canopy of trees, it only ever shines through in an ominous shade of red or yellow, with the whispers of a powerful wizard lurking in its center, a thousand demons and monsters at his beck and call.

And finally, after years of trying, he has done the impossible. He has given that which was empty and soulless, life.

And no matter what happens, he will never let dashing princes and mysterious forests steal away his treasure.

Even if he has to kill everyone to do so.