Amy is a young girl who was orphaned at a young age due to the plague. Living off of the streets of Rouen, Amy was without a home, without reliable means of food or water, and was completely unloved. As such, she slowly began to dissociate herself from any form of emotion, and resigned herself completely to the very real possibility of death.
Although she was certain that her fate would forever be tied to the dirty slums of France, one fateful day presented itself to her in the bleakest of times. Amy came across a high-born man named Raphael Sorel, who was clearly in distress and appeared to be on his last stretch of life. He had been betrayed by his own noble family, and frantically running for his life. Amy, in a split decision, hid Raphael from the pursuing soldiers, saving his life.
Although Amy only did this out of spite for the soldiers themselves, Raphael saw this as the first time he had ever owed his life to anyone. Out of an eternal sense of gratitude, Raphael decided that protecting and raising Amy would become his new goal in life. Reluctantly, Amy left the streets of Rouen, as Raphael led her out of the country.
The pair fled to a mansion acquired through dark pretenses, where Raphael spent the next seven years raising Amy in a comfortable way, and training her in combat. After these seven years, Amy was virtually unrecognizable from how she used to be. Now properly dressed, cleaned, well-fed, and masterfully trained, Amy had truly become a lady that her past self could only dream of.
One day, however, Amy noticed that Raphael was spending a very large amount of time in the library. He had been researching a cursed sword known as the Soul Edge, which he learned was responsible for the Evil Seed that led to his family's betrayal of him. In no time at all, Raphael gathered his things and planned on leaving to reclaim the Soul Edge for himself.
Amy, deeply worried about Raphael, wished for him not to go, though she knew how strong his will was and that it would be useless to argue. Raphael sat with Amy until she fell asleep, and then was gone by the morning. Without him, Amy was restless, and this restlessness lasted for several weeks. Suddenly, on one of the days Amy least expected, Raphael burst through the doors of their home and collapsed. Several mortal wounds decorated his body, emanating a dark aura.
As Amy took Raphael in and tended to his wounds, his life had once again been saved. However, the dark presence emanating from his wounds had infected both he and Amy, transforming them into evil beings. In truth, this curse was Malfestation, a direct result of the Soul Edge. Both Amy and Raphael's aging ceased, and they acquired evil powers. They were both vampires, and unable to interact with humans in a normal way, ever again.
Once Raphael came to, and realized what Amy had become as a result of his actions, he cursed himself and wanted to do something about it. He had no way to cure her, but wanted the world to accept her nonetheless. So instead, Raphael devised a plan to Malfest the entire world, and thus make it a place where Amy could be accepted.
Although truthfully Amy did not care about the world, and only wanted to live together with Raphael, she could not stop him. Raphael moved the two into an abandoned castle in Wallachia, which he deemed safe for her to stay before he bid her farewell. Unbeknownst to Amy, this would be the final time that she'd ever see Raphael again. On his quest, Raphael died, and had his body claimed by minions of the Soul Edge.
Countless years passed, and Amy resigned herself to the very-real possibility of Raphael's death. As she finally decided to venture out of the abandoned castle, something horrible happened. Awakening in a dark forest, the woman once known as Amy was now without memories, and was clutching onto a large purple orb.
Taking on the name Viola, this aimless woman had no idea who she was, where she came from, or what would come in her future. The purple orb she had been clutching was a foreign object to her, and yet she recognized that without it, she could not exist. Whenever hostile forces would attack Viola, this purple orb would come forth and defend her. Furthermore, when she looked into this orb, Viola found that she could see the nature and fate of anyone who stood before her.
Through this ability, Viola was able to make herself a living as a fortune teller, although this profession attracted bad company, and so she couldn't stay in one place for very long. Because she could see the futures of everyone she met, however, Viola would quickly become detached from virtually everyone she met, as she could see exactly where their paths would leave.
The only exception to this was a werewolf named Z.W.E.I., who recognized Viola's responsibilities as a seer and accepted her for who she was. They were kindred spirits, as she claimed, both having been cursed with inhuman powers that deemed that they would have to spend their lives alone. Due to her connection with Z.W.E.I., Viola was eventually recruited into Siegfried's Schwarzwind band.The streets of the French colonial empire ran red with blood as nobles waged their ceaseless feuds, but such power and politics were far removed from a young girl who knew only the streets of Rouen. Growing up with crime, depravity, and violence, she learned at a young age how to look out for herself and survive. She built walls around herself until her world consisted of nothing more than a single chair. That is, until one fateful day...
A nobleman named Raphael bumped into Amy while he was on the run, and she made the spur-of-the-moment decision to hide him from his pursuers. Was their meeting really mere chance? After Amy saved Raphael's life, the Sorel family's former patriarch in turn brought her with him out of the slums. The two spent years dodging the fires of war and their pursuers before arriving in a provincial city in southern France. There, Lord Dumas appointed Raphael to his right hand in recognition of his talent, and Amy became Raphael's "daughter." She was raised as a noble and trained in the art of swordplay.
No matter how extreme the changes experienced, one can be said to remain the same person if they maintain a single, unbroken thread of memory. Whether she wanted it or not, Amy and her world continue to change dramatically. The humble red-headed orphan girl from the slums now lives as a highborn lady of the French Empire.
Three years have passed since Lord Dumas left his fortress city in the south of France on a pilgrimage. Raphael, having been named Lord Dumas's heir, officially adopted Amy as his daughter. Amy spent her days receiving a noblewoman's education while further honing her unparalleled skill with a sword. However, it was unlikely that she would ever use those skills in actual combat. Or it would have been, had her keen eyes and cautious nature not caught wind of the danger threatening her land...
When did the wise young Lord Raphael begin to hole himself up in his library? He feverishly pored over his books as if possessed, and prohibited all entry to the library's annex. Amy watched with a sense of dread as her foster father was consumed by some strange obsession.
Who could have foreseen what was to come? When Raphael left the isolation of his annex, the desperate weariness was gone from his eyes, replaced instead by the light of determination. With the object of his research now clear, he set off on a journey for the sake of Amy, and Amy alone. Both father and daughter stood at a crossroads, their fate uncertain...
It had been many days since Raphael left on his journey. While Amy waited restlessly for his return, she reflected upon what she should ask of him. She struggles to find her buried emotions, equipped only with a faint light and an internal roadmap featuring few guideposts...
How far did the wind carry her words as it blew across the twilight sky? A violet light twinkled in the distance, as if to illuminate the cracks in a heart ready to crumble. That dangerous flicker beckoned to a lost butterfly...
What will fear of an uncertain future bring? Azwel's words described things not entirely of this world: the cursed sword that devours souls, Soul Edge; its host, Nightmare; their kin, the Malfested; and Raphael's mad plan to end war by using the cursed sword as bait for the feuding nobles...