One year ago was the start of the rebellion across the continent. Similarly, the winds of change had started to blow upon the Five Element Schools. A wind that brought with it strife and conflict.

It started with a rumor saying that students from the Metal School struggled with students from the Fire School over some treasure. From one rumor came forth a large battle that claimed the lives of many participants on both sides.

The next was a rumor stating several of the inner students of the Earth School mocked an elder of the Water School. If not for the timely intervention of the Earth School’s elders, those students surely would’ve been killed.

Another rumor surfaced after that, a rumor that caused the Wood and Fire Schools to nearly start to clash with one another.

No one thought any of the rumors had any relevancy to one another at first. But when another rumor of some students from the...