User blog:Negabandit86/Ordering what was happening 100 years ago...

I've re-watched the cutscenes from Maplestory, even Demon Slayer's and Luminous and I'll try to piece things together. That's why I think happened.
 * 1) The heroes had a first run-in with Black Mage, and the ffirst major battle either ended up in a draw or a victory for the Black Mage.
 * 2) The heroes form a strategy to battle and defeat the Black Mage.
 * 3) They storm the Black Mage's temple and began fighting off his minions and henchmen.
 * 4) Aran, Luminous, and Phantom are forced to stay behind and hold of the endless horde of Black Mage's army.
 * 5) Luminous checks in with Phantom to see how things are going and proceeds to enter deeper into the temple, only to find a wounded Aran struggling to fend off the monsters. After a brief chat, Aran is somehow transported to a nearby forest, hence her flashback.
 * 6) Demon Slayer manages to ward off Arkarium and fights the Black Mage, one-on-one. He gets his ass kicked.
 * 7) Mercedes and Freud enter and battle Black Mage. They too get their butts handed to them.
 * 8) Luminous comes and finishes the battle. The Black Mage curses Luminous with dark magic before encasing them all in ice (save for Demon Slayer who somehows gets trapped in an egg?). It is all over.