melon-neko
First Post
<Edit: If this is not the right place for this, please tell me where it should go XD >
Hi!
So um, i am gonna run my first game in a loong time. Tis hard to get people together >.> Anyways, i wrote up this up (at work >.>) and was wondering if anyone wants to comment on it. It is a brief summary/timeline for my players. I am not the best writer and i'm very scatter brained, so hopefully it reads okay ^^
The players are all Aberrants (Mutants) and Children of the Second Shadow (a term meaning the mutated during the second time of darkness, in 2025.) Some thing's are left vague because the characters wouldn't know about them and the History of the Liazon is too long to write in this ^^ Anyways, any comments are appreciated. Unless they're unnecissarily mean, then they aren't =)
Melon < Um, sorry it doesn't look good, i tried to make it look nice and failed ;-; I will fix it later when i have time >
Summary
In the year 1999, rumours and theories abounded of the end of the world. When the year turned, many believed that doomsayers had been correct. At the turn of midnight (Greenwich time) the world was swathed in darkness.
The darkness lasted several hours but seemed like an eternity to most as rioting and panic engulfed the world. When theh darkness passed and order was restored, the monsters were discovered. Although they were later to be coined Aberrants. Not only were teh Aberrants discovered but it was found that humans became them. The shadow had turned roughly 1 in a million(around 6 thousand) humans into Aberrations.
Although undiscovered for years, the shadow also made magic much much easier. Followers of old faiths who once performed long, tedious and tasking rituals for even a simple spell found that they could cast simple spells with little more than a word and hand wave. Which was important, because the Unseleighe creatures that passed into the real world at the same time homed in on magic users like hounds and their new found powers were all that saved the ones that survived.
In the year 2026, magic is largely excepted, although still frowned upon. It is undeniable in existance, although it has little presence in Eden's, it show's its face all throughout the Badlands. The Enforcers have hired and trained mages to help battle against the shadow world magics and have even begun experimenting with technomancy, mostly devices to protect or cancel out magic. As powerful as magic is however, technology is still powerful as well and advances in energy projection, force fields and genetic engineering have produced weaponry that can compete against sorcerors, shadow worlder's and Aberrations.
The world is split into two different places, the Eden's and the Badlands. The Eden's are heavily fortified metropolises, walled off and manned with gun batteries manned by Enforcers as well as often being covered by a forcefield. Every Eden has a detachment of Enforcer's stationed their. Not all cities became Eden's, only those deemed most important, a few Eden's are not cities, but huge plantation's. These are often connected to other Eden's by mag rails. The mag rails that connect nearby Eden's are subject to attack by badlanders and regularly patrolled by Enforcers, especially during transit.
The Eden's are considered paradise, a utopia amongst the horrors of magical invaders and human's turned monsters. In many ways, they are. Science has advanced to clean, efficient energy and recycling has stopped the depletion of many resources. The Eden's are clean and almost completely devoid of violent crime. They are also heavily monitered and patrolled by Enforcers and security is extremely tight. As long as people go about their life's in an orderly fashion they feel little of this and it is largely ignored. Their are still malls and movie theatre's and water parks, and unless you live near the wall you might never realize you lived in a fortress.
The Badlands are a complete opposite where there is no law but that of the strongest. Most those who have been comdemned to
the Badlands have created Gangs or brotherhoods and banded together. A single person has little chance in the Badlands. Not all Badlanders are raiders and murderers, but many are and they attack other Badlanders as willingly (perhaps more so) as they attack enforcers and mag trains. Most Badlanders are just trying to survive and dredge up some semblance civilization and security.
As much as the Enforcers deny it, the Badlanders do have contact with the Eden's and smugglers often trade Eden goods for drugs or other prohibited goods. A few Badlanders have even snuck or been smuggled into the Eden's. The Corporations often recruit Badlanders as Assassins or shock troops and give them Citizenship in return. Even the Enforcers recruit from the Badlands, as the Eden's frown upon violence of all type's and most citizens see the Enforcers as a necessary evil, but nothing that they would want any part of.
TimeLine
2000 - The first Shadow, throws the world into a panic and creates the
first aberrants.
2001 - The first abberrants are recorded on Media. Public opinion
on wheather to apprehend, destroy, study or leave alone
varies wildly. Most governments apprehend to study or destroy.
2002 - First Aliens captured on film. Sends the world into a panic.
2003 - US government creates ELFS in secret.
2004 - Major alien incursion. (A troll tears up downtown LA)
2005 - First major evidence of magic. What appeared to be a wizard
war tears up New Orleans and disastrous weather conditions.
A new government agency is created to study paranormal
activities and actively recruit and train mages. It is largely a
failure as magic is not very reliable.
2006 - ELF's are deployed as an anti terrorist force in the middle east.
The military loses control and they annihilate much
of the military and civilian presence before being brought
to heel. US government condemned for unlawful military actions
and 'playing god'
2008 - The ELF's are deployed against China after discovering chinese
scientist have been performing the same experiments that made
the elfs. The military loses control on the ELF's again and the
Chinese release their creations in response, the abominations.
Much of china and south Asia is turned into a Warzone.
2009 - The first Gen War is declared. China loses control over their
abominations and they escape into the wilds. Currently,
abominations still haunt Asia and east Europe, leaving much of
the area as a third world warzone.
2010 - US government pubilicly cancels the ELF project and begins the
Warchild project(In secret).
A second major alien incursion throughs the world into
panic (A demonic looking creature rains fire down on New york
before being destroyed by unknown Abberrants)
2011 - America puts forth the UE act in light of otherworldly
intelligence, saying that all of the Earth must be united in light of
this threat. The United Earth Act called for all allies to join under
one goverment. Although no Nation was forced, anyone not
under the UE would be denied Aid and considered a liability.
It comes to light that some ELF's escaped the cancellation
(purging) of the project. They are considered extremely
dangerous criminals.
2012 - The Enforcers are publicly announced to police the world and
respond to supernatural and/or extra terrestrial threats.
2014 - The Warchildren are deployed as an anti terrorist force in South
America, the mission ends with superb results and the Warchild
project is officially recognized.
An Elf, with the backing of human rights activists, pleads
for citizinship of his kind, although he wins his case, he is
assissinated shortly after. ELF's, while legally citizens, are still
met with prejudice and have few rights in reality.
2015 - A group of ELF's and rights activists walk on the UE capital.
After refusing to leave the grounds they are gunned down by
Enforcers. The ELF's lose most of their rights and are once again
considered a threat.
2016 - Second Gen Wars, Warchildren suffer a crushing defeat in
South America, the Project responds by starting a weapons
project, outfitting the warchildren with specialized equipment.
The war lasts 2 years until the Warchildren destroy the GenLab
and enemy base.
2017 - A third Alien incursion of what appeared to be mainly non
combatants in Scotland (an underground media sent out pictures
of them being annihilated by the Enforcers with little retaliation).
UE announces its first major success against Alien invaders,
though they still have little idea where they come from.
It is widely speculated that the Aliens are practicing magic
and that they do not invade earth through technological, but
magical means. The media and government deny this, but the
rumour spreads quickly.
In secret, a detachment of Warchildren are sent through a
portal into the shadow world. Only one returns and she is the
first Warchild to 'pay off' her bills and be released from service.
2018 - A fourth alien incursion and biggest so far, see's a host of
creatures from earth's mythology and nightmares attack and
annihilate the Scotland Enforcer base, razing much of the
country side and city. Thousands are killed. The Enforcer counter
attack is also destroyed, the invaders dissapear without a trace.
2019 - After the crushing defeat of the Enforcers, funding is increased
for weapons development as well as training. The Eden project is
started. The Eden project called for the fortification of all major
cities and farming area's. Thus the Badlands and slums outside
the walls were left as a no man's land of Abberrants and alien's.
2021 - The Eden Projects are mostly completed. The are only applied
to former first world countries and UE largely ignores the poor
and destitute area's of the world, becoming more totalatarian
in the command.
A larger force of Enforcers and Warchildren are sent into the
shadow world, few return, driven almost totally insane,
screeching of shadows and death. The counter invasion project is
canceled until further study can be made.
2022 - The First Gang wars in the badlands spread over into an Eden,
although it is quickly put down, the breach in security causes an
uproar and major upgrades to security are applied. Force field
technology is perfected and domed forcefields cover most Eden's.
2023 - The UE, slowly but surely loses financial backing, allows major
corporations to monopolize as a means of securing their funding.
The world quickly come's under the shadow of several major
corporations with who are almost above the Law.
The Angels project is started as a supportive unit for the
Warchildren.
2025 - The Second shadow descends on the world, Enforcers step forth
to stop panicking and most Eden's suffer little damage. Riots and
war's break out in the Badlands. In the Darkness, the current UE
leader is assassinated.
After the Shadow passes, abberrations become more
frequent and many Citizens of Eden flee to the Badlands to
escape persecution or worse. Magic becomes more active and
once again the chaos of the Badlands threatens to spill over into
the Eden's.
The Liazon appears, reporting to be a young girl who
dissapeared during the first shadow. She gives a detailed report
of the shadow world to the media, and tells of the warring
factions their. The Enforcers censor the material and attempt to
apprehend her. A rogue reporter broadcasts the censored
material and the ensuing attack. Showing the world the UE's
censorship and the first broadcast scene of a human using
magic.
The cult of the Liazon is born, they are considered a
terrorist threat, as is the Liazon who is on the Enforcers Most
wanted list.
The first Purges begin, Enforcers moving out into the
Badlands to eradicate abberrants, aliens and pretty much
anything that crosses their path.
2026 - The Cult of the Liazon broadcasts another feed, this one is a
speech by the Liazon, speaking more of the Shadow world and
some of its origins. It is cut off halfway through by an Enforcer
strike. Citizens opinion varies widely of the UE's actions.
Terms, People, Orginizations
UE - United Earth is the world government. Most Badlander's don't have much contact with the government except at the business end of an Enforcers gun. Many terrorist forces oppose the UE and the Enforcers and Corporation's backing the UE are becoming more and more powerful.
Eden - Any city/Metroplex that has been walled in and fortified. Entrance is only through guarded gates and only citizens of the UE are allowed entrance.
Badlands - The slums and no man's land outside of the Eden's. It mostly consists of abandoned suburbs and cities as well as bordering rural area's
Warzones - Severeal area's in which Abominations and Elf's live freely and the UE has a constant military presence. Much of South America and South Asia are Warzones.
Shadow Gate: A gate created by a powerful sorceror that allows creatures to pass from the real world to the shadow world and vice versa.
Aberrant - A human who has gain extra ordinary powers during or after the First or Second Shadow. Physical change is often a sign of an Aberrant but some look completely human.
Warchild - A genetically engineered soldier. They rarely look older than teenage despite years of combat. They have several extra ordinary powers and are considered the best soldiers in the world. Although technically able to buy their way out of the military (they get paid per mission) it is almost impossible since they are billed for ammo and medical attention. Some handfuls have went AWOL. Only 2 have legally withdrawn from the Project.
ELF - Stands for Engineered Life Form. The ELF's were America's first stint into bio engineering super soldiers. While nominally a success, the ELF's were unstable and turned out to be largely uncontrolable, often going berserk during combat. Many dissapeared during missions. The project was canceled and a genocide attempted. The ELF's still
survive today and appear to capable of breeding.
Angel - The Angel project has begun to support the warchildren. The angel project is proceeding much like the warchild project and were created to provide aerial support. An aquatic project is in design but as of yet has not been attempted.
Shade - A slang term for a denizen of the shadow world. Mostly used in the badlands.
Cult of the Liazon - A militant orginization whose goals are largely a mystery. They revere the Liazon as their leader and possibly god. They have perpetrated many terrorist acts against the UE, mostly through pirate broadcasts and data theft.
Enforcers - A para-military police force that has been charged with protecting the Eden's from shadow world and Aberrant threats. In reality they are largely unchecked in their methods of defense, leading to draconic security measure's in many Eden's and gross mis-uses of authority. They have all but replaced military forces and the UE military has largely become logistics and special forces. Leaving grunt troop and heavy weapons to the Enforcers.
The Liazon - A legend in her own time. The Liazon is an Aberrant who was pulled into the Shadow world during the first shadow. She returned to earth during the second shadow not only alive and sane, but she claimed she had allies in the shadow world. After attempting to educate the world on the nature of the shadow world, she was attacked by the Enforcers and is considered a class A threat.
Hi!
So um, i am gonna run my first game in a loong time. Tis hard to get people together >.> Anyways, i wrote up this up (at work >.>) and was wondering if anyone wants to comment on it. It is a brief summary/timeline for my players. I am not the best writer and i'm very scatter brained, so hopefully it reads okay ^^
The players are all Aberrants (Mutants) and Children of the Second Shadow (a term meaning the mutated during the second time of darkness, in 2025.) Some thing's are left vague because the characters wouldn't know about them and the History of the Liazon is too long to write in this ^^ Anyways, any comments are appreciated. Unless they're unnecissarily mean, then they aren't =)
Melon < Um, sorry it doesn't look good, i tried to make it look nice and failed ;-; I will fix it later when i have time >
Summary
In the year 1999, rumours and theories abounded of the end of the world. When the year turned, many believed that doomsayers had been correct. At the turn of midnight (Greenwich time) the world was swathed in darkness.
The darkness lasted several hours but seemed like an eternity to most as rioting and panic engulfed the world. When theh darkness passed and order was restored, the monsters were discovered. Although they were later to be coined Aberrants. Not only were teh Aberrants discovered but it was found that humans became them. The shadow had turned roughly 1 in a million(around 6 thousand) humans into Aberrations.
Although undiscovered for years, the shadow also made magic much much easier. Followers of old faiths who once performed long, tedious and tasking rituals for even a simple spell found that they could cast simple spells with little more than a word and hand wave. Which was important, because the Unseleighe creatures that passed into the real world at the same time homed in on magic users like hounds and their new found powers were all that saved the ones that survived.
In the year 2026, magic is largely excepted, although still frowned upon. It is undeniable in existance, although it has little presence in Eden's, it show's its face all throughout the Badlands. The Enforcers have hired and trained mages to help battle against the shadow world magics and have even begun experimenting with technomancy, mostly devices to protect or cancel out magic. As powerful as magic is however, technology is still powerful as well and advances in energy projection, force fields and genetic engineering have produced weaponry that can compete against sorcerors, shadow worlder's and Aberrations.
The world is split into two different places, the Eden's and the Badlands. The Eden's are heavily fortified metropolises, walled off and manned with gun batteries manned by Enforcers as well as often being covered by a forcefield. Every Eden has a detachment of Enforcer's stationed their. Not all cities became Eden's, only those deemed most important, a few Eden's are not cities, but huge plantation's. These are often connected to other Eden's by mag rails. The mag rails that connect nearby Eden's are subject to attack by badlanders and regularly patrolled by Enforcers, especially during transit.
The Eden's are considered paradise, a utopia amongst the horrors of magical invaders and human's turned monsters. In many ways, they are. Science has advanced to clean, efficient energy and recycling has stopped the depletion of many resources. The Eden's are clean and almost completely devoid of violent crime. They are also heavily monitered and patrolled by Enforcers and security is extremely tight. As long as people go about their life's in an orderly fashion they feel little of this and it is largely ignored. Their are still malls and movie theatre's and water parks, and unless you live near the wall you might never realize you lived in a fortress.
The Badlands are a complete opposite where there is no law but that of the strongest. Most those who have been comdemned to
the Badlands have created Gangs or brotherhoods and banded together. A single person has little chance in the Badlands. Not all Badlanders are raiders and murderers, but many are and they attack other Badlanders as willingly (perhaps more so) as they attack enforcers and mag trains. Most Badlanders are just trying to survive and dredge up some semblance civilization and security.
As much as the Enforcers deny it, the Badlanders do have contact with the Eden's and smugglers often trade Eden goods for drugs or other prohibited goods. A few Badlanders have even snuck or been smuggled into the Eden's. The Corporations often recruit Badlanders as Assassins or shock troops and give them Citizenship in return. Even the Enforcers recruit from the Badlands, as the Eden's frown upon violence of all type's and most citizens see the Enforcers as a necessary evil, but nothing that they would want any part of.
TimeLine
2000 - The first Shadow, throws the world into a panic and creates the
first aberrants.
2001 - The first abberrants are recorded on Media. Public opinion
on wheather to apprehend, destroy, study or leave alone
varies wildly. Most governments apprehend to study or destroy.
2002 - First Aliens captured on film. Sends the world into a panic.
2003 - US government creates ELFS in secret.
2004 - Major alien incursion. (A troll tears up downtown LA)
2005 - First major evidence of magic. What appeared to be a wizard
war tears up New Orleans and disastrous weather conditions.
A new government agency is created to study paranormal
activities and actively recruit and train mages. It is largely a
failure as magic is not very reliable.
2006 - ELF's are deployed as an anti terrorist force in the middle east.
The military loses control and they annihilate much
of the military and civilian presence before being brought
to heel. US government condemned for unlawful military actions
and 'playing god'
2008 - The ELF's are deployed against China after discovering chinese
scientist have been performing the same experiments that made
the elfs. The military loses control on the ELF's again and the
Chinese release their creations in response, the abominations.
Much of china and south Asia is turned into a Warzone.
2009 - The first Gen War is declared. China loses control over their
abominations and they escape into the wilds. Currently,
abominations still haunt Asia and east Europe, leaving much of
the area as a third world warzone.
2010 - US government pubilicly cancels the ELF project and begins the
Warchild project(In secret).
A second major alien incursion throughs the world into
panic (A demonic looking creature rains fire down on New york
before being destroyed by unknown Abberrants)
2011 - America puts forth the UE act in light of otherworldly
intelligence, saying that all of the Earth must be united in light of
this threat. The United Earth Act called for all allies to join under
one goverment. Although no Nation was forced, anyone not
under the UE would be denied Aid and considered a liability.
It comes to light that some ELF's escaped the cancellation
(purging) of the project. They are considered extremely
dangerous criminals.
2012 - The Enforcers are publicly announced to police the world and
respond to supernatural and/or extra terrestrial threats.
2014 - The Warchildren are deployed as an anti terrorist force in South
America, the mission ends with superb results and the Warchild
project is officially recognized.
An Elf, with the backing of human rights activists, pleads
for citizinship of his kind, although he wins his case, he is
assissinated shortly after. ELF's, while legally citizens, are still
met with prejudice and have few rights in reality.
2015 - A group of ELF's and rights activists walk on the UE capital.
After refusing to leave the grounds they are gunned down by
Enforcers. The ELF's lose most of their rights and are once again
considered a threat.
2016 - Second Gen Wars, Warchildren suffer a crushing defeat in
South America, the Project responds by starting a weapons
project, outfitting the warchildren with specialized equipment.
The war lasts 2 years until the Warchildren destroy the GenLab
and enemy base.
2017 - A third Alien incursion of what appeared to be mainly non
combatants in Scotland (an underground media sent out pictures
of them being annihilated by the Enforcers with little retaliation).
UE announces its first major success against Alien invaders,
though they still have little idea where they come from.
It is widely speculated that the Aliens are practicing magic
and that they do not invade earth through technological, but
magical means. The media and government deny this, but the
rumour spreads quickly.
In secret, a detachment of Warchildren are sent through a
portal into the shadow world. Only one returns and she is the
first Warchild to 'pay off' her bills and be released from service.
2018 - A fourth alien incursion and biggest so far, see's a host of
creatures from earth's mythology and nightmares attack and
annihilate the Scotland Enforcer base, razing much of the
country side and city. Thousands are killed. The Enforcer counter
attack is also destroyed, the invaders dissapear without a trace.
2019 - After the crushing defeat of the Enforcers, funding is increased
for weapons development as well as training. The Eden project is
started. The Eden project called for the fortification of all major
cities and farming area's. Thus the Badlands and slums outside
the walls were left as a no man's land of Abberrants and alien's.
2021 - The Eden Projects are mostly completed. The are only applied
to former first world countries and UE largely ignores the poor
and destitute area's of the world, becoming more totalatarian
in the command.
A larger force of Enforcers and Warchildren are sent into the
shadow world, few return, driven almost totally insane,
screeching of shadows and death. The counter invasion project is
canceled until further study can be made.
2022 - The First Gang wars in the badlands spread over into an Eden,
although it is quickly put down, the breach in security causes an
uproar and major upgrades to security are applied. Force field
technology is perfected and domed forcefields cover most Eden's.
2023 - The UE, slowly but surely loses financial backing, allows major
corporations to monopolize as a means of securing their funding.
The world quickly come's under the shadow of several major
corporations with who are almost above the Law.
The Angels project is started as a supportive unit for the
Warchildren.
2025 - The Second shadow descends on the world, Enforcers step forth
to stop panicking and most Eden's suffer little damage. Riots and
war's break out in the Badlands. In the Darkness, the current UE
leader is assassinated.
After the Shadow passes, abberrations become more
frequent and many Citizens of Eden flee to the Badlands to
escape persecution or worse. Magic becomes more active and
once again the chaos of the Badlands threatens to spill over into
the Eden's.
The Liazon appears, reporting to be a young girl who
dissapeared during the first shadow. She gives a detailed report
of the shadow world to the media, and tells of the warring
factions their. The Enforcers censor the material and attempt to
apprehend her. A rogue reporter broadcasts the censored
material and the ensuing attack. Showing the world the UE's
censorship and the first broadcast scene of a human using
magic.
The cult of the Liazon is born, they are considered a
terrorist threat, as is the Liazon who is on the Enforcers Most
wanted list.
The first Purges begin, Enforcers moving out into the
Badlands to eradicate abberrants, aliens and pretty much
anything that crosses their path.
2026 - The Cult of the Liazon broadcasts another feed, this one is a
speech by the Liazon, speaking more of the Shadow world and
some of its origins. It is cut off halfway through by an Enforcer
strike. Citizens opinion varies widely of the UE's actions.
Terms, People, Orginizations
UE - United Earth is the world government. Most Badlander's don't have much contact with the government except at the business end of an Enforcers gun. Many terrorist forces oppose the UE and the Enforcers and Corporation's backing the UE are becoming more and more powerful.
Eden - Any city/Metroplex that has been walled in and fortified. Entrance is only through guarded gates and only citizens of the UE are allowed entrance.
Badlands - The slums and no man's land outside of the Eden's. It mostly consists of abandoned suburbs and cities as well as bordering rural area's
Warzones - Severeal area's in which Abominations and Elf's live freely and the UE has a constant military presence. Much of South America and South Asia are Warzones.
Shadow Gate: A gate created by a powerful sorceror that allows creatures to pass from the real world to the shadow world and vice versa.
Aberrant - A human who has gain extra ordinary powers during or after the First or Second Shadow. Physical change is often a sign of an Aberrant but some look completely human.
Warchild - A genetically engineered soldier. They rarely look older than teenage despite years of combat. They have several extra ordinary powers and are considered the best soldiers in the world. Although technically able to buy their way out of the military (they get paid per mission) it is almost impossible since they are billed for ammo and medical attention. Some handfuls have went AWOL. Only 2 have legally withdrawn from the Project.
ELF - Stands for Engineered Life Form. The ELF's were America's first stint into bio engineering super soldiers. While nominally a success, the ELF's were unstable and turned out to be largely uncontrolable, often going berserk during combat. Many dissapeared during missions. The project was canceled and a genocide attempted. The ELF's still
survive today and appear to capable of breeding.
Angel - The Angel project has begun to support the warchildren. The angel project is proceeding much like the warchild project and were created to provide aerial support. An aquatic project is in design but as of yet has not been attempted.
Shade - A slang term for a denizen of the shadow world. Mostly used in the badlands.
Cult of the Liazon - A militant orginization whose goals are largely a mystery. They revere the Liazon as their leader and possibly god. They have perpetrated many terrorist acts against the UE, mostly through pirate broadcasts and data theft.
Enforcers - A para-military police force that has been charged with protecting the Eden's from shadow world and Aberrant threats. In reality they are largely unchecked in their methods of defense, leading to draconic security measure's in many Eden's and gross mis-uses of authority. They have all but replaced military forces and the UE military has largely become logistics and special forces. Leaving grunt troop and heavy weapons to the Enforcers.
The Liazon - A legend in her own time. The Liazon is an Aberrant who was pulled into the Shadow world during the first shadow. She returned to earth during the second shadow not only alive and sane, but she claimed she had allies in the shadow world. After attempting to educate the world on the nature of the shadow world, she was attacked by the Enforcers and is considered a class A threat.
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