Morningstar

"Hate breeds conflict, and conflict breeds war. But love breeds peace, and peace breeds prosperity. The old state thought this to be a difficult choice."

The Great war turned so much worse than anyone could ever have envisioned. Almost a decade of brutal warfare and murder, fuelled by a corruting influence of unknown origin, tore apart Europe and the very fabric of reality itself. As the corrupting influenced waned and the old order collapsed into ruins, the new Europe has to find its place in a continent ravaged by the scars of war, and the strange magics it has awokened.

From the ashes of what was once France rose a new order that has brought peace and prosperity. But in reality, this New State is built on uneasy foundations, and its very future lies in peril.

The Great War
The war to end all wars, and the war to end all states. The decade-long war of destruction tore apart Europe, and perhaps more so than that...

Deadzones
Regions wholly annihilated by the war, it seems the fabric of reality has been torn...

Paranatural
New and strange things have appeared in the world after the fabric of reality was damaged in the Great war.

Argent Office
A governmental ministry tasked with investigating and containing paranatural phenomenon, to protect the general populace from the "abnormal".

New State
Built upon the foundations of what was once France, the New state is ruled by a benevolent visionary, and everything seems seemingly perfect - for now.

Western European Deadzone
Encompassing most of the former western front in the Great war, the WED is not the largest Deadzone, but by far the most intense and dangerous.

Centre
The newly built capital city of the New State, it was built just west of Nevers, which whad served as the temporary French capital towards the end of the war.

Chartres
Almost entirely abandoned towards the end of the war, Chartres would become the headquarters of the Argent Office.

Claire
A young woman with a sharp mind and a thirst for knowledge, she sets out to document and write about the Deadzone and its inhabitants

Alain
A former soldier, greatly damaged from the war, seemingly finding himself at peace in this new world that has risen

Léa
Alain's daughter, a young and happy woman with endless optimism.

Raymond
The visionary behind it all, the benevolent dictator, the father of peace... and the only thing standing between the people and total ruin.

Marianne
A nurse who was altered by the Deadzone, becoming a personification of French nationalism, hell-bent on reclaiming the French nation.

"Coldheart"
The right hand of the Leader, her nickname did not come from nothing. Cold, calculating, efficient, she's a perfect bureaucrat - but a thoroughly unpleasant woman.

Squad Curieux
An army squad of four people; Jacques, Martin, Salim, and Helene, enlisted in the Containment division that operates in and around the Deadzone to contain its influence.