Saints of Hope, Athena's Saints[Goddess's Sacred Fighters]
When the world is rampant with evil, mysterious fighters will appear. They have existed since the time of the myths, people call them, Saints!
A long time ago, in
the
time of the myths, power struggles of the gods had unfolded on
this planet.
Those so called gods are humans who have the Big Will or Gods'
Will inside
them. They spread their influence by guiding people into their
own fold.
Before long, Zeus
ruled
the sky and land, Poseidon ruled the oceans, and Hades ruled
the underworld.
As such, Zeus entrusted the land to his own daughter, Athena
and disappeared
to the sky.
As Athena ruled the
land,
Hades and Poseidon schemed to take the land as their own.
Especially Poseidon's
invasion, the fights was so intense that many heroes of the
land were defeated.
Unknowingly, youths
with
tender ages, started to stand out on the battlefield. Those
youths trained
their bodies to the limit and they are known to have punches
that can tear
the sky, and kicks that can break the earth.
The protection[protective
tool or gear] that protects the
bodies of
these youths are Cloths[Sacred
Cloth].
In praise of their actions, people call these youths that wear
these Cloths,
Saints[Sacred Fighters].
Though in the long
passage
of time, the war of the gods has unfolded again and again,
these events
have been hidden by the veil of time, and not even fragments
of these events
or even the existence of the Saints were pass down in the
myths.
But, in our present
time,
Saints do exist. By exploding their Cosmo[Microcosm],
they can launch punches that are equal to the speed of sound,
having amazing
destructive power, with one hit, one concrete block can be
smashed.
They have mastered all
kinds of distinctive fighting skills that are far beyond human
knowledge.
It is almost miraculous that they exist.
All their movements
are
supervised and controlled by Greece's Sanctuary[Sacred
Precinct], which is not connected
to any nation,
race, or group.
Their committed
purpose
has been decided from the time of the myths, to carry out one
mission,"To
Protect Athena and the Peace of the Earth".
Under the orders given
out by Sanctuary, some of the Saints had their qualifications
pass down
to them in secret. They are given Cloths which are the proof
of the Saint.
Because the destiny of
stars determines what Saints wear which Cloths, even if some
of them appear
to have gained the ability of the Saints, they may not become
Saints.
Because of
complexities
like someone's ability, fate, character, and many other
conditions, only
those who are endowed with all conditions will gain the
qualification of
the Saint. The probability of a birth of a new Saint can
almost be said
to be equal to the study of astronomy.
But, at the end of the
20th century, a certain personality tried to create lots of
Saints using
artificial means. That personality was Mitsumasa Kido, founder
of the Graude
Foundation which build up great power by exercising a lot of
influence
over the world.
The aged Mitsumasa has
longed shown he had a deep interest in the fighting arts and
has been known
to support many well-known events of the world.
One year before he
died,
almost by coincidence, he discovered the existence of Saints
and Cloths,
and so, he worked up to show to the world the ultimate
fighting skills
of the battle of the Saints. For that purpose, 100 young kids
were sent
around the world to receive hard training to become Saints.
The result of that was
10 boys was able to gain the qualifications of the Saints.
They returned
to Japan and participated in the Galaxian Wars[Milky
Way, Galaxy War] opened by Saori
Kido who
carried out Mitsumasa's last wishes. Unexpectedly, this was
the beginning
of a new myth.
As mentioned above, to
become a Saint many kinds of destined factors imposed on them
are needed.
The fact that the Graude Foundation was able to produce Saints
in such
a high probability, 1 out of 10, is attributed to one other
big reason:
it is that those very Saints have the mission imposed on them
to protect
Athena.
Black Saints[Darkness Saint]
By the discovering
Death
Queen Island, those who were stripped of their title of the
Saint or couldn't
become a Saint would wear Black Cloths[Darkness
Sacred Cloth]. Because the Black
Saints use
the Saints' powers for selfish purposes, Athena sealed off
Death Queen
Island.
Permenant Frozen Land, Illusionary Blue Grad
Said to be a place
that
can't sustain life, not even a flower can bloom, the land of
extreme cold,
Blue Grad, used to be a base for the Blue Warriors[Ice
Warriors] which are said to be
the most powerful.
They valued Blue Grad with the honor of being a big empire,
but, that was
in the deep past.
Alexer who couldn't
accept
the fact that Blue Grad was in its current situation was
banished because
he kept suggesting that they should start an invasion toward
the south.
But, he came back with
the Blue Warriors and killed the ruler, Pyotor and began to
realize his
desires.