In the year 2035, the world was under a single nation governed by the World Government, which consisted of every head of state from each member country. Technology had made enormous leaps, but the world was rife with crime of every kind, and every day the law enforcement struggled to keep up with all these problems. However, there was something that at least managed to cheer up the populace. Some years after the great war following 2029, scientists had begun research into the virtual world, and in 2030, video game developers had taken hold of VR technology and worked until 2035 to create VR WORLD, a virtual world where countless adventures could be undertaken, a vast world with so many gaming possibilities.
Oppif was a seventeen-year-old boy who attended the world school and lived near his childhood friend Leon. Oppif was not very tall, with brown eyes and hair, not very muscular, and dressed in a green t-shirt and blue jeans, but he possessed a great inner will. Leon, on the other hand, was a seventeen-year-old boy who was quite tall with rather thick brown hair, dressed in a red jacket over a black shirt and black pants. One day, while they were going to school, advertisements for a new game called VR WORLD were being shown on giant monitors on skyscrapers. Oppif, intrigued, decided to scrape together some money with Leon, and after doing a few odd jobs, they had enough money to buy two VR WORLDs.
Oppif and Leon lived in an apartment building on the outskirts of Night City. They both lived alone, with Oppif living in the apartment above Leon, and they visited each other constantly. As soon as they returned home one Sunday morning, they installed the game, which consisted of a gray and red lounge chair (the color could be chosen at purchase) with a VR headset above the headrest that had to be connected to a specific white console.
After installing their VR chairs, they sat down and put the headset on. Immediately, they saw nothing but black, and a huge white loading bar appeared before their eyes. They felt ethereal, as if they were in an enormous black channel. When the download finished, a huge message popped up in front of them: "CREATE YOUR CHARACTER WITH YOUR MIND." The two did so, and immediately after, another message appeared: "CHOOSE VR USERNAME." Oppif chose Saland, and Leon chose the name Haytham. Instantly, the two were teleported into a forest.
Saland was an elf with golden eyes and tousled blonde hair that reached his pointed ears. He was dressed in a white jacket with gold trim and gold buttons, and he wore long black pants. Saland raised his head and said, "Haytham, what are you doing in a tree?" Haytham had been generated on a tree by mistake and kept waving his arms and shouting, "Help! What am I doing here?" Saland said, "Just jump, it's soft!" and immediately Haytham jumped onto Saland, who yelled, "What are you doing, you idiot? I was kidding!" and Haytham replied, "But you know, you really are soft?" Haytham got up from the ground. He had black hair, quite long at the back of his head with a black fringe on his forehead, and he was dressed in a red jacket with black trim, a black hood, and a black shirt. He wore black pants and boots of the same color.
Saland and Haytham began to explore the surrounding area and realized they had been generated in a forest. Leaving it, they found a path with a sign that read "ONE HOUR ON FOOT FROM HERE TO VALLEY." The two set off, and after an hour's walk through woods and cultivated fields, they saw wooden walls made of pointed stakes in the distance. Saland and Haytham entered the village of Valley. It was a medium-sized village with many other players, and it seemed to consist of common houses, blacksmiths, inns, merchants, and much more. Saland and Haytham explored the village a bit and saw that many other players possessed weapons of all kinds, but since they had no money, they couldn't afford them. Until, exploring a bit, they found the center of Valley and saw a notice board with "QUEST" written on it, with several sheets of paper attached with various missions written on them, such as: dungeon exploration, boss elimination, or simply collecting flowers. But the thing that intrigued the two boys the most was a quest that read "MINING MISSION IN A NEWLY DISCOVERED ABANDONED MINE." The two took the quest, and the coordinates of where to find it appeared in their minds, and they headed towards it.