It was a quiet day, winter time in 2012 January. The snow was falling, life has stopped working outside. Our story starts here. In a small town called Flint. In Flint there was a young boy living with his mom in one single room. They didn't have too much money, therefore the only place they could afford was renting a single room. The young boy was only 14 years old. He didn't have any income neither was he working. His mom however, tried and struggled everyday to get to work and come back home. She have managed to get an income what they could use to start off in life with. They had one laptop back then with limited internet connection. On this peculiar day, the boy's mom had left to work, however he stayed behind. Because of the snow, school was cancelled. Outside everything seemed dead. It was a cold winter day. White snow covering everything. At the start of the week the young boy was reading a bunch of books. However by the middle of the week he finished majority of his books, hence he was thinking "if I keep reading it wouldnt last long". I need to converse them a little bit". He walked up to his moms laptop and started to browse on the internet for games.

He had come across an online browser game advertisement: "join the Greek world and build your empire!" Because of the limited internet, and short money the boy needed to be careful. Books weren't the only sources that, he needed to converse, but internet too. He didn't plan to use it for a long time, and he didn't want to play massive online games either. But because he loved history especially the Greek mythology, he couldn't controll himself. He clicked on the advertisement straight away. Back then He didn't know where this will lead him, neither of what experiences he will gain from it. He was just looking for something else to beat the time with. In an era where he and his mom struggled in life he desperately needed something to take his mind off from their every day problems. This is how he come across the game called 'IKARIAM' and this is where his journey began!