Zukanov: Dogmas of The Quiet Past

Zukanov: Dogmas of The Quiet Past is the spiritual successor to the Aquablade Chronicles, released in 2015. While it contains a similar structure and battle system to the Aquablade Chronicles, it has all new lore and characters that separates it entirely from the Pokémon series.

Setting[]

The story is set in the fictional land of Zukanov which is separated into three nations which are each owned by the three races, Nature, Fire, and Water. Each character has one ability that has a relation to what race they are of. A person is almost always born to one of the three races, though exceptional situations exist where a person may have combined or even multiple abilities.

At first, Yaxkin was the king of Zukanov. He was a wise and generally accepted leader, though some doubted that he was fit to be king due to believing he was selfish and careless. Then, Zandox, a person who developed abilities of all three races, appeared to attempt to take the throne. By the age of eighteen, all of his family died due to sickness and starvation, and he used this fact to help convince people to let Zandox take Yaxkin's place at the throne. By promising everybody that they would be equal, he managed to get more than half of Zukanov to plea for him. He and his followers stormed Yaxkin's castle and killed every single one of his guards, and then Zandox killed Yaxkin himself and became the new king.

Zandox's followers became his army, and he took over the entire nation. He ordered his army to destroy any weapons that could be used to defeat him to keep himself in control. He had ensured that everyone was on constant watch and people who did something he did not like were executed by his soldiers. His abilities kept him alive and in control of Zukanov for more than 100 years and yet he did not grow weaker due to age. Any opponents were defeated by his army or by Zandox himself.

One day, a man who apparently had no special abilities believed that he was the one to stop Zandox's reign on the land and found three men, Semula of the power of Nature, Garra of the power of Fire, and Jezero of the power of Water, who also believed that the current state of Zukanov was not acceptable. They forged three weapons and discovered the races are weak to one other race, where Nature was weak to Fire, Fire was weak to Water, and Water was weak to Nature. Using strategy, they were able to get through each of Zandox's guards and reach his throne room. The companions and the man fought Zandox for a while, until the man asked them to stop fighting and let him talk to Zandox.

The companions dropped their weapons and then the man attacked Zandox, but he missed, and Zandox countered with his three power attack, which the man sustained but deflected a bit of its power to Zandox. With Zandox stunned, the companions then attacked using their weapons twice and defeated him. However, the man was dying from Zandox's attack and told the companions to become the new leaders of Zukanov. The man, now dubbed "The Hero", was worshipped by many people. However, the new leaders had conflicting ideas on how to manage the nation. Semula wanted to focus on farming and agriculture, Garra wanted a massive military force that was used only when necessary, and Jezero wanted to focus on business and entrepreneurship.

The people of Zukanov generally agreed with the ruler that was their own race. This caused incredible racism and hatred to build up for each of the races. Eventually, the hatred became so great that the rulers split Zukanov into three smaller nations, Semula, Garra, and Jezero. The Nature people became Semulans, the Fire people became Garrans, and the Water people became Jezeroans. The nations wanted absolutely no contact with each other. The rulers hid their weapons as well. Due to the knowledge about the weakness of the races, no nation wanted to start a war and defeat a nation as they would then be defeated by the remaining nation.

After hundreds of years, Semulans invented the Yarful fruit with juice that has incredible healing powers, and gained knowledge on how to tame wild animals and use them to improve everyday life. Garrans invented cannons and explosives that increased their millitary abilities dramatically. Jezeroans invented radios, telephones, and boats, which made them the most technologically advanced of the three nations. Enough time has passed that the racism for each race was something that they grew up with and became part of their culture.