The survivors of the Valen coup, namely all of the body-modified close advisors and associates of the late Lord Paco Valen, fled south to Villa del Rey, a small coastal town thousands of miles from Valen. While most all were severely hobbled, they had powerful mentales gifts. Hence, they decided to form their own tower, their own Círculo de la Torres, the Renegade Tower. Forming a new tower was totally illegal! Help came from the ancient god Calder, God of the Oceans and Rivers. While the Underground prevented the God of War, Wystan, from awakening, no one knew that Calder alone awoke. He saw Wystan still slept and made his own plans to control the people of Tierra, in direct conflict with Wystan's attempts. To do so, he mutated select young women into his Mermaid Priestesses and bestowed powerful mentales gifts upon them! Thus, he began to achieve his goals, using the Renegade Tower as his vehicle. The story begins in the year 1245 and ends in 1252. Fons Valen was their leader and venerado. With Calder's aid and the resources of the lords of Villa del Rey, trading along the many ocean coastal towns of Tierra flourished as never before. Soon, these cities seceded, forming their own kingdom, the Coastal City-State Alliance. With rebellions happening here, the far northern city of Malaca also rebelled against Valen and soon brought all of the old kingdom of Abvera with it. Aliens attacked the Rigel-3 fuel refinery on one of the moons of Tierra, but were soundly defeated by Emeryk's forces. In the process, the gods, Wystan and Calder, ceased fighting each other and went after the fleeing aliens, seeing far more "fighting potential" with their "super" weapons. However, the aliens blasted the two, rendering them unconscious and gravity pulled them back down to Tierra, where by accident, both found themselves stuck inside newborn baby body heads.