When videos of a mysterious creature went viral, the public dismissed them as a hoax. When the Park Rangers Association of California closed down local wildlife reserves,

Timeline:
20XX - First sighting of Hellbound Creature
10 Years later AKA 0 AU (After Unfurling? After Opening?) happens. A huge Rift forms (visible from every part of the world) and giant monsters descend from the sky and ravage Earth's population.

5 AU - After much fighting (both domestic and international), the United Nations comes to the decision to work together on a method to defeat the monsters/demons. Unfortunately it's too little too late. A particularly severe invasion left many nations without leaders and with governments scrambling to replace their figureheads, countries everywhere fell apart.

75 AU - Research breakthroughs have resulted in anti-demon weaponry as well as genetic modifications.

100 AU - Humans have adapted, at least partially to the disarray. Though technology has taken a big hit, remnants of the past still exist along with their protectors. The City (or as foreigners know it, San Francisco) exists within a triangle where its citizens are protected by the City's Three: The Ascendants, The Guardians, and The [Anarchists]. Though none are on good terms with each other, they know that declaring war on one another would only result in mutual destruction and thus, have a cold peace.



The Ascendants: They are a religious group whose founder predicted the Day of the Opening. After that, they gained members who sought refuge in religion and the shelter they provided. Despite their fervent nature, they are the most generous of the three groups. They only ask that you pray for their god. If you prove worthy (or the leader chooses you), you have the chance to ascend. Candidates will undergo a ritual wherein they drink the blood of Nuse, a demon that was supposedly tamed by the founder of the Ascendant religion. Should a candidate survive the process, they are "reborn" as a Warrior of Ascendancy.

Warriors of Ascendancy gain the ability to "purify" demonic entity by manifesting a weapon or taming a demon. They have enhanced human fitness and heal back more quickly than normal human beings however, they have much shorter life spans and lose their sanity as they near the end of their lives. In order avoid dying in disgrace, it's common practice for them commit suicide via battle or have an older council member put them down.

The Guardians - The closest thing we have to a military. Unlike other organizations, they have a steady supply chain of weapons and enough resources to sustain research on these strange creatures. Unlike the Ascendants they do not follow a particular ideology aside from "protect and serve." They appear to be the most organized factions but also the most darwinian: they are only interested in workers and soldiers.

The Rats/Anarchist - Misfits, outcasts, loners, whatever you want to call them, a cohesive organization would be the least accurate. With no true leader or