Millenia ago, Earth was ravaged by wars, plagues and famine. The leaders of the old nations tried to maintain order, but true power fell increasingly into the hands of the rising megacorporations. As Earth became more destitute, the megacorporations used marvelous technologies to turn other planets in the solar system into new paradises for the elect. At last, the Great Exodus came, as the megacorporations fled Earth in the last of their starships, taking with them the "best and brightest" that they hand-picked to start new lives in their artificially created paradises. Earth was wracked with new plagues, such as the Red Death brought back from Mars. Civilization began to crumble.
Luna -- Earth's moon -- became a new center of power. The people of Luna demanded independence from Earth, and launched sub-atomic bombs at their former homeworld in an attempt to hasten its demise. The remaining four leaders of the old world came up with a deadly plan, knowing that their own doom was near. They used special agents in a daring plan to conceal a vast nuclear arsenal under parts of Luna's surface -- if the rebels turned on Earth again, then they would pay dearly. Each of the leaders determined that only they together should be able to have the authority to unleash this destruction. To that end, they each put forth one quarter of a two-thousand digit code, and kept it secret from the others. Five hundred digits of the code were engraved into each member's skull. The engravers were silenced. Only together would the four leaders be able to destroy Luna.
But that time never came. Luna was more eager to wipe out Earth than the leaders had reckoned. The people of the moon unleashed a barrage of missiles that destroyed all the major cities of Earth -- and the four leaders. Luna declared its independence, and Earth was unable to protest. The megacorporations backed Luna's claim by withdrawing any forces they still had on the battered world, and left it for dead.
But Earth was not truly dead. The Earth was covered by a dark shroud, but it at last passed away. Humanity emerged from its bunkers, and found a blighted world. They had little memory of the Earth that had gone before, that their ancestors had destroyed, but they kept knowledge that the megacorporations were to blame for this. People banded together into tribes, and sought to reclaim Earth in what they thought were the ways of old. In Europe, these groups coalesced into four main tribes.
The Templars, believing themselves to be the next step in evolution of the human race, think themselves the Chosen Ones of the Earth Goddess ... and reason that all "lesser" beings must be purged, so that Nature can be served.
The Sons of Rasputin are the most advanced of the European tribes, trying to maintain a semblance of civilization -- and technology -- in a world gone mad.
The Lutheran Triad is a collection of three smaller clans that have adapted to Earth in drastic ways -- through self-mutilation and primitive cybernetics. They follow a twisted form of Christianity, thinking themselves as being tested by an angry God.
In what was once the Middle East, desert nomads following the First Prophet ride great mammoths, and call themselves Crescentia.
Now, millenia later, the megacorporations have turned their attentions back to Earth. Their scouts have reported that, yes, not only is there life on Earth, but something resembling civilization, however primitive by megacorporate standards. And, of course, they have investigated for the purpose of -- what else? -- a new way to make a profit. But the reports back from the scouts suggest that the megacorporations might not be the only ones visiting the Tribes on Earth. There are strange structures that have been sighted, which look like reports of those Dark Legion bases known as "citadels".
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Crescentia |
Details on a tribe of desert nomad warriors. |
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Lutheran Triad |
Details on a tribe of self-mutilated survivors. |
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Lutheran Triad Armory |
Weapons used by the Lutheran Triad. |
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Sons of Rasputin |
Details on a tribe of (relatively) technologically-advanced survivors. |
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Templars of Gaia |
Details on a tribe of mutant survivors that consider themselves the "next step of evolution" of humanity.
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