There was once a time when humanity thought of elves and monsters as nothing more than fantasy. That time has long since passed, now some even scoff at their previous naïve nature. It all started with the beginning of what many called the Reckoning, on June 4, 2016 at exactly 4:05 in the morning, with a massive earthquake that shook the world. This one earthquake caused many problems, knocking out power in many parts of the World, as well as causing volcanoes to erupt all over. This was not the worst of it though, this quake started to change the world; oh it wasn’t that noticeable to start, but that would change. Reports of supernatural phenomena had increased, but it was thought to be related to the stress of the quake everyone experience, we did not know how foolish out thinking was, not yet.
It only truly began only a few months after the Great Quake, Just when humanity was beginning to recover. Reports of monsters and other fantastical things started coming in, to authorities around the world, in the beginning they were dismissed, but then an event happened no one could dismiss. October 31st Halloween night, Tokyo Japan was wiped off the by several massive monsters, bearing resemblance to creatures from old monster movies. This entire event was caught on camera and broadcasted on Live Television across the world. After this similar reports would get more attention and the governments of the world started to fight back. In the beginning our weapons proved equal or superior to whatever the monsters and other beings threw at us, unfortunately this was not to last.
We had been fighting them, for a few months when Rifts suddenly started opening all over the world. We had been confident we could survive what was coming, we had so far. We didn’t expect the magic, Magic users came and were easily a match for the military, but we were still barely holding on, then the Dragons came. A Dragon could deflect tank rounds with ease, but they could be killed. It was after a massive battle was fought that Humanity realized it must change, to survive in this new world. America is one of the few places with a lot of people, due to their military many flocked there when the monsters started showing up. There was contact with other places that were able to survive in the world.
It has been two years since the Last Great Battle, and three years since the Great Quake. Nearly everyone Lives in Strongholds, megacities that dwarf cities of the same name from Before. Technology is much the same, but some of humanity has become capable of using magic, but it corrupts, as we were not meant to have such power. Many humans have become Blacksmiths and used materials from monsters to forge weapons and armor, this combine with guns enables some to combat the Monsters better. One Stronghold in particular called is Bastion, as it has endured many attacks, is particularly massive. It is built around the Remnants of Chicago, Stonework melded together with glass and steel structures.
Hello and Welcome to the After the Reckoning Worldbuilding Thread. Here is where the lore of the rp will be discussed and improved. I will provide a link to the OOC when it is up. this is not an interest thread, this is to discuss the World of After the Reckoning, if you are interested in helping good, if you are interested in the rp period please wait for the OOC.