" 9th January Year WXYZ "
There was an Assembly hold to sign the peace treaty between the 5 nations, namely The West Nation, The North Nation, The Central National, The East Nation and The South Nation.
During this Assembly the young crown prince of The West Nation, 'Sir Lucas De Varne', mustered up his courage and suggested an expedition, a goal all 5 nations can work towards. An expedition outside the continent.
The idea of venturing outside the continent was not a new one, it was already been tried by all 5 nations but to their surprise, none of the ships that went out every came back. Since all this did was waste the Nation's time and money, the expedition outside the continent was canceled by all 5 nations.
But now that the 5 nations have formed an alliance through the peace treaty, the cost can be shared by all 5 nations. and since the treaty keeps peace between the nations, the money that was previously being used for the war will be saved. This got all the 5 nations agreeing to the idea of expedition outside the continent.
" 27th January Year WXYZ "
The day of Humanity's first expedition outside the continent led by none other then the crown prince of The West Nation 'Sir Lucas De Varne' who suggested it. 5 ships were prepared under 1 flag with 5 sword representing 5 nations.
On board were also crown prince of The South Nation 'Prince Tilly of Mayfair', Princces of The North Nation 'Lady Jane W Law' and the prince of The East Nation 'Prince Norbert Winsworth'. The crown princess of The Central Nation 'Lady Quinn O Shrinsire' was planned to go on the expedition but due to her fragile body she caught high fever and was unable to accompany others on this journey.
At 3:00 pm after saying goodbyes to the Nation and families the ships finally started sailing the unknown oceans. The storm was the only concern for the majority of the journey which luckily wasn't that much of a problem for the sailors of the 5 ships, as only the best sailors were select for this adventure.
As the time passed by, the food started decreasing on the ships and food storage was now a problem. Like the popular saying goes 'you can never be fully prepared' The oceans was the home for countless fishes so as long long as fishing was one of your expertise then survival won't be a challenge.
The clean water was never a problem because of an filtering machine made by Quinn the crown princess of The Central Nation. Since her body was fragile she would spend most of her time inside the four walls of her room, often when bored she would draw up some random things. as she rarely left her room, her knowledge was all that she learned from the books she read. Among those books was a story of a man who was stuck at a deserted island and had no water to drink, she being motivated by that made a filter which could filter out water. So even tho She wasn't directly a part of the expedition she was indirectly a part of it.
" 5th March Year WXYZ "
The fleet of ship returned from the expedition. 'The expedition was a success' This was announced to the whole continent but something was off, none of the people who returned had smile, excitement, or happiness on their face. The expression on the faces of people who came from the expedition can be only described as 'Extreme Terror'.
The Assembly was called the same day to learn about what they saw outside the continent as it was the first time anyone ever returned, and this is what they said.
"World is not just a pretty picture. Outside the continent, it's all filled with things humans can't handle. There are things that we should not dip our toes into, and this is one of those things."
These lines shook the entire assembly. After the count of the people who returned, over 90% came back which means less than 10% died on this voyage.
"Huh, soo little deaths, you guys must be exaggerating the crap out of this story, it might not be that difficult." Said The King of The East Nation
"We are only alive because they wanted us to be alive." Said Sir Lucas with an Overwhelmingly terrified face.
"They?" asked The King of Central Nation
"We don't know what they are but they are something we should not mess with." Said the Princces of South, Lady Jane W Law.
Seeing the always positive princess saying such a thing was a huge deal.
Things got worse when something was caught on the coast of The North Nation.
" 4th April Year WXYZ "
Guards of The North Nation caught something that can only be described as an unknown creature eating childrens on the coastline of The North Nation .
The Assembly was held again to discuss this matter.
As their fear came true, The people from expedition recognized that creature. According to them that creature was Terrestrial as it can only live on land, it was highly intelligent and was capable of speaking human language but the fact that it was caught on The North Nation was a serious matter, something that can only live on land was found across the ocean. which can only mean one thing.
The creature which was kept inside the prison during the meeting opened its mouth for the first time just to say, "They are coming."
Things were escalated too quickly for The Assembly to even react to it, As the Information would cause too much chaos and panic in the citizens it was kept secret from them and the preparation to fight these unknown creatures began.
The unknown creature was killed immediately after the Assembly.
For Few months After the Expedition, All 5 Nation's pour all their money and power into fortifying their nation and getting stronger to fight the coming Darkness.