story synopsis
After fifteen years of an uneasy peace between the nations of the world, since the death of the feared sorceress Ultimecia (pictured above), tension is rising, and everyone can feel it... and hear it. After a brief calm of lunar activity, the planet's single moon can be heard making eerie sounds, noises that even the highest educated lunar scientists cannot understand. The sound is quite like a whisper, a melancholy noise, almost like human voice but distorted. As a result, the phenomenon has been adopted the name 'Lunar Whisper'. Hearing this sound, day and night, many people are again in fear of another Lunar Cry, despite the past destruction of the Lunatic Pandora. Sorceresses all over the world are being targeted, under suspicion, since it is quite an open secret that Esthar is holding many sorceresses within its borders, and has been actively seeking more. By far the most prominent propaganda machine is the Galbadian government, drilling this fear in its people constantly. Already, many sorceresses have been killed, mostly within Galbadia. The killings are quite clearly a Galbadian commission, though Deling vehemently denies this.
Over the last five years or so, after a short-lived attempt at opening itself a little, Esthar has retreated from the forefront of global governing. It has isolated itself, refusing to recognise any affiliations with other governments or organisations, including SeeD. The country is experiencing a period of rapid development - already Esthar has grown a significant deal in size. Galbadia, well aware of this, has been desperately trying to keep up, with some success, though its economy and shortage of the great knowledge of technology held by Esthar has stunted it in comparison to its neighbour across the ocean. Galbadia will do anything to overtake Esthar as the world's leading power, even though Esthar does not utilise this position itself. Though it cannot be certain, Galbadian sources believe Esthar is in agreement with the sorceresses to cause the Lunar Whisper. It believes, though it has no solid proof, that Esthar has knowledge of exactly what the Lunar Whisper is, and this is a precursor to something much more sinister.
Sorceresses all over the world have made attempts to flee to Esthar or Mesmiera (the sorceress-inhabited city on the Centran continent). Galbadia has employed its assassins to attack not only within its border, but elsewhere too, causing much friction between nations. Balamb and Trabia have both taken a neutral stance, in hope of retaining independence from the much more powerful forces of Galbadia and Esthar (though Esthar has thus far shown no intention or desire to obtain these countries for itself). However, this does not go to say that they do not criticise the Galbadian government for intruding within their own borders. A number of illegal Galbadian travellers to these nations have been promptly removed from Balamb and Trabia upon discovery and reason for suspicion of intent to target sorceresses.
Any day now, a war could erupt between any of the world's nations, though it can be quite certain that Galbadia would be involved and SeeD will have a role to play.
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