Throughout time, man has been at war and each time, man has survived, though many died. But, everyone knew that it would not always go that way. In medicine, doctors and scientists strived to create cures to everything, but how far would that go? Viruses adapted and gained resistance after a while, and man strived to find a new

cure/vaccine. Again, that had a downfall, just like war did. Man continued to fight, using bigger, better machines and getting more advanced in technology before finally it just went too far.

Between 2080-2100, a third World War crippled humanity, bringing them to the verge of extinction along with many animals and plants. Man practically destroyed the planet. Despite having vaccines and cures for a lot of diseases and viruses. With the outbreak of the third World War, and the advance in nuclear weapons, radiation caused mutations and mutations caused new variants of old viruses.

Today, in the year 2200, with adults dying out at the age of 25 from this new virus called ADV423 (Adenovirus) which attacks the respiratory system, homosapiens are struggling to survive. It is unknown what causes the virus to activate but people up until 21 aren't affected. The life expectancy of people in this day and age is now between 23-25. The people around today are trying to find a cure, but its a race against time for some. Cure's take time, and time is something a lot of people don't have.

Since the war, many cities have been destroyed, and yet to be rebuilt, but with limited resources, people and knowledge around, it's hard. Not to mention, with the virus killing people from 23 onwards, it's harder. But there is hope. Passed down through the generations of survivors was what most would call a prophecy, or a legend others would call it. Either way, it's given a lot of people hope. Hope that one day things can return to normal and mankind can pull through this dark time. The prophecy speaks of a key that will solve many of the problems. But with the many people that believe, many also think it's just a story. And with the good people out to find the key, to cure the deadly virus, there are also people out there to exploit it's power, or even destroy it.

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Long ago, towards the end of the 21st Century, a third world war finally broke out. Man fought day and night against each other, killing only because of greed. It wasn't until man was on the verge of extinction, having completely destroyed most continents, leaving little. It was at the beginning of the 22nd century that they were forced to stop simply because no one could do anything any more. The virus had already mutated and people had started dying...

...There is one thing left to save mankind though. A Key. This Key can cure 1000 problems and also cause 1000 more, yet it doesn't fit in, nor open any locks or lead to any rooms. The tender love, and beauty crafted into making this Key, flows from top to bottom, to be seen by all. When staring at 'The Key' no one is any wiser, and neither is 'The Key' itself.

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ADV423 means Adenovirus - 423 is a flue like virus that affects the respiratory system. The adenovirus was around before but of course, with medical advancements a vaccine was made. It starts off as a simple cold at the age of 21 which slowly develops into a chest infection before it just takes over your body by 23, causing breathing problems and other sorts of things, also listed below.

The worse been Respiratory Disease which is the term for diseases of the respiratory system. These include diseases of the lung, pleural cavity, bronchial tubes, trachea, upper respiratory tract and of the nerves and muscles of breathing. Respiratory diseases range from mild and self-limiting such as the common cold to life-threatening such as bacterial pneumonia or pulmonary embolism. [Yes, from Wikipedia] Also chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are problems caused through this virus, eventually leading to death at an age between 23-25. What makes this different to before. This adenovirus has mutated to work a lot faster. A hell of a lot faster then most and developing at a rapid rate over two years before finally killing its host.

Another thing that makes this virus unique, is that everyone has it. Not from birth, but from a young age. It just stays dormant waiting until that person hits a certain age before it's activated. And then, the victims just have to await death.

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The North - Known as The Disciples.

Their goal was to find 'The Key', then use and manipulate it towards their own needs. By exploiting 'The Key' they could cure themselves, and only who they wanted to cure and then use it to gain power over the area and become the one true ruler. The ruler, _____ is set on finding 'the key' and doing anything possible in order to get it first so he can cure himself and the one other person that he truly cares about, his wife _____. This now means moving south, in hope of destroying them after hearing rumors that they had access to information about the key, and also after suspicions arose when one of their gang was killed. The killers are the suspected south gang, Loki's Kin. With ____ in charge, all out war is in the horizon and there is little that the south can do about it. They have only a few choices: -

• Fight and die.
• Fight and be captured.
• Flee.

Of course, there is the possibility of success in the fight, for the south, but that is bleak. Everyone knows that the north is one of the most powerful gangs. Will the south fight?






The South - Known as Loki's Kin, after the Norse God, Loki the trickster, their purpose with 'The Key' is to destroy it. Like the North, they are competing in the race to be the first to gain ultimate power so they can rule over everything and everybody. The fact that 'The Key' can cure everyone doesn't matter. They just want to use it to have complete control making the other gangs submit to their every whim thinking they'll eventually get the cure when it fact it would have being destroyed long before. Unaware that their members have been accused of killing a north member, they are therefore unaware that North leader _____ has called for war, and is heading there for an attack.

The East - Known as Obsidian Knights

The East, unlike the North and South, is out to protect 'The Key'. It is their purpose to find and protect it from the North and South so they can eventually find a cure to ADV-423. The East are allies with the West.







The West - Known as Thanatos Instinct

After the Greek God of Death. Despite this gang been named after the Norse God of death, it is fighting to survive and searching for 'The Key' in hopes of curing the disease and prolonging life. The irony is they're in a gang known as Death, but doing everything in its hands to find a cure, with or without 'The Key'. So far, their leader has disappeared and one of their members has been killed in a fight that started between rebels in 'No Man's Land' and between the members of East, West and the Brotherhood.





Allies

East and the West working together.

Enemies

North with the East, South and West
East with the South and North
South with the West, North and East
West with the North and South.

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• Please, please, please use proper typing and grammar. I know most of us slip up, which is fine, but when people have to translate to understand, it gets annoying. Also, can people possibly separate paragraphs a little to make posts easier to read.
• No god-modding. I am the GM and what I say goes. This includes no Mary-Sues or Gary-Stu characters. No one is perfect so don't make your character perfect please.
• OOC talk stays in the OOC. Simple as. Please read and use the OOC as well. Do not use the OOC in the IC thread.
• Be realistic in what you post.
• No one liners. I know people post different lengths so I'm asking a paragraph at least, two if possible.
• Read other peoples posts to know what's going on. I know this seems obvious, but it's surprising how many people post without reading other people's posts.
• Please post in the posting order that will be created when things are sorted out in the near future.
• If you are going away/dropping out, please let us no either by PM (to me) or on this thread.
• Try to post at least once a day so the thread doesn't get too slow and everyone keeps up.
• Romance and violence is allowed.

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[size=14pt]Character Sheet[/size]


Basically I want to have all the basic things that are in the character sheet; so name, history, personality, description. Remember to put what gang you want to be a part of, or if you want to be a rogue and also add equipment if you have any and give valid reasons on how you obtained it in an apocalyptic world.

• The Map:

Map courtesy of Kaedai Mikailo and TheWalrus

One last thing, have fun ^^

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