Prologue: The End, Again It all starts with words. All I see now is the Crimson Ball of Destruction, looming ominously above, snuffing the life out of everything, reducing all to ash, and shattering the Earth into fragments. Over and over. No matter how many times I return, no matter how many allies I gather to fight it, the outcome remains unchanged. I watch my friends confront it while I stand paralyzed, their desperate attempts to save our world unfolding before my eyes as I do nothing but hope. But it all ends the same.