On her coming-of-age ceremony, Aliya, the 13th princess of the Sun Kingdom, touched the Sun Sacred Stone. It split open with blood-red cracks, marking her as a bad omen. Her father, the king, banished her in front of the entire court. While being exiled, a guard stabbed her, and she fell into burning lava. Near death, she made a deadly pact with an ancient phoenix spirit, sacrificing her soul to unlock the power of the Platinum Phoenix. Sir Kane, captain of the royal knights, saw this miracle and swore loyalty to her. Aliya sneaked back to the capital to discover her true origin. But the king framed her for regicide and ordered a nationwide hunt. As she fled for her life, Leon, the exiled crown prince of the Dark Empire, stepped out from the shadows. Her coronation countdown started the second she fell into the lava.
