Post by Phantom Rose on Aug 28, 2005 19:48:02 GMT -5
Prologue[/u]
The need for power is something that can never be satisfied. As the world advanced and there was more to conquer, that insatiable hunger for more grew along with it.
By the 2200’s, Earth was a war-torn world. Life was a never-ending feud for power, land, wealth. It was a world war that lasted decades.
March 14, 2403, the world took a turn that made it even worse. A mysterious “bomb” of sorts from unknown origins fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Teams of divers from all over the world went to investigate it – none returned. Rumors circulated, none with any support behind them. But with every theory came one conclusion – something was terribly wrong.
A few months later, disaster began. Strange black things began climbing out of the ocean. They had limited intelligence at first, and remained shapeless blobs, but absorbed information at an amazing rate. They seemed connected, able to communicate without doing so aloud, each seeming to sense what the others did – as if they all shared a single mind. They soon began to get smarter, able to shift into the form of anything they – or any of the others – saw. They began to understand the world around them.
And then, they began to prey on humans. They spread like a virus – literally. Whenever these things – which came to be known as the Chaos spawn – came in contact with flesh, the human (or animal) would become infected. Within 72 hours, they would become part of the Chaos, another morphing black spawn.
There was only a limited amount of things that were able to kill them. Explosives and fire worked well; the only other effective way was with silver. If a chaos spawn came into contact with silver, it would immediately ‘die’ and melt into a puddle of shadow. However, this was only true for some spawn – those closer to the main mass of Chaos in the Atlantic Ocean were stronger, and did not have this reaction. Scientists theorized that the ever-evolving life forms would, in time, become completely immune to silver. Time was limited.
By 2406, the world was almost completely overrun by Chaos. Mankind swarmed to large cities which were quickly fortified against the everlasting threat. Humans survived – barely. They knew that time was running out quickly. They had to find some way to get to the main mass – the brain - and destroy it.
In that same year came about a discovery. Scientists stumbled upon a manmade chemical that would ‘neutralize’ Chaos. Not as a weapon to use against spawn – but perhaps a cure for infection.
The only issue – the human body rejected the chemical. Only on new, vulnerable systems – those of children younger than five – would the remedy be able to work. This brought about another discovery; once they had been injected with this neutralizer, they were immune to Chaos infection. They could be contaminated only if the Chaos got directly to their bloodstream – through injection or a fresh, open wound.
And then there was another problem. There was only a very limited amount of this chemical, and they had no idea where to get more. And so another idea came forth – why not inject the cure into as many children as they could, and train them to be soldiers? Immune to the infection, they would be their best bet at survival. In such, the Chaos Knights, defenders of humanity, were created.
18 years later, a message was received… One that, perhaps, would let them destroy the Chaos, once and for all.
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That's the prologue... I have more typed up, but I figure I don't want to overwhelm you or anything... Yeah. Constructive critism welcome, but please no pure bashing. =\
The need for power is something that can never be satisfied. As the world advanced and there was more to conquer, that insatiable hunger for more grew along with it.
By the 2200’s, Earth was a war-torn world. Life was a never-ending feud for power, land, wealth. It was a world war that lasted decades.
March 14, 2403, the world took a turn that made it even worse. A mysterious “bomb” of sorts from unknown origins fell into the Atlantic Ocean. Teams of divers from all over the world went to investigate it – none returned. Rumors circulated, none with any support behind them. But with every theory came one conclusion – something was terribly wrong.
A few months later, disaster began. Strange black things began climbing out of the ocean. They had limited intelligence at first, and remained shapeless blobs, but absorbed information at an amazing rate. They seemed connected, able to communicate without doing so aloud, each seeming to sense what the others did – as if they all shared a single mind. They soon began to get smarter, able to shift into the form of anything they – or any of the others – saw. They began to understand the world around them.
And then, they began to prey on humans. They spread like a virus – literally. Whenever these things – which came to be known as the Chaos spawn – came in contact with flesh, the human (or animal) would become infected. Within 72 hours, they would become part of the Chaos, another morphing black spawn.
There was only a limited amount of things that were able to kill them. Explosives and fire worked well; the only other effective way was with silver. If a chaos spawn came into contact with silver, it would immediately ‘die’ and melt into a puddle of shadow. However, this was only true for some spawn – those closer to the main mass of Chaos in the Atlantic Ocean were stronger, and did not have this reaction. Scientists theorized that the ever-evolving life forms would, in time, become completely immune to silver. Time was limited.
By 2406, the world was almost completely overrun by Chaos. Mankind swarmed to large cities which were quickly fortified against the everlasting threat. Humans survived – barely. They knew that time was running out quickly. They had to find some way to get to the main mass – the brain - and destroy it.
In that same year came about a discovery. Scientists stumbled upon a manmade chemical that would ‘neutralize’ Chaos. Not as a weapon to use against spawn – but perhaps a cure for infection.
The only issue – the human body rejected the chemical. Only on new, vulnerable systems – those of children younger than five – would the remedy be able to work. This brought about another discovery; once they had been injected with this neutralizer, they were immune to Chaos infection. They could be contaminated only if the Chaos got directly to their bloodstream – through injection or a fresh, open wound.
And then there was another problem. There was only a very limited amount of this chemical, and they had no idea where to get more. And so another idea came forth – why not inject the cure into as many children as they could, and train them to be soldiers? Immune to the infection, they would be their best bet at survival. In such, the Chaos Knights, defenders of humanity, were created.
18 years later, a message was received… One that, perhaps, would let them destroy the Chaos, once and for all.
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That's the prologue... I have more typed up, but I figure I don't want to overwhelm you or anything... Yeah. Constructive critism welcome, but please no pure bashing. =\
