In the Beginning There Was DarknessBefore meeting Callie, before becoming a Merchant, Desmond Flynn was the illegitimate son of a clerk. A boy born to a weak mother is cursed with weak powers in magic and is forced to marry a slave. But fate has other plans for him. Until the darkness disappears, From the barren caves of Arestis to the palace in Somnia and the streets of earth, this is how Desmond Flynn, who had nothing at the beginning, will become Emperor of the Evening Stars.