For three millennia the United Planetary Alliance has served as the epicenter for intergalactic cooperation. Now, it lies on the brink of collapse. One by one the Alliance’s member galaxies are growing dark. In mere moments, uncountable lives are swallowed by a darkspace calamity that gives no hint of warning. The ensuing panic has led to the chaos of the Sundering War leaving the Alliance fragmented and weak. New powers rise from the ashes. The emboldened Noh Empire pillages and enslaves worlds seemingly at will. Corsairs strike deep from their hidden lairs in the Star Nebula. Within the very heart of the Alliance the enigmatic ruling caste of the Galactic Merchants Guild, the Synod, extends its grasp; their mercantile stranglehold enforced by a shadow army of hired mercenaries and assassins. The paladin orders charged with guarding the fragile peace are stretched thin in a vain attempt to quell disorder.

In these times of greatest adversity rise the greatest heroes, the Relic Knights. Arcane and martial warriors without peer, these knights stand at the forefront of the battle for the fate of the universe. Their formidable powers are augmented and focused by cyphers. These strange creatures, spun of aethyr, hold the keys to unlocking the primal energies of the universe. It is they who gift the knights with their most potent weapons of war, the relics. These constructs perfectly fuse the natural abilities of their pilots with the aethyr mastery of their cypher, creating a warrior unparalleled on the field of battle.

That the emergence of the Relic Knights so closely coincides with unprecedented universal calamity cannot be ignored. It is undeniable that they have a vital role to play in the events that lie ahead. They are the vanguard of a battle for life’s very existence. Yet these individuals are as diverse as the civilizations they rise from and everything may hinge on what powers they ally themselves to. Ultimately only history will decide whether they are remembered as saviors or cursed to the void.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I got mine yesterday. I was going to get pictures for everyone til my camera crapped out. It arrived in a nice blister with a vibrant backing featuring the art of Candy and Cola from the website (much more professional-looking than I expected). The mold lines are smaller than a few of my Anima Tactics figures, and definitely less than anything GW I've bought. The detail is awesome (again, comparing to Anima since it's the closest thing), though i have seen more detail on this scale before. It definitely does it's job though. My one complaint is that my figure had an odd "circle" of pewter near the top of the head (maybe a mold leftover?), that will be a bitch to clean off. Overall I'm satisifed and would give it a 4 out of 5, failing 5 because the detail could have been a slight bit more and what looks like a minor miscast.