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 Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:09 pm
The world Valvon is in a four planet system with one star, Valvon itself is in a binary gravitation with another planet, Balvon-- both with exactly the same mass, locked in place with two satellites each and a small planet on each side. Rumors circulate about a galactic chain that may one day be utilizied for valvon to move into balvon; currently neither side have made contact but through advanced steam engineering are looking for ways to communicate through light reflections on microscopes-- the civilization of Valvon has been developed over 890 years, and is in a medieval state with ranging political ideas and higher technology due to steam engineering and magic augmentation. The side always facing Balvon is mainly an uninhabitable frozen tundra due to limited line of sight with the sun-- further complicating the two world's contact. The rest range from lush forests, mountains,and jungles, to drier rural colonies. Desert land is scarce, and considered cursed after inhabitation and the consequent fallout of an entire race believed to have amazing magic power. The capital valvonic, though considered one city is the size of most smaller states in Valvon-- it is in a representative monarchy with free thinking and focus on the arts. It is united under one god, and offers entrance to all races. Off to the west is the region Amoria, scattered archipelagoes over vast bodies of water-- oceanography and sailing were first developed here, though the colonies in Amoria are united under no flag. This land was the birth of freelancers, mercenaries, and pirates. It developed the idea of blood for gold and it has gone unchecked for so many years, Valvonic law tries their best to merely keep the peace than quell them. But underneath it's rugged exterior are tropical paradises inhabited by exotic animals, and anthroes unseen to the rest of the world-- rumor has it there is an underwater civilization, but diving is all in it's infancy and anthroes are bound by some mesmer magic to never tell it's secrets. The eastern lands, Seiru, are mountainous, recieving heavy precipitation in winter and spring. It is ruled by the military, but is revered by the people for their strength and fairness. Punishment for crime is severe, and honor comes before ones own life. Seiru has made little contact with the other countries, and travelers return home with tales of amazing palaces and fortresses. Anthro are rarer here, but dragons and demons lurk in the mountains above.
To the south is one mountain, bigger than Valvonic and Seiru put together. The land is hot and at it's basin are dangerous jungles with savage anthroes and monsters fearsome enough to keep even dragons away. A hidden civilization, a secret cult, is believed to be inside of the mountains. Attempts have been made to reach into the area for it's astounding amount of ore and minerals, but few return from these runs and prove to be more trouble than they're worth.
Finally to the north is Zanoreth a country on the edge of the tundra, freezing cold year round, and night counquers the land. One massive black castle sits upon a mountain, another cult resides here. the castle's lord a vampire who is slowly amassing Zanoreth's demons and monsters under his banner and is pushing an offensive against Valvonic.
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:22 pm
The Plague struck fast and hard, Ebola with a longer fuse. In ten days you would start showing signs, two days latter, you were another body in the street to be burned.
There was no cure, there was no vaccine. If you got it, you just died. Short and simple.
Some people spent there last hours in the company of their loved ones, which ironically they killed in the process, and died as peacefully as they could. On the whole, that was the minority.
At first, people were afraid. Not to say that people were not afraid to begin with, but now that had another notch on their bed post to pray about before they went to bed. The problem was that since they had been living in fear for so long, they were kind of numb to an honest to god threat to their well being.
It still isn't known what happened in Los Angeles, whether it was just an outbreak or an actual attack of some kind, but it is clear that someone who was infected, but not yet showing symptoms had made their way onto an international flight to Australia, with connections at both Hawaii and Shanghai.
That was when people stopped being afraid and started becoming angry.
The FAA or CIA, or the oval office should have done something, and because of their lack of action, a disease worse than the Black Death was speeding into a global pandemic.
Of course, no one could have foreseen any of this. Its just not possible to contain something like that in a matter of hours. That did not stop the finger pointing though. Threats and eventual war was not that surprising, nor was the "pre-emptive containment" or the "surgical police actions" What shocked everyone was when China decided to nuke it's own hot zones. Being fair, the UN was carefully considering the nuclear option as a method of quarantine and eradication, but what China had done would be known as the costliest mistake of the twenty first century.
The intense radiation and electromagnetic disturbance took out an unexpected amount of the Chinese communication grid. Some one over looked a power source, or a satellite hub, and one particular missile silo was left completely in the dark. There had been no warnings of a test, or quarantine measure, and there was absolutely nothing coming in on any channels after hours of communication black out, the operators in charge of the three thermonuclear warheads in that silo decided that China was under attack and that they should launch missiles at their last designated targets. Russia. The same must have occurred in Russia, because in several hours, cities across the world began disappearing.
In the span of a day, the Russo-Sino conflict had escalated and incorporated the entire world, but no one really knows what actually happened. The news stopped, and a while after that, the emergency broadcast stopped and the TV showed nothing but static.
As far as any one is concerned, all that is left of the human race is a little bomb shelter on the outskirts of Chicago.
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