Shen stood at the rail of the ship and stared at The Island that was a dot in the distance. He had blue eyes and black hair, barely long enough to be tied back out of his way. His hands tightened on the rail as he thought of what The Island could mean to him. When he arrived there, he hoped to find the answers that would lead him to his family. The Island was where everything had begun. He didn’t remember the volcanic eruption that had turned the group of islands into the single island he sailed towards as he’d been not quite four when it had happened. All he knew was he was one of the survivors brought to the harbour town of Saripa a little over eleven years ago. Now he travelled Rimalis using the Battle Circuit as a way to earn money so he could search for his family. Thinking of his fa

