The State of the World
The war against the Hollowborn was brutal — longer and bloodier than any in recorded history.
Now, the world is shattered.
Not completely dead — but deeply wounded.
Cities: Most major cities lie in ruins. Some have become fortified enclaves — massive concrete bastions where survivors cluster together, heavily guarded, paranoid, and desperate. Others are ghost cities, left to rot, inhabited only by scavengers and things worse than Hollowborn.
Land: Massive scars mar the earth.
Blackened zones where Genesis Core energy or Hollowborn influence permanently corrupted the land.
Forests twist into iron-like trees.
Rivers sometimes run black or glow faintly in the dark.
Weather patterns are unstable — storms, blood rains, even strange aurora skies.
Nations:
Most national governments collapsed during the Hollowborn siege.
Instead, city-states and warlord factions have risen.
Some try to maintain order and hope; others rule with cruelty, hoarding old tech and resources.
Tech and Magic:
In the desperate battle against Hollowborn, humanity fused magic, biotech, and hyper-advanced machinery.
Now the world is a patchwork of steam-powered mechs, ancient relic weapons, and Genesis-enhanced biotech.
Magic-users, called Arcanists, are rare and feared.
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Kaela's Position in the New World
Kaela — the "Child of Two Heroes" — is viewed with mixed feelings:
Legend to some: A symbol of the resistance against extinction.
Threat to others: Some factions see the Genesis Core she carries as a world-changing weapon.
She can't trust many.
But she has allies. True friends. Fighters who have chosen her not because they were ordered... but because they believe in her.
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Kaela's Allies (Small, Tight Group)
1. Arin Valen (Already introduced)
Role: Kaela's oldest friend and protector.
Skills: Precision marksman, survivalist, strategist.
Personality: Calm, unshakable, but capable of extreme violence when needed.
Their bond is unbreakable.
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2. Elise Vorn
Background:
Once a field medic during the Genesis Wars, Elise saw entire battalions wiped out. Instead of breaking, she hardened.
Skills:
A battle-medic and light sorceress. She can heal wounds with a strange hybrid of medical science and mana, but it exhausts her.
Personality:
Sarcastic, dry humor. Keeps spirits up with sharp jokes even when the situation seems hopeless.
Deep loyalty hidden under layers of emotional armor.
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3. Dante Korr
Background:
A former commander of an elite rogue unit during the Hollowborn wars. His unit was abandoned by their government — they fought their way out alone.
He lost everything... but not his will to fight.
Skills:
Master of close-quarters combat, tactical explosives, guerrilla warfare. His body is reinforced with experimental biotech.
Personality:
Brooding, haunted, extremely protective of Kaela in a fatherly way. Treats her like the daughter he lost during the wars.
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4. Nyla Sarr
Background:
A mysterious young Arcanist who appeared during the final days of the Hollowborn siege.
Some say she was created in a lab. Others say she's something more.
Skills:
Control over gravitational magic. She can crush, levitate, or bend the battlefield itself.
Her power, however, is unstable — she often bleeds from her nose or collapses after major spells.
Personality:
Quiet, reserved, shy around others — but adores Kaela and treats her like an older sister.
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The Group Dynamic
Kaela leads without really trying to — not through orders, but example.
She isn't a ruler.
She's a hope they cling to.
The center of their little world.
Their interactions feel very family-like:
Elise and Dante bicker constantly like siblings.
Nyla clings to Kaela's side like a quiet shadow.
Arin watches everyone's back with silent determination.
Even though they joke, laugh, and dream —
they all know what's coming.
They all know what's at stake.
And they've chosen their side.
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Rumors in the World
In the ruins, around campfires, old radios, and whispered stories, people say:
"The world's heartbeat is slowing."
"The Genesis Core is crying."
"There's something beneath the Earth, and it's starting to remember its own name."
Some crazy prophets talk about Nyxothar —
The Sleeper Below the Roots.
The thing so vast it cannot be seen by mortal eyes.
The thing that dreams our reality into existence.
And now... it stirs.