There once was a man who had suffered through the abuse and torment of his family. they had stolen past, present, and future from him before leaving him to die in the depths of despair. he thought himself abandoned by all till the last moment when he took his final breath starving to death in his own bed... in that final moment before everything went black he heard what seems to be his childhood friend's scream fade into nothing.

However that wasn't the end, here he floats in a space as black as night with glowing letters in front of him.
"Welcome Hero, To the interdimensional Empire-Building system"