(DISCLAIMER, this my first time making a fan-fic, so if you guys play the game and notice a mistake of any kind, please notify me so i can improve, i know this series might not last too long, but i will be very happy to have you come along for the ride :D )
exposition:
During 1919, just after the end of the first World War, the Earth and it's populace was practically split into two sides...The Golden Empire, and the Royal Nation. Come extreme political differences in ideology- the first bombs were dropped, marking the Queen and Kings war. Soon enough, there was nothing left of the ravaged surface; it rested completely un-inhabitable, forcing everyone beneath the dirt. The world went underground, but the war did not rest.
chapter 1 a: ruin
as i looked at my hometown of Yakutsk for the last time, one cannot help but think that this was once a peaceful region, a bitterly cold during the winter months (usually around -40 degrees) but a good place to live. all now destroyed, the empire had bombed the area before, but not so as devastating as this, the last bombing run, which had occurred 4 hours prior, had completely destroyed the city, totally reducing it to rubble and ruin. as glanced over the ruins a final time, i heard a voice behind me, "hey, we're going to leave in a few minutes..", with that, i headed back to the group, people that had survived the bombs, packed the last of my things, and got one the horses that had been distributed between us. the lot us are heading to an underground settlement that is being built, a place with the hope-filled name of ´ renewal ´, a 17 day trek lies ahead of us, and not all of us will get there. my name is Joseph Aslanov, and this is my story.
chapter 1 b: how this war started
In 1919, a completely unexpected turn of events causes a Prince of the Royal Nation to be assassinated. With no proof whatsoever, the Royal Nation blames the Golden Empire and follows by declaring war, bombing their territory with conventional bombs and gas. The Empire retaliates with the same.
Continued bombings leave the Surface to be decimated. Concentration of gas reaches high levels in certain regions, only spreading outwards across the world. As the world is ceasing to be habitable, the rival factions mine underground to escape the toxic shroud. The war follows the depths as well.
A new era of life on Earth begins. Only lone scavengers remain on the Surface, as Civilization adapts to living underground.
Exhausted from the previous war with no time to recover, and already on the edge of the newest conflict, an organization – the Solace Coalition – was formed to attempt escape war. Having nothing else to offer the warring factions in exchange for neutrality and abstaining from conflict, they agree to fuel the war at their expense.
Deserters from both factions separate into independent honour-less gangs – Bandits; or join the Solace Coalition to attempt to live a normal life, although in severely worse conditions.
so far the war has been going on for two years now. my hometown is one of the last cities to evacuate and go underground, everyone knows we should have left earlier, but i guess its better late than not leaving at all. the war has also been majorly a constant stalemate on both sides, and because of the after-effects of the great war, the world is now in a state of comlplete famine. i´m lucky to have even survived the last bombing at all, since, i´m only 16, i have a lot to live for.