title: Night Visions: Resistance to Empire and War
author: Toshio Whelchel
description: Toshio Whelchel teaches history at a local community college in Southern California. He is a former US Marine Corp veteran who served from 1977-1981.
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  # Illustrations
  
  
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  # Prologue – The Curse of Hero  
  
  
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  「Now, answer me my wise little brother. What do you wish for from here on.」
  
  
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  The imperial palace of the Arcadia Empire was shrouded with rising sparks of
  flame.
  
  
  Two Bahamuts were facing each other. The night sky that was adorned by the
  colors of jet black and red acted as their background.
  
  
  .
  
  
  In the imperial castle five years ago, the emperor took Airi hostage and Lux’s
  revolution failed.
  
  
  But──Fugil who had been pretending to be unable to fight as a Drag-Knight
  until then eradicated the imperial soldiers in that place and told Lux about
  his mission to change the world using the ArtifactVariable Drag-Ride
  
  
  Humans would rule over other humans and gradually form a tyrannical
  system──and like that the balance of the world 