


But something goes terribly wrong and the two are cast off, branded traitors to their country. Overjoyed by talks of the end of the war, all the two can think about is finally returning to their hometown, Kyaro. The main character and his childhood friend, Jowy, are soldiers in the war and are sent to oversee the treaty talks. After much fighting a peace agreement is finally formed between the two sides. The Highland Empire, ruled by the Blight family, has instigated a war with the peaceful city-state Jowston. Now, three years after the fall of Barbarosa, a new war threatens the peaceful land. Such was the setting for Konami's sleeper RPG triumph, Suikoden. They forged a land of unity and peace and for the time everything was calm. Together they gathered recruits to amass the 108 stars of destiny and overthrew Barbarosa. Son to one of Barbarosa's generals, Teo McDohl, joined with Odessa and headed up the Liberation Army. Tired of his tyranny and oppression, a woman named Odessa Silverburg rose up and formed a revolution to end Barbarosa's evil reign. In a time long ago, an unjust ruler by the name of Emperor Barbarosa took control of a peaceful land with an iron fist.
