Introduction: Welcome! New Testaments: Secret of Mana is a collaboration fic between myself (ClaudeLv250), Nikovich, Dalamar86, and possibly a few other authors in the future. Being fans of the Mana/Seiken Densetsu series, we thought what better way to honor it than write a story for it?
New Testaments will be a series, starting with Secret of Mana and eventually going into a new story for the rest of the games, in the order of Seiken Densetsu 3, Legend of Mana, and then Sword of Mana/Final Fantasy Adventure and the World of Mana games(and anymore games after that). This will be a LONG endeavor, possibly one of the longest pieces of fanfiction I've participated in so far. Chapters will be written by one of the authors, which will be clarified at the start of each chapter. There will also be a few chapters written by multiple authors. And now, story details.
Story: The story takes place 10 years after the end of Secret of Mana. It will feature new and old characters, and probably plenty of nostalgia for fans of the game. Hopefully, beyond establishing new plotlines, we can also clear up and tackle some older plot points from the original game that weren't elaborated upon. Ah...I'm not going to get too much into detail here: that's what the actual story is for. Don't want to spoil anything.
More NTSoM: We have decided to elaborate on the SoM/NTSoM universe and expand the project in the process with works based off of the story. Such includes side stories like Eliza the Witch, as well as games that are in the works now. I guess you can consider the NTSoM project similar to the World of Mana compilation. I hope to keep updates in this area as they come (or in my profile).
(UPDATE April 4, 07)
Bios: I've removed the character biographies because I felt it was lacking and amateurish to include them in the actual story itself. They are, however, on my website in a cleaned up and improved form, including character portraits. The link is in my profile.
And last, but not least...
Disclaimer: Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu and all related properties are the property of Square Enix. All original characters and creations are the property of their respective authors unless otherwise specified.