The year is 2094.
80 years ago on January 1, 2014, the world as we knew it was destroyed.
It wasn?t physically destroyed, but it might as well have been.
Amazing technological breakthroughs had been reached between the year 2012 and the day the world ended. Cars flew, houses talked, people were happy. However, people also grew to rely so heavily on their beloved electricity that they were caught devastatingly unprepared when it happened.
A giant solar flare hit the Earth.
The solar flare caused a worldwide Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) that rendered all technology and electricity useless. Technology wise, humans had been pushed back into the 1800?s. Nearly half of the world?s population died of either sickness or by man?s hand. And on that one January morning, the world changed forever.
F I R S T
GENERATION APOCALYPSE
After the initial shock, the world turned to chaos. Anarchy ruled and people became terrified to leave their homes for fear of the malicious looters that stood outside their doors. Stores were wiped clean within hours, and once their initial food wore thin and the hunger set in, people became savages, attacking their neighbors, friends, and families. Bodies lay in the streets and the rivers ran with blood.
However, people are still people, and driven by the need for leadership and guidance, new government grew to power. It took many years, but humanity and order began to piece itself back together. Small communities grew and people attempted to find what they once called ?normal?.
As this new sense of normalcy grew, people got back into a comfortable pace, jobs were created, and life kept going. And although, as time went on and people became somewhat comfortable with their somewhat steampunk lifestyle, they always held close the memory of what life was like with the comfort and style that they had with their once precious technology that was no more.
The world went on, but without electricity, it took much hard work, blood, sweat, and tears. After all, humanity had to start over, and after tasting technology and laziness, it?s hard to adapt to such a foreign lifestyle. But there was no choice, anyway, there was no turning back.
S E C O N D
GENERATION APOCALYPSE
Children born into the technology-less world seemed to have it better. This new life was all they knew, and while they knew their parent?s stories of flying machines and things, and saw the useless metal skeletons of such beasts, they still could not fathom the wonders of electricity.
Humanity had adapted to an old fashioned lifestyle. After having to start over, safety and morals were the least on anyone?s concerns, for the need to have food and objects was much stronger. Children were sent to work as soon as they were old enough to understand how to use the steam powered machines in the factories. Many people were maimed or killed by them, but it didn?t matter as long as there was someone else there to replace them.
Government slowly began to take over, however it was a rugged and unstable monarchy. Kings were killed and replaced almost as often as the factory workers. They didn?t have much power, anyway, as the police force was unorganized and usually worked only for themselves. It wasn?t uncommon to find officers beating a civilian to death on a street corner for no apparent reason.
T H I R D
GENERATION APOCALYPSE
The old days of technology and comfort are long gone, replaced by hard work and labor. Early in the generation, a deadly epidemic called the baby plague wiped out many babies and children, and left most others crippled in some way, leaving the generation extremely small and weak. Those who did survive don?t get off scot free, though. Factory work isn?t any less treacherous and as time goes on, the world seems to fall into a depression and jobs become few and far between.
In homes where not one family had work, parents taught their children pickpocketry and many children even sneak into their neighbor?s homes who do have work and murder in cold blood to steal their food and even their houses.
The teens of this generation are often murderers as well. Many times, gangs of teenagers will massacre factories in ?Murder Raids? and take the jobs so they can support their families or just support their own petty fantasies.
But life goes on?
C H I L D R E N O F T H E A P O C A L Y P S E
We are the third generation.
We don?t know what life was like before this demented dystopia, but we don?t care. We have much worse to worry about. Like staying alive.
However, we know the secret to getting out of this alive, and that?s sticking together.
A group of six extremely different teenagers come together in an unlikely friendship in order to stay alive and stay sane. While they weren?t alive in a time when government and life in general was of higher quality, they dream of a day when it will be again, and while it may seem unattainable, they are willing to risk everything to change the world. Of course, people will try anything to stop them?
But
that?s
half
the
fun.
Join the God, the Princess, the Inventor, the Officer, the Reaper, and the Dollmaker as they try to change the world?
And the General, the Bounty Hunter, the Dog, and the Succubus as they try to stop them.
C H A R A C T E R S
The God-
A young man of 19 years from New Boston who came to the city of Orecston (once Harrisburg), the capitol of New Penn (obviously once Pennsylvania) to kill the king. The job was all too easy and he successfully became the new king at the age of 15. After four years of the job, the king began to believe himself a god and was slowly inching New Penn towards a dictatorship before his guards attempted to assassinate him. He fled the castle and attempted to blend in when he met the Princess who took him in.
He?s incredibly cocky and self-centered. While living with the Princess has humbled him, the God is still hung up on the thought of being king, and is still extremely bossy and hasn?t adjusted well to ?peasant life?. Meaning he sticks out like a sore thumb. He has a bit of a crush on the Succubus. He?s the self-elected leader of the group.
His dream is to take back his throne.
The Princess-
A young lady of 17 years, the florist took up her mother?s flower shop after she died. the Princess was 10 when her mother died of a terrible sickness that ended up killing her younger brother as well. Tormented by nightmares of the illness and her mother and brother?s deaths, she buried herself in work, finding solace in nothing other than flowers. She refuses to go into her mother and brother?s rooms, for she secretly never buried their bodies, for behind her sweet exterior, she had a disturbing obsession with their rotting corpses and bones.
When the God stumbled across her shop, she instantly knew something was off about him, and quickly took him in. The pair became close friends and she tries to teach him how to ?play peasant? as he calls it. She secretly loves him and wants to become his queen when he becomes king again, but for now, she settles with the title of the Princess.
She can be very impatient and selfish, as well as obsessed and violent at times. Others in the group assume that she is bipolar. She is the medic of the group as well as the co-leader.
Her dream is to help the God rule and she wants to spread her knowledge of plants and healing so that others do not need to lose their family to sickness like she did.
The Inventor-
This aristocratic young lady of 16 aspires to become a great inventor like her father before her. Inspired by her grandmother?s stories of how the world once was, the Inventor dreams of bringing the world back to its glory days, a dream she shared with her father. After her father spent his life working on creating his own version of a boat, the pair left their lives in New Japan to wherever the wind would take them. Somehow, the two made their way to the bustling city of Orecston and began their new lives.
After the Inventor?s father was beaten and taken to jail for not speaking English, she was left homeless and fatherless. Not to mention the fact that she realized her dreams were impossible. For while she could make blueprints and plans, she was terribly lacking in the ability to actually build her inventions.
After a while, she began to go hungry and attempted to steal, only to be caught by an officer. However, the Officer seemed to be one of the few people in the city who understood Japanese and took pity on her. He befriended her and took her into his home and taught her English. She quickly got a job at a local factory and almost forgot about her love of inventing when she found out that the officer she befriended may be the key to making her blueprints a reality.
She is a dreamer and often has her head in the clouds, she often gets herself in way over her head. While initially she?s quiet, once you get to know her, you find that she has a lot to say and she?s incredibly smart. She?s the brains of the group.
She dreams to rebuild the world with her own inventions.
The Officer-
At the age of 4, the Officer was struck with the baby plague and while he didn?t die, he lost his sense of smell and his hearing. 16 years later, he became an officer. He was one of the few good ones. While he seems dark and scary, he has a soft side for children who lost family or who work to feed their families, and often give them money or buy them what they were trying to steal and let them off the hook.
His mother married a rich man and killed him to take his money and land for herself when he was young and he always swore that he would never sink to that level. His mother forced him into becoming an officer, but he secretly dreams of traveling the world, for he?s fascinated by different cultures. He is secretly a skilled builder and was building himself a boat for a plan to sail to another country to escape his mother and his career when he met the Inventor. Being multilingual, he quickly befriended her and took her in and taught her not only spoken English, but also sign language so that they could easily communicate, because while he can talk and read lips, it?s a lot easier for him to understand what people are saying when they use ASL.
He is strong, dependable, and very protective over the Inventor. He has a hard outer shell, but is very caring once you get close to him. He is the muscle of the group.
He dreams of nothing but the wellbeing of humankind.
The Reaper-
After a factory fire killed her mother, father, and older sister, the Reaper learned to live on her own. She learned to kill at a young age, she grew up to become the city?s most notorious gang leader. At the age of 17, she had already killed more people than she could count, earned the title of ?Reaper?, and learned to throw away any morals she had long ago. She was willing to steal and murder men, women, and children if there was something in it for her.
Being one of the baddest women alive, you?d be surprised that the only person this girl cares about anymore other than herself would be a local doll and wig maker. However, he saved her from the fire that killed her family when she was so young, and since then, the two were the best of friends. She cares deeply for him, but not in a romantic way, for she has her sights set on the Officer.
She?s hot tempered, blunt, and stubborn, as well as violent and irrational at times, but when she?s with the Dollmaker, she becomes a lot more reasonable and caring. She?s the stealth and theif of the group.
While she respects the God?s power, she dreams of ruling the cities of New Penn with her best friend at her side.
The Dollmaker-
At 18 years old, the Dollmaker is well known throughout the city as the calm and respectable doll and wig maker with Orecston?s biggest gang on his side. The baby plague cost him his twin sister and sight in one eye, but he?s still an extremely hard worker. His mother recently died, leaving him with the family business, which he is fine with. He loves children and will often pass out dolls to the little girls who come by his shop.
He?s familiar with the Princess and is quite fond of her, but admires her from a distance because, while he?s got quite a bit of charm and is rather flirtatious, he finds it difficult to talk to someone that he actually likes romantically.
He?s kind, smart, sarcastic, and quite a smooth talker. He?s very close to the Reaper and would do anything for her. He?s the voice of reason in the group.
The General-
The brother of the king whom the God assassinated and replaced, he always plotted revenge. After the God disappeared, he quickly took his girlfriend, the Bounty Hunter, and banded together a group to capture and destroy the man who killed his brother and whoever allied themselves with him.
He?s the strategist of the group.
The Bounty Hunter-
The girlfriend of the General, she quickly went along with him to avenge her lover?s brother. However, as they formed the group to attack his killer, she fell in love with one of the new members, the Dog. Being the motherly figure of the group, she attempts to keep them all together while having her secret love affair with him.
She?s the stealth and muscle of the group.
The Dog-
Notorious for his uncanny ability to track people, the Dog was quickly recruited into the group sent to capture and destroy the murderer of the King and the people he was traveling with. He became the secret lover of the Bounty Hunter shortly after he joined them.
He?s the tracker and the brains of the group.
The Succubus-
She was always beautiful, so after her search for work to support her and her family went to no avail, she sold her body to make money. However, this temptress isn?t your average street walker, she murders the men she does business with promptly after receiving her money. She?s the enemy of the Reaper and invited herself into the General?s mini army when she found out that one of the people who they are after is the Reaper herself. There?s nothing she wants more than to torture and kill her because she is so close to the man that she has her eyes on, the Dollmaker, and she's also always been her rival.
She is used by the team to gather information from people. She?s a skilled con-woman and an excellent actress.
Reserved
The Officer by twi-twi
The Bounty Hunter by DreamerOnTheStars
The Princess by Misdemeanor
Taken
The Dollmaker byMirrorMirror1498
The Reaper by HereMeNow
The Succubus by ChristyLovesYou
The Dog by spudjohnson
The Inventor by Natzalia
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