NGG Doc. 2

Story I crafted based on the NGG Mc Server

Original BK information -

Colonies -

Colony Baldwin: Military-focused Colony that acts as a civil-order society. Taxes are common, and there is one leader who acts as a military general-advisor. People who live here live by a strict set of “commands” or laws, and those who don’t, no longer live (there.)

Colony Savior: The people’s colony, if you will. They run the colony with one leader and focus on agriculture and mining. They are mostly peaceful and when in combat they use volunteers, no official army. Taxes are uncommon here.

Colony Ted’ah: The bandit’s den, some may say. This colony is full of criminals and outlaws who’ve come together to form one society. The society is led by a group of leaders and military advisors, but the owner is one person. Taxes are common-ish here, and they focus on mining, and military, along with hunting as well.

(Extra) - Pilgrims are people who belong to no colony at all, they follow their own rules and technically count as their own group, but to become a pilgrim one must split from either Savior or Baldwin.

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Lore -

Chapter 1:

When society is given a second chance, do we rise above our past mistakes—or do we simply rebuild the chains that once bound us?

Enter Baldwin. By 2031, the leader of Colony Baldwin would have obtained control of nearly 34% of Africa, losing only 5% to radiation as the national worth of the colony is large enough to build 15 rockets (in todays worth.) They have violently taken out bandits and thieves seeking ton spread violence and propaganda within their territory and almost have achieved nationwide peace through strict rules and bounds for citizens to abide by. Led by one only known as “The Colonel” he is a powerful, yet smart man. He was born years before Day X occurred in America, he served as a US military advisor and was honorably discharged after service in Iraq, Afghanistan and even Pakistan. “Fight the fight, live the day, see the night.” That is the slogan of the people of Colony Baldwin.

Reach Colony Savior. These are the more religious folk. Their national religion is neo-Christianity, newer and more updated version of Christianity than what it was years before. They are led by Priest Johnathan IV, he is nearing 43 years old by 2031 and the nation itself has control over nearly 29% of Africa and parts of Europe. They are a peaceful colony, focusing on agriculture and Christian values/prayer rather than military strength and war. They get their protection from Pilgrims and people of Colony Baldwin. In return they pay bread, and other food, nearly as rare as gold and iron nowadays. In 2035, the colony would enter war with Ted’ah, a renegade-like colony that lived by their own rules and used violence as entertainment. This was the Midway war, as the war was over fortification of “God’s sea” in Mid-Africa. By 2036, Priest Johnathan IV would pull out of the war, and they’d lose 2.1% of their land total because of this, making this a great victory for Ted’ah, as they didn’t see many victories then. “Farm the path, win the way.” Slogan of the people of Colony Savior, coined by the neo-Christian bible in Genesis 15:4.

Now Colony Ted’ah. Led by a man known as the Butcher, his real name is Ted Reyer. He was a Frenchman but moved to America and then Niran years before Day X. He is roughly 37 years old as of 2036. He was an atheist man before turning to agnosticism in 2034, after a personal event changed his life. He controls roughly 42% of Africa and won 2.1% more from Johnathan IV of Savi’r, in 2036. His people live by a code, though they are all bandits and criminals, they all believe in one person, Ted. He is essentially their king. They praise him, worship him even at times. They all have top notch gear from Eastern Africa (best they can make and better than gear from Northern Africa) They are ruthless, and constantly pose a threat to Colony Baldwin, as they’ve hated each other since the colonies were both established and founded. “Chaos is the most efficient type of Order.” That is their saying, coined by General Marx of Pinst.

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Pilgrim - “How was it?” Landon would ask Daniel. “How was what?” Daniel just came back from scavenging in a local forest that had survived Day X, they were both pilgrims, living on the border of Sudan and Egypt, though mostly protected from the radiation from what they could tell. “The forest, like what did you find?” Landon sits down next to Daniel, pouring him a drink from their ‘bar’ in their large treehouse. “Nothing, I was looking for food, because that farm down there ain’t gonna last forever.” Daniel responds, pointing at the rotting potatoes and the bug-infected beetroots. “Oh yeah, speaking of…” Landon would reach into a bag of his and pull out an old-world phone. “Whoa, where did you find this?!” Daniel would be visibly shocked at this discovery, inspecting the phone. “These haven’t been around for, I can’t even remember!” Daniel adds. “I was doing some yard work a couple days ago and some bandits came by, I scared them off but one of them dropped their bags. Sucker..” Landon says, chuckling to himself. “This is a great find, put it in the cave-safe.” Daniel says Landon would soon after do as he was told. It would reach night, Daniel and Landon would be in their respective rooms, asleep and the farm was “thriving” at this time according to Landon.

C.Baldwin - There would be another collection of those killed in their homes by R-12 (Radion type 2) Nearly 23 people had dropped dead from R-12 in their homes by the end of the week, per block! The average life expectancy in Colony Baldwin dropped from 83% to 75% over the span of one and a half weeks. “Get it now?” Chief Wallace asked the new recruits in the meeting room. He’d turn off the projector for the presentation and he’d look down at all of the recruits in the room. “This is serious, you all signed up for the medical-science division here, so you signed up to save lives, to save this great Colony.” Chief Wallace adds. The recruits would all nod, understanding the gravity of the entire situation going on. “Sir,” a recruit would raise his hand, “What do we do if there’s an outbreak within the lab?” Asked the recruit. “Well son, I’m glad you asked that. Now we’re gonna discuss safety precautions and drills!” Chief Wallace exclaims. The recruits were annoyed, but understanding, and they all paid attention to the rest of the presentation. One hour later the presentation would end and the recruits would go to their rooms, stationed on the land of the science lab of course. Walking to his own room, Israel would be on a call with his mother, she was still at the hospital recovering from R-12 being discovered in her system. “Mom, how’re you doing?” Israel would ask, trying his hardest to talk over the constant lagging of the call due to the thick concrete walls of the facility. “I’m doing alright, sweetie. How is everything going at the lab?” Israel’s mom responds. Israel would think for a second, and then he’d reply. “It’s all going great mama.” He’d say. He’d then hear the loudspeaker overhead call him to the Overseer’s office. “Okay I gotta go now, love ya’ ma.” He’d hang up, and quickly get to the Overseer’s office. “Take a seat, Israel.” Overseer Jacob Biscup would say formally. Israel, very nervous, would sit down at his desk. “We’ve been watching your work and how you do in your classes, and even though your only 16 years old, we see that your understanding of neurological connections and brain tissue is astounding.” Dr.Biscup would say. Israel would nod politely, still nervous about the whole interaction. “Thank you, Overseer. My mom’s sick, so I’ve been trying to get a position here for months.” Israel would say. “Mhm.. Speaking of your mother, is she doing alright? I used to talk to her alot but it seems she’s less active now-” before he could finish speaking Israel would quickly say, “Yeah she’s doing fine.. Is that all, sir? May I be politely excused?” Dr.Biscup would nod, and Israel would quickly leave the room, running to his own to rest for the night.

C.Savior - “-By o Lord almighty’s name, amen.” The Priest of the New Church of Douglan would finish a final prayer with his congregation. The church session would come to a close and people would begin leaving, everyone but a man who was present at the back of the church. As Priest Omar would finish his prayer, he’d walk into the backroom serving as a break room and an office for the priest. The man would jump from his seat and quickly rush to the room as well, trying to catch up to Priest Omar. “Omar, Omar, wait up!” The man would yell, coming in before the door would fully close. Priest Omar would be shocked, and he’d look the man up and down before realizing, “Tristan! It’s you, how’ve you been?” The man would turn out to be 24 year old Tristan Coresh, a farmer and miner who helped construct the relatively new Church building alongside Omar. “Yeah, I’ve been great. We finished a mining operation in Roldhar and everyone got paid a large sum of gold.” Tristan responds, then he’d gesture with his eyes and head for Omar to reciprocate. “That’s insane! Anyways, I’ve been good as well, Church and sleep, and getting paid - do you realize how much silver is in this industry?” Omar would respond. Tristan would let out a sigh of almost surprise. “No I didn’t, until I saw your net worth on the main bank office down the street.” Tristan would say. They’d continue talking, walking outside of the Church to go eat at the staple building near the apartments. Suddenly, three people dressed in red and black pants, and sweatshirts with a black mask looking that of King Baldwin IV’s mask would come up to them. “Hey, come with us, now!” One of the bandits would yell. Tristan would crack his knuckles, but quickly one of the bandits would pull out an ‘assassin’s knife’ a long and thin blade with serrated edges on the top/side of the blade and ridges on the surface to cause maximum pain. Tristan would put his hands up and the men would follow the bandits. “Where are you two from?” One of the bandits would ask. “Here, and he’s from here too.” Tristan would answer, also for Priest Omar. Omar would be on the brink of passing out, due to shock of the entire situation but one of the bandits wouldn’t let that happen, slapping Omar and punching him in the stomach as well. “Wake up holy bookworm!” The bandit would yell, causing the other two bandits to laugh. It seemed to the two men that this was a robbery, and after the robbery ended, Tristan would have been cut and bruised badly, alongside Omar who had a dark eye after the encounter. “Who are these two?” — “I don’t know, I think they’re those two losers Hunter, Josh and Ethan beat a couple hours ago.” — “Huh… Lucky them, they weren’t awake to piss us off, haha!” Tristan would start to slowly regain consciousness and notice that Priest Omar is still asleep. He’d begin to see the men in front of them and standing over them. They were more bandits from Colony Ted’ah. “What… what’s going on..?” Tristan would mutter to himself, none of the bandits would hear or seem him though, over their own laughter. A couple hours later, Tristan and Omar would be in a hostage camp ran by the bandits of Ted’ah, as it seems, the Colony of Ted’ah went to war with Colony Savior and gained the river and extra fortresses near cities for trade after a conflict. Oddly though, the bandits wouldn’t act hostile towards the hostages, they’d just do what they were ordered to do. “Where are we?” Tristan would ask Omar. “Where do you think? … sorry, God forgive my mismanners.. We’re in a prison camp ran by those bandits, it seems our city was capitulated.” Priest Omar would whisper back to Tristan. “What? And they didn’t think to evacuate the people living here??” Tristan almost would begin raising his voice, but then he’d notice guards close to their holding cell. In slight response to Tristan, Omar would just shrug, going back to sleep laying against the hard, concrete wall.

Intermission - It’s now April 17th, 2036, Colony Ted’ah is sorting problems with Colony Savior and Colony Baldwin still struggles to control the outbreak of R-12 within their borders. The leader of Colony Baldwin would seek foreign aid from places like Germany and France to assist in their efforts but they’d get rejected multiple times as they don’t want to go to any sort of place near the radioactive disease. People struggle to survive everyday and people of Colony Savior only get more and more radical, distasteful towards their bowing Government under Johnathan IV.

Pilgrim - “Hey, we got a call!” Landon would yell to Daniel inside of the tree house. Daniel would finish eating breakfast and quickly run to Landon standing outside with a woman and her 8 year old son. “What is it?” Daniel would ask, climbing down the ladder to the ground. “This lady wants us to deliver something to someplace South, I think in Baldwan or whatever it’s called.” Landon would reply, not filling the lady with any more confidence. “Oh yeah, sure we can do that.” Daniel would say, but gesturing his hand up to ensure Landon doesn’t say anything else, he’d turn towards the lady. “Do you have anyone in mind you want this boy delivered to?” Daniel would ask the lady softly. “Yes, his father.” The lady responds. “Who would that be?” Daniel asks again, waiting for the lady’s response. “Here,” the lady would hand Daniel and Landon a photo of the father. The father looked strangely American or European even, he had green eyes and smooth brown hair, he was dressed in military attire and had a swift jawline, complimenting his athletic build. He also seemed to be in his mid 20s in the photo, making him near 40 now. “Okay, we’ll do it. How much do you have?” The lady would quickly pull out 4 pieces of gold and 12 silver coins. “biaism nallah!” Landon would exclaim, this amount of money was very rare for someone to have, making Daniel further question who the boy’s father is. “We solemnly swear we will infact get your boy home in one piece.” Landon promises the lady. She’d laugh, hugging her boy and running off somewhere Daniel and Landon don’t know of. “So, what’s your name, kid?” Daniel would ask the boy. “I’m Jason.” The boy would simply reply. “Very nice name, and do you know your father’s name?” Landon would ask for Daniel. “I don’t know, he left when I was 4 years old…” The boy would say, looking a little sad. Daniel would cheer the boy up as Landon would be sent to the cave house and tree house to collect supplies and tools they may need along their journey.

C.Baldwin - “Line up!” The leading officer would command the recruits. They have passed training and are now being sent out to Northwest Africa as ground units to assess the war between Ted’ah and Colony Savior. “Do you understand for what purpose you are here today?!” The sergeant yells, entering the barracks from his break. “Sir yes sir!” The soldiers would all yell in sync. “You understand the gravity of this conflict?!” The sergeant yells again. “Sir yes sir!” The recruits respond once more. “Wierzbowski, tell me why we are here today!” The sergeant commands one of the soldiers in front of him. “Defend the people of Colony Savior and assess the situation, sir!” Wierzbowski would respond. The sergeant would nod, and walk over to the other end of the line, stopping at Urshaka. “Urshaka!” sergeant yells, “What are you to do when you arrive in Northwest Africa?!” Sergeant asks Urshaka, a 17 year old soldier from Colony Savior. “Sir, we are to rendezvous with Operatives 3.0 A and B to await orders from Station Midway, sir!” Urshaka would instantly respond. “You’re damn right son…” Sergeant would say quietly…

C.Savior - There would be a very audible disagreement between Board members at the Holy Congregation of Colony Savior, a political meeting designed to make decisions and convince the High Priest, Priest Johnathan IV to make a certain choice regarding the Colony’s future. One of the Board members would claim that it’d be better for the government and for the people if the colony had an official military, they would be able to quit paying Colony Baldwin and they’d be able to officially protect themselves against invaders such as those in Colony Ted’ah. The downside being pointed out by another member, which would be the fact that Colony Savior would have to quit its act of demilitarization and its official law of neutrality-to-defense if it wanted a military. This would cause Colony Baldwin to get worried, as Colony Savior having its own military might strain African relations and Geopolitics. Colony Ted’ah also might attack immediately when the army is starting to form, as an army would mean defense against their raids and attacks. “Silence, everybody!” Priest Johnathan IV would say, raising his hand up from the throne. Everyone would instantly quiet down and pay attention. The reason Priest Johnathan IV was respected so much was due to his background and the way he looked. He was the man who wrote the Neo-Christian bible after all. Though for his looks, it was another story. He wore a silver Mask designed to protect his face in combat and to ensure his respect. On his head was a metal Kippah, as it had been reclaimed by Neo-Christianity in the upcoming years. Attached to the Kippah was a long metal robe that went from each side of the mask and went downward to his shoulder. He wore white robes and blue gloves, robes being designed with gold decorations appearing throughout the Neo-Christian bible and the gloves having golden plated knuckles and fingertips. “We need a military, BUT - we cannot have it the way any of you people want it.” Priest Johnathan IV would say in his smooth Flemish-French accent. He would continue speaking in the grand hall. “Our military must be structured and organized by the people, not by us. The people are under attack, not us. We give the people the tools, and the people will create. We give the people the weapons, and the people will defend.” Priest Johnathan IV would state calmly, but assertively. People in the congregation would nod slightly, but one would disagree. “High Priest,” Turman would raise his hand. Priest Johnathan IV would nod, looking at him and listening. “If we let the people form their own military how can we be sure that they won’t turn on us? I mean, it happened multiple times in the Middle East, what makes us so different? May I remind you, High Priest, that we ARE in fact, a religious monarchy.” Turman would sit back down in his seat, awaiting Priest Johnathan IV’s response.

C.Ted’ah - The “hunter” as they were called, rather than Bandits or Thieves, would enter Ted Reyer’s room, visibly nervous for the encounter he may have with Ted. “Butcher, sir!” Hunter Owens would shout in the dark room. He’d hear two claps and suddenly the lights would flicker on and he’d see the Butcher in his throne, protected by two guards, “Werewolves.” The Butcher would gesture one of his guards to fetch him a drink, and Hunter Owners would be gestured to approach The Butcher. Kneeling, he’d see the guard get the Butcher his drink, and then he’d finally see why everyone feared him. Appearance is key. The Butcher would be dressed in a long red coat, the fabric being thick and slick, the shirt under the unzipped coat would be completely black, with the Butcher wearing a humble golden necklace over it. The pants being black as the bulletproof vest under the coat but over the shirt. The red and black hood would always be up, with a hint of light showing the black and red ballistic mask with the mouth torn open for him to breathe. “Speak.” The Butcher would sternly say. “Sir, we’ve gotten word from our mole in Colony Savior that they are discussing militarization of their colony, what should be our next course of action?” Hunter Owens would ask. The Butcher would sip his wine, and then set it down, he’d think for a moment longer and then respond to Owens. “Let them.. I don’t care about them, they are sure to die off soon enough. Rally forces near Southeast Ted’ah, tell them we’re positioning ourselves on the New African strait.” The Butcher would order. Following this, he’d gesture with his hand for Owens to leave, and Owens would, knowing his orders and knowing his place.

Intermission - By 2037, June 5th, Colony Ted’ah would station themselves near the New African strait in response to Colony Baldwin increasing propaganda and increasing military influence within Colony Savior. On June 6th, Colony Baldwin would illegally place forces in the neutral region of Midway, to monitor relations between Colony Savior and Colony Ted’ah. Meanwhile the Pilgrims, Daniel and Landon would be in the center of the old country of Sudan, which is now the United Republic of Sudan and Ethiopia, or the URSE. This was due to efforts from both NEONATO and the UN. On June 15th, relations between Colony Ted’ah and Colony Baldwin would heat up even more, after a commanding officer had been jumped by a group fo Ted’ah activists.

Pilgrim - Daniel and Landon would take the kid, Jason out to eat some authentic Sudanese food. They would all love it, and with the amount of money Daniel and Landon have earned over the years, it didn’t affect them much. Now it’s time to find somewhere to stay. Unusual to any environment other than the outside with animals, dirt and other forestry, Daniel and Landon would be confused as to where they were going to stay. “Okay so I see a good park over there, maybe we can set up camp there?” Daniel says to Landon. Jason would then see an apartment, he’d point at it and say, “Sleep, there are rooms in there.” Confused but desperate, Daniel and Landon would eventually agree to listen to Jason, and they’d go into the apartment. They’d book a room and sleep there for the night… “Yes, I see them…” The man would say from the rooftop from another building, he’d load his sniper rifle, issued by the Colony Baldwin military division of defense and international affairs. He’d look through the scope, seeing the boy sleeping on the couch-bed device. He’d point the scope at other areas of the room, looking for anyone else that may be with the boy at that time.

C.Baldwin - Just as the second man would leave the helicopter floating feet above the ground, people would begin getting shot at. It was sure to be war by nightfall, Urshaka could feel it. He’d load his military assault rifle and he’d fire wherever smoke was present, gunpowder would clog his vision and he could barely hear over the gunfire and shouting from both sides of the conflict. “GO TO THE TRENCH!” Captain Meyers would yell at the top of his lungs, taking cover behind a sandbag riddled already with bullet holes and casings. “WHAT?!” Urshaka would yell back. “THE TRENCH!” Captain Meyers would repeat, also pointing at where Urshaka needs to be. Urshaka would finally understand, darting towards the trench at record speeds. Captain Meyers would join him in the trench after, and they’d walk into a packed bunker. “Listen up, men! This is what we are made for, to defend our people, our loved ones, our autonomy of this great Colony of Baldwin!” Captain Meyers would shout. The soldiers would all raise their fist, shouting in unison to show camaraderie in their agreement with Captain Meyers. “We need to fight like hell, and give em’ hell. These Teddy bears won’t even know what hit em…” Captain Meyers would continue on with the presentation until nearly 30 minutes later. “Let’s go guys!” Private Mark would say, trying to boost squad morale. People would load their rifles and rearm the machine guns mounted on the top of the trenches. “Five… four… three… two… one…” Bang! One of Meyer’s soldiers have been shot in the head, the bullet would get into the center of the brain, nearly killing them instantly.

C.Savior - Marching the streets of New Veina the new military would parade the flag of the new Marine corps. People would celebrate, as they finally have a first-line defense against Ted’ah and no longer need to pay off Colony Baldwin with resources the people of Colony Savior need most. The colony’s military would march, singing a biblical song sung by angels in Taking 4:5 of the Neo-Christian bible. The border patrol “hogs” would notice the rearmament of Colony Savior, and instantly report this to the National Defense Force (NDF) of Ted’ah. The entire border would be militarized very quickly, and military bases and stations would be built as quickly as possible to secure the colony in any possible conflict with Colony Ted’ah, or even Colony Baldwin. As Jackson, a 34 year old Deputy for the Border Guard, would do his routine check on the border between Colony Savior and Colony Ted’ah when he’d notice a great amount of gunfire, smoke and artillery at Midway. “Code Proxy, code proxy!” Deputy Jackson would yell through his radio.

C.Ted’ah - “Aim, use the conversion mechanism on the side of the rifle, and fire.” Damien, a soldier for the NDF of Ted’ah would teach a new NDF recruit how to use their custom rifles supplied to them by the military’s science division from Colony Ted’ah. The recruit, 16 year old Sabon would listen attentively, and practice what his colleague told him before going out into the trenches. “Ready for war?” Damien asks Sabon. Sabon responds, nodding his head assertively. They’d run out into the trench from the side door of the bunker, instantly they’d be blanketed in a cloud of gunpowder smoke and a whole lot of yelling and screaming. Sabon would stop, getting overwhelmed by the battlefield, and Damien would stop as well trying to get Sabon to continue running. Sabon would grasp his weapon though, and he’d load the gun. Remembering what Damien said to him, he’d get out of the trench and - “SABON, NO!” Damien would scream out of shock and anger after witnessing Sabons head get blown off by a heavy-action rifle. He’d run to Sabons body but it was too late, the mutilated head already was falling off of the thin layer of skin keeping the head attached to the neck. Damien would wipe tears from his eyes, and continue running. Making it to the second bunker he’d reload an artillery cannon, and begin firing at the location the Baldwinese military shot Sabon from. He’d take out nearly 4 soldiers before the ammo would run out. “Damnit!” Damien yells, slamming his hand against the side of the artillery barrel. He’d exit the bunker, and take position near two other NDF soldiers firing from the front lines. It wouldn’t take long however for the air support to arrive and bomb the two bunkers the NDF used for protection, but thankfully the tankers behind the trenches took down nearly all of the bombers. “We need to push further, they are hiding in the bunkers so they are already isolated all together!” Colonel William Smith would shout to his soldiers from behind the trench. Quickly he’d jump into it, giving the soldiers orders for a push-in attack. Prepared, Damien would take revenge soon.

Pilgrim - Daniel would wake up as a loud banging would be heard at the door. Quickly, Landon and Daniel jumped out of bed and opened the door. “Police, we are here to take you two into custody on charges of kidnapping.” Five armed SWAT personnel would be at the door, waiting for Daniel and Landon. Confused as to what they should do, they’d accept what the SWAT team said and they’d be placed under police custody and put inside a SWAT vehicle in the meantime. “Kid, what’s your name?” Officer Lawren would ask Jason. Jason wouldn’t answer the officer, so he’d ask again. Still no response. After a while of questioning of everyone involved, Daniel and Landon would be released with full custody of Jason oncemore. “What the hell just happened?” Landon would ask Daniel. “I don’t know, but it’s clear someone doesn’t want us delivering this kid to his father.. We need to go.” Daniel would respond. They’d pack their things at the apartment and quickly make the next train to get to the border of Sudan and Colony Baldwin.

C.Baldwin - The political advisor, 45 year old Manet Haman would enter the military meeting session, taking a seat next to the Colonel and a bunch of other military people discussing the armed conflict with Colony Ted’ah. “We need to mobilize our ground units and make more tanks, protection plus faster traveling, this is literally a bulletproof army-” General Arma would be cut off by Advisor Louis, who would say, “We conquer the air we bomb the ground, kill everything and everyone in a specific area, we win.” Advisor Louis would sip his coffee as Lieutenant Pisha would bud in, “We’re fighting Ted’ah not combating the Nazis, there’s no reason to bomb innocent people at this level of war, we have most of this under control.” Lieutenant Pisha would state. Another general would begin to speak, but the Colonel would cut him off. “We advise our military commanders combating on the frontlines to pull back 5 miles and set up defensives, bunkers, bases, mine fields, anything that will work as a fallback maneuver. Then we can continue with other ideas, but we need to think about reinforcement camps.” The Colonel would say, then Advisor Louis would add something. “No, that is a completely stupid idea, with all due respect sir, we have the front line under control, we need to focus on fighting 5 to 15 miles into the opposite side, and force the military to surrender on both sides of the frontline. This has worked so many times throughout history, why not now?” Advisor Manet Haman would speak, responding to Louis. “It’s worked in history when dealing with fascists and terrorists, these are not terrorists, these are radicals defending their land that, may I add, provoked without official reason!” Advisor Haman would state assertively.

C.Savior - The two local farmers Alex and Cairo would finish their last set of chores early for the weekend. “So what’re you going to do after you get your pay?” Alex asks Cario, sitting down after pouring him and himself a drink. Cairo would think, and then shrug, leaning back into his chair. “Hmm… I don’t know. Do you?” Cairo asks Alex. “Yeah I do, I’ll upgrade the farm, all of our stuff, maybe someday soon we can get out of here.” Alex responds. Cairo would think about the idea, liking it well. He’d nod in agreement. They’d continue talking until someone followed by two other men also dressed in black would walk up to them. “We’re seizing control of this farm, you have 28 hours to leave.” The man would say. “Wait what-” Before Cairo could finish speaking however one of the men would load their pistol, making it visible for a split second. “Nevermind, we’ll do as you say.” Cairo would say. Alex and Cairo would quickly pack, so they can leave their home.

C.Ted’ah - Damien would jump into the opposite trench, taking out two or three soldiers while at it. He’d then get thrown a spiked grenade to use on the 1st bunker. When other NDF soldiers arrived, he’d open the door, throw the grenade in and kill anyone that walked out. “B 1 done?” Damien asks the soldier next to him. He’d nod, and Damien and him would move onto the second and final bunker in the trench. They’d shoot the medic inside from a small opening at the front of the bunker and then throw in two spiked grenades as there were more people in this one, waiting outside to shoot anyone who left. Like last time, again, nobody left. They would be congratulated by their commanding officer and they’d capitulate most of the trenches, pushing the front further. After hours more of fighting, Damien would search one of the houses they got from a Midway town taken by Colony Ted’ah and the NDF. He’d find an injured soldier inside. “What’s your name?!” He’d yell to the soldier. “Ur-Urshaka…” The soldier would mumble. “Speak louder!” Damien would yell again, loading his rifle. “Urshaka!” The soldier, Urshaka would finally say audibly. “Why are you here?” Damien asks. “Why do you think, dumbass?!” Urshaka yells, Damien would hit him and Urshaka would push him away. Quickly, Urshaka would crawl to his sidearm, a pistol and try reloading it but it was jammed. As Damien saw this, he’d take out his pocket knife and crawl to Urshaka. “Get over here!” Damien yells, trying to shove the knife into Urshaka’s neck. Urshaka would slide to the side wall, and kick Damien in the face. He’d get on top of Damien and start punching him, trying to choke him but before he could finish Damien off the door would swing open and Colonel William Smith would shoot Urshaka in the side of his head, killing him instantly. “The hell’s goin’ on in here?” Colonel Smith would ask, helping Damien up. “I was caught by surprise..” Damien says, brushing the blood and pieces of flesh off of his uniform. “So was I! Come outside, we’re eating good tonight.” Colonel Smith would leave Damien, walking back outside to the rest of the squad.

Pilgrim - Daniel and Landon would take Jason to his uncle, who was living in the city of Forna within Colony Baldwin. The problem was, they didn’t know how to find him. “What the hell!” Landon yells audibly. “What now?” Daniel asks, walking over to Landon at his desk. “How are we even supposed to find this guy? He’s practically a ghost!” Landon responds, pointing at the computer screen. Daniel would look through the articles Landon pulled up and finally come to the conclusion : “We need to bring Jason to the Colonel.” Daniel would say. Landon, shocked would look up at Daniel. “Why would we do that?” Landon asks, laughing. “Look at this article here, it says that the Colonel used to be a dad who took his family to Egypt somewhere in June 2024 and never went back to the US. It even has photographs and reports of things he bought in Egypt. Also look at a rare picture of the Colonel versus what his mom gave us.” Daniel says, looking down at Landon. Landon would start to get it, but then he’d come back to his senses once again. “No! .. no.” Landon scoffs, “There is no way he’s related to the Colonel, just look at him, and also-” Landon and Daniel would argue for hours on until they’d decide to finish the argument in the morning as it was nearly 3:00 AM already. “So what’re we doing?” Landon asks the next day. “You know what we’re doing.” Daniel says, They’d pack their things once more, time to head to the Colonel’s palace.

C.Baldwin - The Colonel would sit at his dining table, eating his lunch meal by himself, unbothered and unburdened as of this very moment. Until the door would swing open, and the Informant would enter the room. “I know where the boy is sir!” The Informant exclaims. “Michael! What have I told you about this?!” The Colonel yells, instantly standing from his seat. They’d walk to the meeting room and talk further. “Tell me what you know.” The Colonel orders the Informant. They’d sit at a table, and look at the pictures and documents the Informant collected. “Your son is with some pilgrims. Daniel Rodger and Landon Kyle. They’re brothers and were born in the UK, but they moved here after enlisting for the international UN repairment efforts in the Middle East.” The Informant would say, pointing at documents and pictures scattered on the table. The Colonel would contemplate everything the Informant is saying, even at times not even paying full attention. “Also, I think that there might be someone else after the boy, I had to disarm a sniper positioned on a nearby roof trying to kill your child I believe, so watch out for that too.” The Informant would add. “Get the boy.” The Colonel would order.

C.Savior - Priest Omar and Tristan would leave the hostage camp after everyone was let go and the military of Colony Savior would ensure every hostage was accounted for and escorted back home safely. “How you holding up?” Tristan asks Omar. Omar wouldn’t respond, eyes wide and visibly shaking in his seat, Tristan would understand. Tristan would close his eyes again, leaning back against the truck wall falling asleep. “Wake up, Tris.” Omar would be shaking Tristan’s shoulder, waking him up an hour later as the truck has just parked at the international offices of displaced persons. Tristan would wake up, and Omar and him would be the final people to leave the truck. Military personnel would escort them to the first office to the left of the large entrance to the building, where they’d be ordered to wait until a worker came in to talk with them. “Got it, sir.” Omar says, waving goodbye to the soldier. Tristan would grab one of the candy bars from the desk, but Omar would quickly hit his arm. “Tristan! That’s stealing, the Lord is watching all the time.” Omar says. Tristan would grunt and put the candy bar back, then the lady working in that office would walk in.

C.Ted’ah - The Butcher, Ted Reyer would stand on the top floor inside of a large tower that had been built for him a few years ago, watching the war unfold miles and miles ahead. He’d sip his wine, and hand an empty glass to one of his guards to put away. He’d look at the battlefield with intrigue but also a sense of duty, to correctly direct his military. “Sir!” An NDF soldier would yell. The Butcher would turn around facing the soldier, and he’d welcome him to step into the room the Butcher was standing in. “I have some bad news, sir…” The man says, reaching into his pocket. “And what would that be?” The Butcher asks, lost in the chaos of the battle ahead. “It has to do with your leadership…” The soldier responds, pulling out a dull blade from his pocket. “What about it in particular?” The Butcher asks again, suddenly the soldier would try shoving the blade into the Butcher’s neck, but the Butcher would jump out of the way. He’d run to the man, and the man would cut his wrist good, then the man would take his chances trying to go for the chest, but the Butcher had other plans. He would grab the man’s arms, and take the blade from him. He’d throw it to the ground, and then throw the man to the window that would be shattered by the force. The man would hold on for his life, and the Butcher would grab the blade. “I’m sorry but send an email next time in advance. Until further notice…” The Butcher would slam the blade into the man’s throat, holding onto him so he doesn’t fall. “You have been… Demoted.” The Butcher would throw the man from the window all the way down, looking out onto the oncoming battlefield. He knows who is responsible for this.

Intermission - Urshaka is dead, half of the 2nd military regiment has been killed off or has retreated, and the trade routes have been bombed. Colony Savior is separate from Colony Baldwin, and now Colony Baldwin is going through an unexpected food shortage.

C.Baldwin - Emmanuel would slam his fist into the NDF soldier’s face, and then break his neck. He’d search the man, taking his cigars, grenades and weapons and ammo from the corpse to use in battle. He’d load the semi-automatic rifle (sar) and he’d run to the connecting trench to reconnect with the other part of his squad. “Where do we go now?!” Emmanuel yells to his sergeant. Sergeant Jame Peters would run up to Emmanuel, listening again as he didn’t hear him at all the first time. “Where do we go now?” Emmanuel repeats. Sergeant Peters would point towards where a lot of the fighting was happening, and send Emmanuel out along with the rest of Emmanuel’s personal unit. Instantly they’d be thrust into smoke, ear piercing gunfire and bombings, and chaos overall. Emmanuel would grab his brother’s arm, taking him to one of the recaptured bunkers. Emmanuel’s brother, Jordan wasn’t anything above the age of 15, he was barely 15 actually, turning 15 next month. He was tall enough to be 16 however. Emmanuel would load his brother’s rifle and the artillery cannon, telling Jordan how to fire it, Jordan would completely listen. “I’ll be right back, I promise.” Emmanuel tells Jordan. “Okay, goodbye and good luck!” Jordan yells back, firing the weapon towards upcoming tanks and other vehicles. Suddenly, the entire bunker would shake, there would be a blinding light in the sky followed by multiple splitting apart in front of him. “BOMBARDMENT!” Sergeant Peters screams, instantly the soldiers would yell and run back to safety and shelter, except for Jordan, he would take down 5 planes and take out 7 tanks + 2 extra vehicles in total. Then the NDF would arrive at his trench after clearing it out. He’d hold off until. “JORDAN! NO!” Emmanuel screams from the house he’s been stationed in. The bunker holding Jordan had been completely leveled by a new bomber created in Brazil. Emmanuel would grasp his rifle, and run outside to avenge his brother. “What the hell’re you doing..?” Sergeant Peters mutters to himself, watching Emmanuel run towards battle. Emmanuel would load his rifle, and jump into a trench, just as he’s about to shoot… His head would be completely blown off by a heavy action rifle. “Damnit Emmanuel!” Sergeant Peters yells.

C.Savior (Checkpoint) - The head priest of Colony Savior, Priest Johnathan IV would hold a speech at the capitol. By the end of the speech, the most important part would be this quote. “As of August 6th, 2037, we, Colony Savior, officially declare war on the nation of Ted’ah. We will stand firm in our defense of our allies, and uphold the grace of Lord Almighty, and with that power we will rain hell on the NDF and the Butcher’s murders.”

Chapter 2:

Pilgrim - “Have you heard of what’s going on in Western Africa right now?” Landon asks Daniel. Daniel shrugs, looking at Landon. “What happened?” Daniel asks. “So the fighters at Colony Ted’ah recently got their asses handed to them by Colony Savior, and the people of Colony Savior used goddamn horses and weapons from the Middle East, somehow winning!” Landon exclaims. “Why would I care?” Daniel asks again. Landon and Daniel would continue talking, Jason not having a care in the world as they walk down the streets to the home of the Colonel. They’d be deep in thought when suddenly, Jason would be taken by a masked person, wearing a red leather jacket with a mask, black pants and gloves. “HEY, GET BACK HERE!” Daniel shouts, They’d instantly bolt towards the man, chasing him through the streets of the packed city within Colony Baldwin. The man would then stop, and before Daniel and Landon could get any closer he’d pull out a pistol, aiming towards Jason. “Hey stop right there. I wouldn’t move if I were you…” The kidnapper says. “Okay! Okay! What do you want?” Daniel asks, putting his hands up like Landon. “I want-” before the kidnapper could finish his sentence a Baldawnese Officer (BPF) would tackle the kidnapper, shoving Jason out of the way and cuffing the man. “Yeah, wait till’ the Colonel hears about you…” The BPF Officer mutters to the kidnapper, picking him up forcefully. The BPF officer would give the kidnapper to another task force that handles those sorts of situations, then he’d speak to Daniel and Landon. “This boy, he needs to come with me.” The BPF Officer states. “What the hell, no!” Landon raises his voice, taking a firm step towards the BPF officer. “Hey, hey! Calm down, I know you guys know who this boy’s father is, it’s the Colonel. We’re ordered to give him to the Colonel for you guys, okay?” The BPF officer calms the situation down with a brief explanation. After some convincing, Daniel and Landon would eventually decide to let Jason go, giving goodbyes they’d let the people leave and carry out their duties.

C.Baldwin - “Where is the boy?” The Colonel would ask the Informant. There was just a public hanging held for the kidnapper of Jason, but Jason had never been delivered to the Colonel. This was deeply troubling at this moment. “I-I don’t know sir… None of ours ever got him!” The Informant stutters, trying to explain the situation to the Colonel. The Colonel would sigh, clearly upset. He’d call his guards and order them to take the Informant to prison. “Who took the boy?” The Colonel asks one of the chief officers of the BDF in the area. He had no clue, neither did any of the other officers working there that day, or the entire week for that matter. The Colonel would then have a full investigation launched into this, if the BDF never got the kid, and the Informant doesn’t even know where he is, who took Jason?

C.Savior - A nationwide search sponsored by Colony Savior would be going on for Jason on behalf of Colony Baldwin in two nations. People were looking everywhere and it got to a point where the prize for finding Jason was nearly $12.5 million. No one would find him though. “Where would this kid be?” A farmer from southside Savior would ask, looking at a board hosted up near his road. “Darn shame this kid got last, pa’ must really love him if he’s willing to give up this hefty price.” Another farmer would say. These two men were farmer Joe and Farmer Michael, both in their 50s. They were nice, mid-aged men who have been friends since the ages of 20 and above. They farmed for the government and also farmed directly for the people. Now they’re just farming for themselves. Suddenly, as they started sitting down they’d see a large military convoy on their road, “What the hell are they doin’ here?” Joe would ask. He’d stand up, but Michael would gesture to him to sit back down, as they don’t want any unwanted attention. Joe would sit back down reluctantly and wait for the convoy to pass. They’d see the army of the colony drive past their farm to the border, but one military car would stop at their house, emerging from the car would be a man in a black suit and black glasses. “Oh come on who the hell is this jackass?” Joe would ask sarcastically, standing up and walking to the man hastily. “We’re here for the two farmers here, are you one of them?” The man would ask. “Yes, yes I am, what do you want?” Joe would respond.

C.Ted’ah - The boy would be thrown into the back of a truck and taken all the way from Baldwin to Ted’ah through a series of underground tunnels constructed by NATO during the African Apartheid but left behind afterwards. After a series of days they’d finally reach their destination and the boy would be let out of the truck but tied up with a bag over his head so he can’t see. The two prisoner escorts would take the boy seemingly through some sort of office or military facility before the boy would be handed off to another man. He has a deep voice with thick leather gloves, possibly some sort of mask by the muffleness of his speech. Maybe he even has a coat, he feels something hitting his leg whenever they walk resembling how a coat may move due to the movement of the wearer’s legs. The boy was very confused, but he played along. After about an hour of walking, the boy would finally speak. “Where are we going..?” The boy sheepishly asks. “Somewhere better than Baldwin.” The man responds, continuing to walk. The boy would be a little more comfortable knowing he was able to talk without getting hit, but still worried as to what’s coming.

Intermission (wartime) - Instantly thrusted into the front of war, 16 year old sniper, Johnathan Gray would see why war is “hell.” The battle smoke and constant ringing of gunfire, total uncertainty of where you are at all times just to get a little fresh air that is to be taken by a dive bomber is exactly what the battlefield was. “GET YOUR ASS MOVING WHAT’RE YOU DOING BOY?” The lieutenant of Colony Savior’s fourth line division would yell to Johnathan. Jonathan would quickly snap back into the reality of war and quickly rush to a bunker to get some supplies. His lieutenant would ensure that he was prepared before sending him back out. “Before you go, remember you take the truck to the mountain and straight there, do not stop whatsoever, got it?” Lieutenant Riley says. Jonathan would nod, and quickly bolt to the car as told. Over in Colony Ted’ah, it was a war on both fronts. A mix of, “Shoot his ass soldier!” and “Fall back now if you want to live, boy!” was present throughout the entire colony, everybody felt it, and it was heavy as the constant fog of war littering itself throughout the air.

Pilgrim - Daniel and Landon would begin taking the train back to Sudan so they can get back to their home near Egypt, but Daniel was clearly shaken by something. “Yo Daniel, what’s up?” Landon asks, coming back with snacks and drinks. “I don’t know, something just feels off..” Daniel replies, looking out of the side-view window to the thunderstorm occurring outside. “Is it the storm?” Landon jokes, sitting next to Daniel. “No..” Daniel chuckles. “Do you think we did the right thing?” Daniel asks, looking over to Landon. “Giving the boy to those men?” Landon asks, taking a bite out of an energy bar, “Not at all. I was totally against it, but I see you as someone who is prepared to face consequences of any choice you make, so I went with it. Why?” Landon responds. “Because, something just feels off about the choice we made..” Daniel says, sipping his soda. “We can always go back, we have a lot of money..” Landon says, reaching into his pocket. Daniel would shake his head, and lay on the side of the wall going back to sleep.

C.Baldwin - Israel would wake up with a call on his phone. He’d check it, it was Dr.Biscup from the Science Division. He’d quickly pick up the phone, getting out of bed for whatever reason. “Hello? Doctor, what do you need?” Israel would ask on the phone. Dr.Biscup would explain the critical state his mother was in, and how he was needed quickly at her room. Israel would instantly get his clothes, socks and shoes on and without any second thought he’d bolt to his mother’s medical room. “Stop!” A security officer would shout. Israel would be forced to walk back to the officer for a quick questioning. “What?” Israel would ask. “What are you doing out of bed this late, running down the hallways?” The security officer would ask sternly. Israel would explain the situation, and understandingly the security officer would let Israel off with a soft warning. Of course, he would instantly begin running again after the security officer went into his office. After nearly 4 minutes of waiting, Dr.Biscup would see Israel approaching the room, before Israel could enter however, he’d be stopped. “They aren’t letting anyone inside right now.” Dr.Biscup explains. “What? No, I’m going in!” Israel says assertively, trying to get in. He’d be constantly held back by Dr.Biscup, this was just the right thing to do.

C.Savior - The man would get back into his car, Joe and Michael were much more understanding now of the situation and both parties were happy. “How was it, Joe?” Michael would ask, coming outside with a glass of beer from their fridge. “Much better than any of us expected, that’s for sure. It turns out they are warnin’ folks down this road that those bandit’s in Ted’ah are planning an attack.” Joe responds, taking off his hat and stopping at the porch. “What do we do here, then?” Michael asks, looking out at the sunny fields with all their crops. Joe would sigh, Michael still awaiting a response. “I- I don’t know.” Joe stutters, looking at the fields as well. “Damnit.” Michael mutters, walking back inside.

C.Ted’ah - The boy would wake up in a new room he’s unfamiliar with. New bed, new walls, new everything. Much different from the usual immigration facility he was placed in before. He’d jump out of bed, leaving the room when suddenly he’d look into the living room, seeing The Butcher. Immediately frightened, he’d rush back inside of the room. Where is he? Why is The Butcher there with him? So many questions buzzed throughout the boy’s mind, and then he finally built up the courage to go back out. Opening the door, and leaving the room into the hallway, he’d walk to the living room where the Butcher was standing, looking out of his top floor window. “Breakfast is in the kitchen. It’s been waiting for you for a while now. Better go get it.” The Butcher says without even turning around. The boy, not wanting any direct confrontation with The Butcher would rush to the kitchen, it’s eggs and ham. Odd. He’d sit down and begin eating. What is going on today? He would eat breakfast quickly and then give his plate to a royal guard (cook/chef) “This place is fancy.” Jason says. The cook would nod as he’s cleaning Jason’s plate in the sink. “Do you know why I’m here?” Jason would ask. The cook would shrug, boring Jason. Jason would leave the kitchen, walking into the living room but The Butcher wouldn’t be there. “What’s going on?” Jason mutters to himself. He’d then look out of the window, seeing a war-like scene playing out in the distance. “What IS going on?!” Jason says, much more audibly to himself. “I see you’ve found the view.” The Butcher says, walking up to the window from behind Jason. Startled, Jason would look up at The Butcher, and then step away from him silently. “You’re wondering why you’re here, aren’t you?” The Butcher asks Jason. Jason nods. “You’re here, because I decided to save you from your father.” The Butcher adds, sipping his wine. “Why would I need to be saved?” Jason asks. The Butcher would laugh, and then take a deep breath.

Intermission (wartime pt 2) - The young NDF soldier, Johnny Green who would be 23 at the time of this battle would alert nearby NDF forces of an impending attack from the military of Colony Savior. Instantly, the NDF would approach the border of Colony Ted’ah and Colony Savior, but just as this happened the military of Colony Savior would send 15 rockets to multiple military bases from the border of Colony Savior. This is now officially an armed escalation. The NDF would invade through the middle, relying on the air force and heavy ground units to secure the sides of the invasion. It was very fast, and very frightening.”Kill those bastards!” Colonel Williams would shout to his NDF squad as they begin invading a town. NDF forces would force families out of their homes, sometimes just killing everyone inside to establish an ‘outpost’ for each unit in each house. This scared off the military for a while. After, they’d establish a new border unit around the towns and cities they capitulate, moving the border permanently. “How are you doing? You know, with this war and what not?” Johnny’s friend, Tim would ask. They were in a trench and have been for nearly 5 hours withstanding heavy artillery fire and multiple bombardments. They were now ready to fight back. “Eh, it could’ve been better, but this isn’t too bad.” Johnny responds. “Damn, why couldn’t we have been Special Operations?” Tim asks, sighing as he cleans out the barrel of his rifle. “Because we wanted to do this.” Johnny replies humorously, making them both laugh. “First thing after this war, I’m moving to France.” Tim says, counting his supplies and ammunition. “Why France?” Johnny asks, scouting the battlefield. “Because, it seems nicer there, than it is here.” Tim responds. “True.” Johnny says.

Pilgrim - Daniel would spend all night thinking about his and Landon’s choice, still bothered by where Jason may be now. He needed to think quickly though, because they were already back at their hotel in Sudan and it was nearly time to leave, as they were leaving at 8 in the morning (AM) He would pace the room, anything to help him think when suddenly. The open window would reveal something. “What is this..?” Daniel asks himself, picking up a poster that flew into the window. He reads it, “FIND THIS BOY, SON OF THE COLONEL - PRIZE REWARD IN SHENDS -” The poster would read. Daniel’s heart rate would spike, he’d begin sweating rapidly. Had they just broken their promise made to Jason’s mom? Is Jason even alive? So many questions swirled through Daniel’s mind, and eventually he’d simply pass out on the floor until morning.

C.Baldwin - Israel would finally be let into his mother’s room, and instantly a grave sense of sadness would fall over him. His mother is in a very critical state, barely clinging onto life. “How is it looking, doctor?” Israel asks Dr.Era. “Not very good, but not too bad to be fixed.” Dr.Era responds, concentrating on his work. He’d run multiple tests on the mother’s heart ensuring it is stable and connected well to the rest of her organs. “Okay, that seems fine…” Dr.Era mutters to himself, typing away at his computer. “What’re you doing?” Israel asks, walking over to Dr.Era. “Running artificial tests on your mother’s organs and cells.” Dr.Era responds. “Cool, anything I can do to help?” Israel asks eagerly. “Yeah, pass me that cup over there.” Dr.Era replies, taking a sip of the drink when handed to him. Israel sighs, this is going to be a long night, isn’t it?

C.Savior - The military would be in shambles after the massive loss of land, and some protests would even break out that were against militarization and against war itself. Priest Johnathan IV was also struggling to keep control over the House of Elders, a government group responsible for practically running the Colony itself. Over on the Southern Front however, it was a different story. A unit of around 5 men, all in their early 20s would be responsible for patrolling the Southwestern part of the border that recently came under heavy fire. The men were comfortable though. They all went to college together until their teacher pressured them to join the fight, the teacher being Mr.Himthost. The unit itself was very effective, Jordan and Kelna being the machine gunners, Rochel being the medic, Erman being the sniper and Lester being the squad leader and mechanic. It all worked to each other’s strengths near perfectly. “What the hell are you doing, Jordan?!” Kelna yells to Jordan, who is taking extra long to reload his machine gun. Jordan would rush, almost dropping the ammo again. “Hurry up!” Kelna yells again, before going back to firing at the NDF units approaching the mountain region. Erman would be setting up his spot in some leaves on the same edge that Kelna and Jordan were shooting on, but he’d position himself not behind rocks but inside of bushes. “You ready?” Erman would ask Lester. Lester would nod, and Rochel would finish setting up his ‘hospice’ behind the unit’s position ready to aid anyone in dire need. “Ready, y’all!?” Rochel yells to the rest of the squad. With no response, he’d shrug assuming they were ready due to the heavy gunfire ringing in the background of his work.

C.Ted’ah - Hundreds of soup kitchens would open up throughout the colony as the international spending budget had been going down since war with Colony Baldwin began. People would be living out in the streets, dying, begging for money, and living in horrible conditions overall. Over at the Eastern Front however, the soldiers were more motivated than ever. They’d quickly push back Baldwinese soldiers and capture the front line. Over in the town of Turman, controlled by the 5th ground division of Colonel Smith, they would be under heavy artillery fire. “Damien, come here!” Colonel Smith whispers to Damien, gesturing him to his location. “Look over there, you see it?” Colonel Smith would point from the window at an upcoming Baldwin convoy preparing for a large-scale assault. “Yes sir, I do.” Damien responds. “I need you to take this,” Colonel Smith would hand Damien a radio, “it’s already set to it’s proper frequency, what you do is press the side button and run, run as fast as you can, got it?” Colonel Smith orders. Damien nods, taking the radio, and leaving the house quickly. “Run boy… run..” Colonel Smith mutters to himself, watching Damien run to the hills. Damien would wait for the convoy to be close, and he’d click the button on the side of the radio… nothing. “What am I even supposed to do with this?” Damien mutters to himself, hitting the radio on the side. Just then, a loud boom would be heard. Damien would drop the radio and run to the nearest house. Once inside, he’d look towards the source of the noise. There was a large fire, smoke and pieces of tanks and cars everywhere, it seems the radio was a sort of bomb setter, as the hill had been completely destroyed, but so had the convoy.

Intermission (warfare pt3) - The NDF soldier would finish setting the vest onto the 5 year old child. “Are you ready?” The soldier asks the kid. The child, excited, would nod enthusiastically. They’d then both run outside to a sandbag and take cover within the dense city. “Okay, you’re going to be a distraction, you’re going to run to those men over there and sing the song you sung to momma and dadda earlier. Got it?” The soldier says, some tears rolling down his face as he speaks. The kid would nod again, and very happily run over to the soldiers. The soldiers from Colony Savior would like the kid, and begin talking to him. Suddenly a beep would be heard and the vest would instantly explode. “Go, go, go!” One of the other NDF Corporals yells from a balcony to the rest of the soldiers. They’d secure the center of the city and line up more families and set them inside their “hostage house” as Colony Savior described it.

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UN MEETING - 2038, NOVEMBER 4TH |

The UN would meet in Münich, Germany for their annual International Relations and Foreign Affairs meeting, this one specifically involving Africa. It would soon dissolve into more of a debate, however. President Paul Wolfgang would start the debate. “We need to help the continent of Africa. It’s under heavy fire and nations are sinking further and further into war. We are the UN, we literally were established for this.” Paul Wolfgang says confidently, pressing a button to speak, president of France, Alexander Louis would speak. “No, this is not our issue, this is to be taken up with the UN and the RSA (Reformed States of America.) We shouldn’t enter countries in a one way war, anyway.” Alexander would rebuttal. Budding in, the leader of Great Britain, King Henry V would state, “The UN is responsible for maintaining global peace, we interfered with African apartheid, but this isn’t apartheid, this is a RELIGIOUS war, mind you. We have no reason to join a religiously motivated war.” King Henry V states. Everyone in the room would take that into account, for the most part agreeing. “Nyet, if we do not interfere now, when will the bloodshed end? We can’t know unless we make an effort.” President of the Democratic Republic of Russia (Russia/DRR) Nikolai Pavel would sternly state. The room would then fall dead silent.

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Pilgrim - Daniel would wake up at 10:52 AM, they missed their train and Landon would be pretty upset as soon as Daniel would wake. “Well well… Look who missed the train.” Landon says to Daniel in a bitter voice, clearly upset. “Hold on-” Daniel says, but then he’s cut off by Landon who would begin ranting. “Landon-” Daniel is cut off again by Landon, Daniel would walk to the living room but Landon would just follow him. “LANDON!” Daniel shouts, shocking Landon, who would fall dead silent shortly after. “Look at this…” Daniel shows Landon the poster, and then Landon would finally understand the gravity of Daniel’s thinking and their past choices. “We need to go back, now.” Daniel asserts. Landon would feel he has no other choice than to listen to Daniel, so he’d agree. They’d quickly pack their things and leave for Colony Baldwin by noon.

C.Baldwin - The Colonel would go to the front lines himself to command his personal army, one of the best military groups throughout all of Central Africa. “You,” The Colonel would call General Irwin to his meeting room. “You will take control of the 1st Ground Division and divert units left. From there you will connect with Private Vacken, he’s the ‘spy’ in a sense.” The Colonel orders General Irwin. General Irwin would take in all the information given to him and immediately follow orders after given without question. The Colonel would then move onto General Roman and General Qu’abk. Commanding the 4th line would be the Colonel himself. “Ready men?” The Colonel shouts to his division. They would all shout back, “Sir yes Sir!” together in unison, responding to The Colonel. “Let’s go men!” The Colonel shouts, the division would then instantly start moving North to reach a NATO tunnel from the African Apartheid resistance movement way back then.

C.Savior - Priest Johnathan IV would check in with his doctor. “Boker natan elohim, doctor.” Jonathan greets his doctor with Jewish-African, a mixed language created after Day X during the great Jewish Migration from Europe and the Middle East to Northern and Central Africa. “Greetings, sir. Take a seat over here, please.” Dr.Kama requests. Priest Johnathan IV would do as requested silently. “So… I did some X-Ray’s earlier, it seems Radion is still present within your system, acting more and more volatile.” Dr.Kama says, rummaging through his messy desk. “What does that mean for my health?” Johnathan IV asks. “It means.. Well it means two things actually. One, you can die at any moment next month, and two, a cure will be harder and harder to find the further it progresses and evolves.” Dr.Kama responds, finding what he needed in his desk. “Aha, here.” Dr.Kama exclaims, grabbing a needle. He’d poke it into Johnathan IV’s neck, and take another blood sample. He’d mix it in with a serum he’d been working on and mix it up well. “What is this?” Johnathan IV asks. “This? Oh, just a little science experiment I’ve been working on.” Dr.Kama responds. “With my blood..?” Johnathan IV asks again. They’d continue to talk more, with Dr.Kama running more tests overall, and then moments after (2 hours later) the appointment would be finished.

C.Ted’ah - “Fight the fight! Fight the fight! Fight the fight! Fight the fight!” Protesters would chant outside of the Ted’ah political office. The people of Colony Ted’ah wanted The Butcher to directly join the war rather than hide in his tower, that they learned about through propaganda leaflets being spread by Chile and Colony Baldwin’s joint efforts. People were done with being thrown around like pawn pieces and finally wanted The Butcher to live on their level for a change, so they were going to lead this change. “What are you going to do, sir?” Romaah asks The Butcher in the main office. “There’s only one thing I can do. Go to war.” The Butcher responds sternly. Suddenly, a great sense of dread would fall over Romaah. “But sir- you realise that if you die, we lose, right? If you die and we lose, they will enslave all of us.” Romaah explains quickly. The Butcher would nod throughout Romaah’s explanation. “Yes I understand the gravity of this situation, Romaah.” The Butcher says. Suddenly, there’d be heavy gunfire outside, and people would start screaming. The office would then shortly after go on complete lockdown. “What’s going on?!” The Butcher asks one of the security officers. “We don’t know, but it seems like an invasion from Colony Baldwin. Stay here!” The officer yells, loading his gun and running off to fight. “How did they get here?!” Romaah asks the Butcher, in complete shock and somewhat anger. “I-I don’t know!” The Butcher stutters. He’d grab his large double-bladed axe and seal off the entrance to the office. He’d turn on the computer at the main desk and him and Romaah would watch the CCTV footage live.

Intermission (Capture) - The special forces unit from Colony Baldwin directly led by The Colonel himself would enter the political protest area from one of the NATO bunkers recaptured by Baldwanese forces. They’d shove and fight their way through the crowd and then evacuate everyone with sudden gunfire. They’d quickly and easily break into the main entrance of the political building, taking out nearly 6 security officers just on their way inside. The Colonel would stand with Sergeant Brooks outside, watching everything unfold through bodycam footage on a laptop guarded by some of the other soldiers. “Over there, private Jaman.” The Colonel quietly says to Private Jaman through the earpiece. Jaman would walk down the hallway he was told to, clearing out every room he sees. Then after about 30 more minutes the entire squad would meet at the final room. “Break it down.” The Colonel shouts, walking down the long hallway with sergeant Brooks. They’d get the door down and yell at the two men inside to put their hands up. It turns out they just captured the Butcher and his advisor. “HANDS IN THE AIR!” Private Jaman yells. The Butcher would get on his knees, putting his hands on the back of his head as another soldier would search and then cuff him. Same goes for the advisor, Romaah. “Look at you… How pathetic you are when you’re not behind glass with your fancy weapons.” The Colonel would taunt The Butcher while the soldiers clear the other connecting rooms. “I was actually looking to just kill you when I find you, but no, you took my son so now I’m going to make sure you live in goddamn agony.” The Colonel says again, rambling on. The Butcher would sigh, not caring much about the predicament he is in. “You really think that it’s gonna be this easy?” The Butcher asks. “What do you mean?” The Colonel asks back. “We aren’t going to just surrender, I recommend you let me go now, and possibly have a chance of putting up a real fight later.” The Butcher responds, warning The Colonel. “Hah! That’s funny.” The Colonel laughs, then he’d backhand the Butcher across the face. “Shut up, idiot.” The Colonel says, shaking his hand and walking back to the desk where his laptop is. “I’m warning you, one last time…” The Butcher warns again. “Want to lose a finger?” The Colonel asks uncaringly. Suddenly, sergeant Brooks would rush back into the room with news for The Colonel, but then The Butcher would break out of his weak tied cuffs. He’d quickly stand up to his feet, punching sergeant Brooks in the stomach and slamming his forehead into his knee. Then he’d untie Romaan and shove Romaan out of the way before the Colonel could hit him. “What the hell?!” The Colonel would shout out of anger and surprise. The Butcher would slam into the Colonel violently, picking him up and slamming him into the floor, before he’d slam his fist into the Colonel’s face multiple times. “Sir, let’s go!” Romaan would yell, the Butcher would go with Romaan and they’d quickly escape the building. After this the building would explode, as there had been previously set explosives in the building beforehand that would go off while everyone except the Butcher and Romaan were still inside…

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*Disclaimer, the rest of this lore chart will be classical story style nearing the end*

Chapter 3:

Daniel and Landon would finally reach the border of Colony Baldwin and Colony Ted’ah, but suddenly after arrival, “Hey, get over here!” One of the NDF soldiers caught Daniel and Landon. “Hello?” Daniel asks calmly. “Hands in the air, you two.” The NDF soldier says, brushing off Daniel’s ‘hello.’ He’d put Landon and Daniel in hand ties and take them to his office for holding and questioning. “Where are we..?” Landon asks Daniel in a quiet voice. “We’re on the border I think!” Daniel responds, also speaking quietly. Landon would roll his eyes, visibly annoyed. “Dude, clearly your ‘I think’ is wrong, we’re in NDF custody right now!” Landon says. Just after this, the door opens and a man dressed in all black and red camo attire and a balaclava mask covering his face would come inside. “Daniel and Landon, you two is?” The man asks in partly broken English. They’d both nod, and the man would take the two into separate rooms with other men like him in them. They’d be dark, two other men in the room with one prime interrogator, two chairs on the opposite side and one table in between. Simple interrogation room. The man would set a drink on the table for the dehydrated Daniel in front of him. “One rule, you can drink for two seconds after each question is answered appropriately, understand?” The interrogator asks. Daniel would then instantly start nodding out of desperation. “Where are you from?” The man asks, looking from his note sheet back at Daniel. “I’m from the border of Egypt and Sudan.” Daniel responds. Drink. “Why do you come here?” The man asks. Daniel would take a while to answer, what will happen if Landon spills the truth? Will they be executed? Finally he’d answer though. “I’m here to pick up a friend.” Daniel finally responds. Drink. “Who is your friend you need to grab?” The man asks again. “His name is Jason.” Daniel responds. Drink. “Got it… Only a few more questions and you should be free to go sir.” The man says, Daniel nodding in acceptance. After the entire interrogation would end for both Daniel and Landon they’d be free to go, being escorted to an immigration and transportation facility within the Colony of Ted’ah. Surprisingly, it’d be pretty peaceful. Though, it was quite disturbing walking through the streets and seeing piles of sick and dead people. Recently an outbreak of Radion from Colony Baldwin occurred near the border, people have been dropping like flies ever since. “Where should we go first?” Landon asks Daniel. “Hm… See that tower?” Daniel asks, pointing at The Butcher’s tower. Landon would nod. “So I think that’s where they’re keeping Jason, top floor. I got news when we were approaching the border from some Baldwanese guards we had to get past.” Daniel explains. Landon would nod, understanding nearly everything Daniel had been saying. Meanwhile, over in Colony Savior, Priest Johnathan IV would be praised for a stunning comeback in the war, regaining control of Midway and forcing NDF units away from their territory, creating a deadzone between the border. Near 2039, August 5th, Priest Johnathan IV and the Butcher’s head advisor would work out a ceasefire deal, turning the tides of the war with Colony Baldwin and Colony Ted’ah being the two main players within the armed conflict. Now enter the Butcher. Jason would be sitting at the room reading a book when The Butcher would get home with a man he didn’t recognize, just someone The Butcher called ‘Romaah.’ He didn’t care much though. “Jason, come with me, boy.” The Butcher orders. Jason would follow Romaah and The Butcher to an office room, where the Butcher would make some calls and Jason would have to sit and wait. “Jason, what country have you always wanted to go to?” The Butcher asks. Jason would shrug, and then respond. “I guess I’ve always been interested in Bolivia.” Jason responds. “Bolivia? Why- nevermind.” The Butcher shrugs it off, and then talks on the phone some more. “What are you doing, sir?” Romaah would ask. “I’m getting us out of here.” The Butcher responds, getting some wine from the fridge in his secured office. “Where will we go?” Romaah asks again. “Where do you think? Bolivia!” The Butcher responds sarcastically. Romaah would shake his head in disapproval of this response. “Sir, I highly doubt we are in any danger.” Romaah says. “Don’t ever doubt danger, Romaah.” The Butcher states calmly, packing some things in a bag. “Help the boy pack, his belongings are all in the mail-room.” The Butcher orders. Without second-thinking, Romaah and Jason would both go downstairs using the elevator to the mail-room to get his things. “So, just get your stuff you need and I’ll carry it in my bag.” Romaah says, letting Jason search for his things. After nearly 30 whole minutes of searching however, he’d finally get all his things and they’d go back upstairs. First though, they’d encounter a Baldwanese officer. “Hey, hands in the air!” The officer shouts, saying something on his radio. He’d grasp his pistol, aiming it at the men, but Romaah would quickly draw his revolver and triple-shoot the officer and break the radio. “Upstairs, now!” Romahh shouts, giving Jason the bags. In Colony Savior things were rough, political buildings had been shut down due to riots and protests, Priest Johnathan IV was missing, and the Holy Senate had been killed in the war against the NDF. It wasn’t looking good for them at this moment. Now back to Colony Baldwin. “Where is he?!” 31 year old Andrew Burqa would yell, commanding his comrades to search the rubble of the blown up building. They’d search for hours, not finding the Colonel’s corpse. “God damnit!” Andrew shouts after Private Ryan would inform him of their information they have collected. Andrew would storm back to the bunker which had been transformed into a military outpost for Colony Baldwin. “Sir, sir! Wait!” Private Ryan, the 25 year old soldier from New Tima would chase after Andrew. Andrew wouldn’t listen. He’d storm into his office, slamming the door behind him. “Dangit..” Private Ryan mutters to himself, walking away from the door. “What’s going on?” His friend, Private Jamic Kima of the age of 23 would walk up to Ryan. “Nothing, nothing at all.. Andrew is just starting to lose his-” Before Ryan could finish speaking, his other friend, Israel from the medical division would approach him, getting off of a call with his recovering mother. “Hey Israel! How’s it going?” Jamic asks. “It’s fine, my mom’s finally recovering so now I can fight on the front lines with a straight head.” Israel responds. He’d look at Ryan, dirty, he’d look up and down. “What happened to you?” Israel asks. “We were searching in the rubble of the chancellery for nearly four hours dude…” Ryan responds. Israel would audibly sigh. “Andrew?” Israel asks, getting a head nod from Ryan in response. They’d continue talking for a while, until the station alarm would sound, and people would instantly start getting their uniforms on and rushing outside. “Let’s go, boys!” Andrew would shout, beginning to run outside with everyone else. Sergeant Prisha would brief the men in squads, and then begin sending people out to where they need to be. Though, only 20 minutes later gunfire would ring. “You just shot a child!” Israel yells at Umar, another rifleman in their unit. “He had a bomb vest, what the hell am I supposed to do?!” Umar yells back. “Stop! We’re getting distracted!” Ryan would yell, loading his AR- compound rifle. He and Jamic would begin searching the first two house complex’s in their area. Nothing and no one. Odd. They’d then move onto the third and final one, but before they could open the door- “Bombardment!” Someone from another unit on the other side of the block would scream. People would begin running but Ryan’s unit would get into the third House Complex to take cover. They’d rush into the basement and then seal it off. There’d be shaking, crumbling and yelling sounding from outside from what they could tell, this bombardment was extreme, more than the others. They’d now have to wait this one out, or die trying… The Butcher and Jason would run to the roof of their tower awaiting the helicopter to come from Brazil to take them away, but suddenly- “Get back here!” The Colonel, with tattered and bloodied clothes, clearly injured from battle would yell from the stairs. He’d start rushing up but The Butcher’s guards would fight him and The Colonel’s personal security off for a while. “Jason, hide in that box over there, when the helicopter arrives, put all the bags in here, got it?” The Butcher requests from Jason. Jason shocked and visibly confused, would nod, following his instructions from The Butcher.

Chapter 4:

After the bombardment by the NOAF (National Offensive Air Force) would finish, Umar and everybody else would leave the basement, surprisingly they’d been sealed in though. “What’s going on, Umar…?” Israel asks, visibly inpatient. “It won’t budge?” Umar responds, very confused as he fiddles with the floor-door. “It’s fine, Israel, probably just an iffy lock or something.” Ryan says, Jamic agreeing with him. Israel would calm down, and he and Jamic would sit down and talk while Ryan helps Umar fix the broken lock. The door would finally get opened and Umar and Ryan would call Israel and Jamic over to help them leave. It turns out, the entire building along with most others had been completely destroyed, and it was the rubble covering the door. Then they’d see him. “Andrew!” Umar shouts, rushing over to Andrew who’s buried within the rubble. He’d try getting him out but NDF soldiers would begin approaching. He’d continue to get him out until. Bang! “Umar, no!” Israel and Jamic shout. Ryan would load his rifle and fire at the NDF squadron but fire would be returned shortly after. They’d begin running deeper and deeper within the city, trying to find anywhere to hide from the NDF. “Follow me!” Israel shouts to Jamic and Ryan, entering a house near the main tower. They’d break in, but the NDF would surround the house quickly. “Grab that vest.” Ryan says, quickly being followed up with the vest being set in his hand. “What’re you doing..?” Jamic asks, very confused. Ryan would ignore him, and put the vest on, grabbing a button/switch on the ground and connecting it to some compartment within the first layer of the vest. “Trust me, go to the roof of this building and try getting to the tower.” Ryan says. After some argument, he’d convince them to go, and he’d run out side where instantly he’d get his head blown off by an NDF officer with a shotgun. Dead man’s switch. The vest would blow up, taking out most of the NDF squadron with him. Returning to Daniel and Landon however. They’d be with the Colonel, trying to retrieve Jason after saving the Colonel from the rubble before he could die completely. “Faster boys.” The Colonel says to Daniel and Landon, as they run up flights and flights of stairs. The Butcher would be preparing, he’d have a pistol in his holster ready for them to arrive. Daniel and Landon would hold off NDF guards as The Colonel would break the top floor door open. “Ted! I got you!” The Colonel yells, entering the roof-area. He’d run at The Butcher violently, but he’d get shot in the chest twice first, falling to the ground. He’d stay alive however, and The Butcher would set him against an overgrown tree on the grassy, nature-claimed roof. Daniel and Landon would make it to the roof, stopping at the entrance when they see The Butcher calmly standing on the edge, looking out at his destroyed nation below. “Well.. Coming this far for some mere child, hm?” The Butcher asks, without turning around at all. Daniel would gesture Landon to the Colonel, to aide him. “How was the trip, I hope my colleagues at the border were… nice..” The Butcher continues, beginning to turn around to face Daniel. “What the hell are you doing?! You’re insane!” Daniel shouts. “I may be insane, Daniel, but I am not stupid.” The Butcher says, pointing towards the sunset where a helicopter would be approaching. “What are you doing?!” Daniel asks, shouting oncemore at The Butcher. “See… Imagine how much chaos I will be able to bring outside the confines of these walls…” The Butcher says, turning back around. Landon would then suddenly have enough of The Butcher’s ramblings, and he’d run to The Butcher and punch him in the face, disorienting him. “Agh!” The Butcher shouts, holding the side of his head. Daniel would join in, combating The Butcher as well. The Butcher would quickly dodge another one of Landon’s attacks, slamming his fist into his face and tossing him to the edge of the rooftop as he gets his mind back together. “Landon!” Daniel yells, running to Landon to help him. Before he’d be able to however, The Butcher would punch Daniel in the stomach and engage in a short hand-to-hand combat session. The Colonel, very much alive and watching this would notice Jason hiding, with a boost of energy he’d crawl over to Jason to talk to him. Meanwhile Landon would be holding on for dear life on the edge of the roof. “I’ve always wanted to kill a pilgrim, thank you for adding this to my list of, moments I’ll never forget!” The Butcher yells, immediately shoving Daniel back into the staircase and down multiple stairs. He’d see Landon again, and he’d pick Landon up with one arm. He’d begin choking Landon, but then he’d get board, and toss him off the edge of the rooftop. “Landon, no!” The Colonel shouts. The Colonel would stumble to his feet, stumbling towards The Butcher, but quickly he’d be overwhelmed by his power. The helicopter during all of this would continue flying around, only observing this spectacle. Jason would rush to Daniel, helping him from the staircase, but there’d be a loud yelp come from the roof. They’d sneak up there, watching as The Butcher would hold The Colonel by his throat, Jason would dig into his pocket, pulling out a knife and hand it to Daniel. “Kill that bastard.” Jason says, surprising Daniel. Daniel would leave Jason behind as he’d hear two Baldwinese soldiers approaching from downstairs. He’d sneak to the side of the entrance as The Butcher talks to The Colonel. Then he’d strike. “GAH, DAMNIT!” The Butcher shouts as Daniel would plunge the blade into the side of The Butcher’s neck. He’d fall to his knees and drop The Colonel. Daniel would tend to the Colonel as The Butcher would begin feeling extreme pain. As Daniel tends to The Colonel’s wounds, The Butcher would grasp onto Jason who would be running over to Daniel to help. Daniel would hear Jason cry and then see a horrific sight. “YOU, KILLED MY SON! SO I WILL KILL YOURS! SEE YOU IN HELL, COLONEL!” The Butcher shouts. He’d then jump off of the edge of the roof with Jason tightly in his arms before Daniel or The Colonel could stop him. Suddenly, the helicopter would be seen again, with Jason in it, the helicopter would land, letting Jason off of it just as a unit of Baldwinese soldiers would arrive with a medic. “Jason!” The Colonel and Daniel both shout in sync. Daniel would run to hug Jason, and then Jason would run to The Colonel to hug him after.

AFTERMATH -

It’s 2040, August 15th. Colony Ted’ah has been split by Colony Savior and Colony Baldwin, a small split of land going to a new nation forming itself known as the Democratic Republic of Jiran. The Colonel would survive with minor injuries and Daniel would receive a lot of money and the position of Right Hand to The Colonel. As it turns out, Priest Johnathan IV would die due to his illness in battle in 2039 November, but Colony Savior would still win due to much support from UN nations of Germany, France and Russia. NATO would discover a cure for the radioactive disease and life expectancy rates would boom throughout Africa. The Middle East and Central Asia would also begin recovery by 2041 due to efforts of NATO and the UN.

Teaser -

A hand would suddenly rise from the rubble and ruin of what used to be the Colony of once-mighty Ted’ah. Torn gloves with pieces of the arm taken out, the mysterious figure would pull himself up out of the messy pieces of the building. He’d begin walking towards the light within the fog, cleaning off his dusty red jacket and pulling off his mostly-destroyed mask.

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Extra Info -

The countries affected by Day X was midwestern USA, southern Italy (near Sicily), all of the Middle East and Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northwestern India was also affected. Nearly 86.5% of Egypt is destroyed and rarely anything remains that’s salvageable.

Colony Baldwin is located in Central Africa, taking up most of the Central-African nations residing there beforehand. Colony Savior takes up Northern Africa and Colony Ted’ah takes up Western Africa and parts of Central-Southern Africa.

The UN had secretly been sending hazmat units and science divisions to the Middle East since 2029 to research and also combat the raging illness coming from there, but to also rediscover lost files and info from nations like Iraq and Niran. Pilgrims also have been found in the Middle East, but most reside near Sudan where laws aren’t as strict when it comes to Pilgrims and immigration.

After The Butcher’s Tower collapsed due to fighting below, The Butcher did survive, as that was his hand that came up from the rubble. How he did is not well-known, but secret Science divisions that are responsible for researching and performing tests on him guess that some sort of virus boosted in his system due to excess exposure to Radion that had been present leaving the bodies of the dead through air particles that had the ABILITY to POSSIBLY replace old dying cells at a rapid speed.