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Long
Legend
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You may have heard of the mythical Atlantis a paradise, a perfect
city, sunk beneath the ocean, now but a legend. Yet, this Atlantis
is not a legend to me-it is very real; it is my home. I am Alim,
an Atlantian, a citizen of the planet Atlantis, in a solar system
much like your own, yet millions of light years away.
Thousands of years ago, we came to your planet and created an
outpost of sorts, a colony-the city of Atlantis, as you call
it. For reasons long forgotten in our history, we abandoned
this outpost and laws were passed forbidding us to visit the
Earth again. Yet the memory of your planet lives on, and we
have wondered about your fate. Just as what you know of Atlantis
is based on myth, rather than fact-our knowledge of your planet
has also been lost.
The recent death of our Emperor Buta has opened many Atlantian's
eyes to the idea that perhaps Atlantis is not the perfect society
we thought it was. We felt that Atlantis made wondrous advances
and progress under Buta's rule. We enjoyed the comfort and profits
of what we could produce, yet now we see that all of it has
come with a cost. We have created problems in our environment
and gaps between the rich and poor of Atlantis. We have citizens
who seek to help themselves, not others. We suffer from ignorance
and intolerance.
Buta's children, Mara and Nakal, have taken his place as leaders
of Atlantis yet they are just as blind, if not more so than
Buta was to the problems caused by greed and ignorance. In their
effort to push progress at any cost, they destroyed the Ancient
Arch of Wisdom for fear that "old ideas" would impede
their technological progress.
This great arch, which held the six keystones of wisdom, served
as the gateway to the Sacred Gardens, the hallowed ground where
the Elders of Atlantis would anoint those who had demonstrated
their wisdom. Together, the six keystones contained the essence
of Atlantis and the people's reverence for identity, community,
and wisdom.
All that is now left of the Arch are its inscribed pieces. The
knowledge of what each means and how they fit together is lost.
Without this knowledge, Atlantis is doomed and our future is
bleak. Clearly, something must be done.
I am part of a group of Atlantians who secretly met at the ancient
temple in the Gunung mountains to form the Council. The mission
of this newly formed Council is to seek out new solutions to
our planet's problems, to gain greater understanding of other
cultures-including your own, in the hopes that we might better
ourselves in the process.
Although Mara and Nakal have forbidden it, our crisis has again
inspired a renewed interest in Earth. We want to know how has
your planet changed in the past three thousand years? How similar
are we to each other? How different? How have you survived?
How can you help us deal with our problems? Mara and Nakal still
enforce the old laws forbidding us from visiting Earth so we
have established the OTAK, a virtual environment, a matrix,
that serves as a technological portal through which we can communicate
with you, the people of Earth.
The OTAK holds a series of challenges called quests, designed
to help restore the wisdom of Atlantis. By completing these
quests, you can help us rebuild the Arch of Wisdom. Each member
of the Council has been put in charge of a virtual world in
the OTAK. Each world is devoted to different elements of Atlantian
wisdom. If Mara and Nakal knew of our plans, they would surely
destroy OTAK.
We challenge you to access the OTAK and join us in our quest.
Hurry Questers, the wisdom you share with Atlantis helps us
help ourselves. We cannot do this alone. Please work with the
Council to save Atlantis and avoid what may be our common fate!
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