It didn't happen all at once.
It began as whispers, then violence in the lower districts, then full-out anarchy in the streets.
The aftermath of Genesis hadn't just warped the land. It had shattered trust in everything—governments, corporations, even the sacred Echo legacy. Now, the world was a boiling storm of secret wars... and the new generation was caught in the middle.
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The Major Powers at War
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1. The City Council ("The Pillars")
The ruling elite. Corrupt, fractured.
Half of them want to clamp down with brutal martial law.
The other half want to sell the city piece by piece to whoever can keep it standing.
They secretly hire mercenary armies to settle disputes, making the city a quiet warzone at night.
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2. Blacksite Corps (Underground Researchers)
Descendants of the Genesis weapon programs.
Conduct illegal experiments in the under-city labs.
Start unleashing unstable "bio-weapons" into the slums as field tests.
Rumors say they even built "new subjects" worse than Subject 00... and one already broke loose.
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3. Cult of Null (Fanatics)
Stir chaos by bombing food supplies, hacking communication networks, and summoning creatures.
Promise the desperate poor that salvation lies in obliteration, not survival.
Whole districts now carry the black-mark brands of Null loyalty.
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4. Warlord Factions (Outer District Gangs)
Rogue hunters, ex-police, and ex-military band together, seizing whole sectors as "free states."
Loyalty means nothing. Betrayals happen hourly.
Many hate the Council, but hate each other more.
Some are crazy enough to capture Genesis relics and wield them like gods… at their own risk.
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5. Hollowborn (Corrupted Mutants)
Grow stronger as chaos spreads.
Their hives swell underground and in abandoned districts.
No diplomacy. No peace. Only the hunger to devour.
And they are evolving…
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How Kaela, Arin, and Riven Get Dragged In
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One wrong mission.
One wrong choice.
While scavenging a ruin for old tech, they accidentally find something every faction wants: a lost Genesis Relic Core — still glowing, still active.
Suddenly:
The Council's Hunters want them dead or captured.
The Blacksite agents want to dissect them.
The Cult of Null wants to sacrifice them in a "holy fire."
The Warlords want to ransom them.
Even the Hollowborn are drawn to the core's pulsing signal.
They don't just become targets.
They become the spark that ignites full war across Neo-Terra.
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Tone of the Story Moving Forward
No one is truly good. Even supposed "heroes" have blood on their hands.
Every safe zone is temporary.
Trust is dangerous. Betrayal is expected.
Power is shifting constantly.
Strange, otherworldly horrors start leaking from rift cracks as reality itself weakens.
Kaela, Arin, and Riven aren't trying to save the world.
They're just trying not to drown in it.
But deep down... maybe they are the last thin thread of real hope left.