Key events/ things to know.
World Map
For context, the world in which this story takes place has a layout different to ours, because of this characters are described more broadly in their race/ ethnicity to be understood. Any inconsistencies with country or continent locations are just because of this.
Leviathan Rising
In 1922 an unexplained catastrophic event occurred in North East France, causing the rise of the Leviathan from the earth. This dormant, monolithic creature now acts as a wall bordering off a large wasteland within Europe, of which no one has seen the inside of and come back from alive.
Mutation
During the Rising a large wave of Mutational Energy was released. It acts similar to radiation, invisible, extremely deadly and lingering around the effected areas at least 100 years after the inciting event. Some things effected by the energy are mutated based on their original form, because of this it is easy to identify what the organism was before. For example; a Deer hit with Mutational Energy may still have the characteristic of antlers.
Again, as with radiation, contact with a mutational force is survivable, it is actually more common to survive an encounter than not. There are varying severities that can be categorised with the naked eye, but have not yet been tested enough to give data on the full long term or biological effects.
The Broadcast
After the events in 1922, a broadcast message was sent out to all television and radio signals from an unknown figure. None of the public could make sense of the message, and all we could learn from the broadcast was the name of he who made it; Azazel.
Crater Cities
Along with the Rising, many large craters were made in the surrounding areas from debris. These are known as Crater Cities, with bad air quality and a lack of law and control, those who were poorer were pressured to living there after most fled from France.
Empyrean Council
Founded by Empyrea Brown in New Russia during 1924, the Empyrean Council is a response to the chaos of the world. It started as rehabilitation of those with mutational related illnesses, but later became a pioneer in researching and conserving those same 'people'.
LIMBO
LIMBO is a once independent organisation, now funded by the government to explore the Leviathan and protect the general populous from mutants. It's inception came as a response to the Empyrean Council as a way to build more trust in conservation efforts amongst the public, and those who were untrusting of mutated individuals. Things have changed since then thankfully.
Cards/ Divine Abilities
Cards are the primary power system in this world. Formatted the same as a traditional tarot, these cards yield a unique power to the people that own them. Their origins are unknown, and all who get them find them seemingly by chance, yet they seem to compliment each user in strange ways. Little is known about them.
| Blood Cards | Spirit Cards |
|---|---|
| - Usually wield physically stronger powers, if the user's blood comes into contact with a mutant, they are also susceptible to mutation. | - Not as strong but oftentimes more complex, if the user's blood comes into contact with a mutant they are not susceptible to mutation. |
Past Lives
Past lives can be thought of as a sort of reincarnation. When someone dies, their soul may be 'recycled' based on a number of factors, (things like time and location of death, connection to the deceased person in appearance, personality or familliarity) these factors can also carry over into the next person, blurring the line between originality. How do you know that you are you?