At the peak of our civilization people felt as if our progress had reached heights, decades ago, would seem unimaginable. Our intelligence was increasing at an exponential level. Skyscrapers that literally scraped the skies, supercomputers, and a new machine for every discomfort. Nearing the end some felt as if our technology was beyond our own ability to control. As more people delved deeper into their virtual worlds of techno-comfort, the bonds that held the people together grew weaker.
Throughout history people have found difficulty living in relative peace with each other. Being the dominant species, humans had nothing to focus their common angst upon. In turn it was focused on each other. Groups turned to tribes, tribes to legions, legions to countries. Separation and discrimination occurred on all levels, in all forms; religious factions, racial prejudices, cliques, political groups...the list borders infinite.
It was the moment when civilization was desperately in need of harmony between the people. It was critical to the survival of everything we had struggled to build.
It was Dec 21, 2012... No one is sure of exactly what happened during those dark days. Some said that it was like a firework display like no other, there was blinding lights that lit the skies as the dust and ice burned off in the atmosphere. The fire that fell from the sky demolished century old cities in minutes. The strongest world powers crippled in the fingers of nature. The foreign torment that showered the earth ripped thousand year old trees from the ground and toppled cities, igniting everything around the searing blasts whilst scattering debri and shrapnel into the air. Winds raged tearing apart anything in its way, the coastal regions were swallowed by tsunamis, and the shockwaves echoing destruction across the land. Mountains toppled into the oceans as molten rock spilled like blood from the earths great veins. It was said that only four days passed until the bombardment ceased.
Truth be told, It was rumored that a large asteriod was headed for earth, shattering through the asteriod belt caused a shotgun effect that was forseen to be "unavoidable" by the astronomers at the time. Many of the alien hailstones were bigger than city buildings, most being the size of a melon to the size of
a small car. Weeks past as the dark skies were lit from below by the cities and forests that burned.
For over 5 years the skies were dark from the thick dust choking out the sunlight, sending the world into an iceage. Winter was the only season the world had without the warm sun to bring back the summer. Thick silt blanketed the earth. Food would not grow, and without help many died. It was not long before the sun peeked through and we glimpsed at the heavens again, like it was the first time. Our world once with a moon, now surrounded by a ring of it's remenants. Shattered by the heavenly hail, it now lights our night sky as a thick band spanning the horizons. The vapor that covered the sky came spilling down, flooding the land. It was these rains which we believe brought the first of the alien spore out of the stratosphere. Those chemicals which altered all life that drank from the rain. Mutating them into forms of life still new to the world.
Small civilian conflicts began whilst the survivors
pulled themselves from the ashes of the ruined cities. In a fanatic frenzy
for survival many turned to theft and preying of the weak to sustain their
own lives. Others, in reaction to this, grouped together for protection.
The cities left untouched by the 'hellfire' were
soon pillaged and stripped by the neo-scavengers, or eaten by the nuclear warheads, biological weapons and other nasty devices were deployed by small countries and other large powers to attempt to gain what they felt was now open for the taking.
This chaos now governs our existence.
It has been roughly 52 years since the onslaught that sent the world into darkness. Now we face a world covered in ash, still tremoring from the abuse from long ago. Earthquakes rumble in echoing remembrance. Acid rain that can eat through plastic, hurricanes that plunder the rubble, tsunami's that cleanse the coastal land. Beasts that rise in a new kingdom of wilderness, militias, scavengers, gangs, tribes, clans, vagabonds, religious fanatics, and all the mutations that bring nightmares to life... these are only examples of what one can come across. Enemies can be anything, without established governments, lawlessness and chaos prevails. Even once common pest problems now threaten our existence.
The world is in ruins, civilization has crumbled. What is left behind, is a dark, harsh world, looking to swallow those unwilling to fight to the end. The world we once knew has a new face. We pick ourselves up, out of the dust, only to face a grim fate. This is only the beginning...
"Long time ago, m'people walked in creterock forests. Built big 'macheenz', M'dad once told me the oldworld Cocroaches..said if they waz the size of a cat, they could run as fast as a car...I've seen 'em the size of a bus." -tribal elder