Crimson Flame



The Crimson Flame traces it's origins to an ancient lineage of warriors from Feudal Japan, revived in the early 2nd millennium of Anno Domini and turned into a modern black ops mercenary group. Gathering funds from marriages, adoptions, alliances and of course, jobs, the Crimson Flame remained active until the recent past, serving the highest bidder in dangerous and potentially sensitive missions. The reputation of the group attracted several scientists and researchers who wanted their work to belong to them and not any organized government. The Crimson Flame named these marvels of technology 'Madogu', or 'Magical Items', and continued to build their reputation from there.

Around the time the Ivalice Alliance / Vitrianis war began, one of the world's top researchers, Aeolia Schoenberg, developed a marvel of energy technology called the GN Drive. He also organized one of the first expeditions to Jupiter, using that to disguise his technology going to the Crimson Flame, under the promise that they would not sell this powerful new engine to any government. It was the only way to keep it hidden in hopes it could one day be used to help the world.

The leadership of the Crimson Flame took this promise very seriously. It passed on from father to son for several generations, each of them earning the respect of their clan mates through strength of arms and piloting skill, when Mobile Suits became the norm. Spending top dollar to bring in as many powerful MS into the fold as they could, the Crimson Flame stayed relevant all the way until the end of the war, where they were hired by the Ivalice Alliance and participated in several of the Endgame battles of the war as black ops.

After the war, with Vitrianis and the Ivalice Alliance finally at peace, the Crimson Flame's former employer turned on them, far too tempted by the prospect of GN Drive technology. After a swift, brutal battle where several of the Crimson Flame's members were killed, the survivors pledged to meet again ASAP, and went their own way by order of their leader, Flameshadow, who wanted to keep the GN Drives away from the Ivalice Alliance and Vitrianis.