DEFT Introduction

Sunlight glares above, bathing a light bed of sand and eager waves. A wall of fauna greets the sun a safe distance from the tide's reach. Suddenly, a large wave sends onto the shore. A writhing mass emerges from the waves appearing to move. It hulks up propping itself on a mass of limbs. It peers to the sky and then the treeline. A cloud of sediment kicks up and the being disappears without a trace.

A mile or so away a group of fisherman and some children are reeling in a catch "That's my boy! Look of those muscles, reelin' her in like a champ!" "Uh, actually pa' this loads really light.." The child replies with an unnerving grin. The father snatches the line from his son and rallies the cage upward. It surfaces and just about leaps out of the water with momentum. A small glowing nymph is all that resides inside. "Not another bug!" He throws the small insect over his shoulder. The son catches it and just stares, the bug looks back at him. His stomach growls and the bug tries to skitter out of his hands but the boy pockets it. "Well looks like that's gonna be about it for today then." The family pack up and head into the treeline and through the wood.

They emerge from the thick brush on the other side greeted by a bustling market. Farther a head a crowd can be seen forming. A man is yelling above the audience."..SO IF YER TOUGH, AND YOU WANT THE STUFF, PREPARE TO GET ROUGH!!" The man looks to a shrouded figure by his side and nods smiling. No one looks impressed."A-AH I GET IT ALL OF YA MUST BE SOME SORT OF WEENIE CULT! YEAH THAT'S WHAT IT IS!" The man laughs obnoxiously and someone approaches the stand in a hood. The man stops for a moment confused. The person removes his hood and the crowd silences immediately. A cobra-headed man grabs a paper from a board stationed by the pair, glances too the shrouded figure and back to the paper. "It's, K-King!" A random voice announces from the audience."He's competing in the tournament!""H-Hey how many tickets are left?""I-I want 6!" The crowd boils into an uproar and swarms the stage. King navigates himself outside of the crowd and looks back to see that the large man from before had disappeared, and exits the market.