They came.
From the depths of the Endless Wastes, they're born from the cold and fueled by hate itself. The neverending conflict of men to the long desire for revenge against those who imprison them, they're the answer: the Children of Garyx. Monsters of ice, and cold-hearted, the monstrous marched through the moonless blizzards. Entire settlements fell silent. Its people are frozen in place in a state of agony and rage. As heralds of the end of the cycle, the Children of Garyx came to bring destruction.
❄️Icy Coast Border, Silverdale❄️
Fairy Alliance
The howls of winter covered the great tree city of Emberfell. The once happy go lucky celebration of the changing of the season, a pivotal moment in Fairydale culture, was canceled as the Festival Square laid empty. Panic reached the Fairy Alliance as much of the food was bought and stored away. The worst part was the prices were piled higher than its original version, and the Fairy council insisted on strict rations to no ‘luxury foods.’ By that, decent ones beyond pre-packaged fast food to crappy foods.
More and more, the pressure was on to overturn it. Yet, as Venus looked at the window of the whiteout, she became anxious as her battle to push back on such laws became fruitless. That was until she looked at her desk when a messenger passed a letter. Venus shifted her eyes and went to open the envelope.
“You can’t be serious.” Venus gasped as she heard the footsteps of her gothic approach. “Conspiracy… kidnap of Fluffykins… and I’m next?! This can’t be for real. How can the President of Silverdale be captured by Emerald of all people? Emerald is a friend to Fluffykins. Morrigan, do you believe this?”
"It is baffling, yes, but the time has come, President Venus." Morrigan gave a solemn look. "As of now, my little birds told me that the council is moving against us with a not so friendly 'emergency act.' Another piece of article hidden from the public, but they're going to overthrow us."
"Damn those bastards." Venus snorted in anger. "For all my work… They'll remove all of it. I suppose the colonel and the others may be ready… But I'm not sure if we can do this. The world may see us as unjust and tyrannical if we try to overthrow the council. Of course, the council is full of bastards, and we can gain sympathy for our cause."
"The people hate the Council regardless," Morrigan said. "They're corrupted, and the law is against us, Venus. Keep that in mind."
"Why of course."
A crack of gunshots rang through the halls as small cries of fairies and penguins fell in agony. President Venus's eyes widened as she heard the alarm go off. The buzzing noise of fairy soldiers flying into the Presidential Palace! The enforcers of the council came to overthrow the president!
"Come, I have a place we can hide and contact my loyal officers." Venus extended her arm to Morrigan. Morrigan smiled as she grabbed onto Venus' hand. The two magically teleported away into a secure safe house outside the city!
Amid the failed coup, the civilians who loved Venus and lived through the oligarchical tyrants who robbed many freedoms had enough. No more protest. No more riots. All failed time and time again as the powers of the fey councilors madly torment those who oppose them. The Alliance of Fey is over!
Violence burst throughout the city of Emberfell as trees burned. The country split apart as the military took sides. The civilians fought against each other in the streets of the major city. The lines are drawn: those who fight for the president and aim for the republic's reformation against the oligarchical Fairy Council who sought to enrich themselves. Perhaps even for a darker side.
Silverdale
The myths of Pandora’s Box echoed throughout the centuries from ancient times. A reminder of the duology. Once open, all the evils escape and are irreversible. But hope is also freed. Riley was Pandora. The box was a collection of evidence on crimes the members of the Dark Snakes, their connections, grand conspiracies for a new ‘empire’, their tactics for effective blackmail, and much more were released upon the nation.
President-Elect Miranda Songbird, who was brought by the Secret Service and the AMTF to the Winter Palace for security reasons, was horrified by the truth. As the news fox girl spoke up, she can tell the headline of ‘Ex-President Cynthia Luvgood was a villain all along!’ That, and riots and mass protests in Snowy Light against the establishment of Luvgood and her associated supporters.
Clips from the video show the resurrection of Garyx, to documentations of her ‘order’ maintained by political assassination to the removal of the Foxkin Oracle Shrine. Said Shrine predicted one of her laws, causing more hardship for the Ratlings to be accurate. Thus Cynthia sent her monsters to silence her. “You see that, folks! Our sweetheart Cynthia played the nation like a violin and revived a Garyx to kill us all! Does one ambition and hubris to become a god with all that magic even deserve it? Even after all the love and friendship, this nation holds dear? No, my friends! She’s a downright traitor.” Summer Rose said.
Miranda jaws dropped on such news. She knew that her neighbors in Silver City had a hard life from such policies, but for this far! She couldn't believe it and only said. "Damn." Miranda's eyes lighten up. Why do this! She can't forgive this! After all, Cynthia might as well have a hand for an assassination attempt on her life! "Why would she do such a thing?"
Vice President, now acting president, Brownie Sugarcube crossed her arms. "Because she is a viper, and played Silverdale for a grandiose scheme. Every incarnation of Luvgood has some mad dream that will inevitably collapse. Now that the chickens come to roost, we can freely break into many red tapes and top secret information that she and her cabal kept safely hidden."
Miranda was both in awe, yet suspicious of how Brownie Sugarcube seemingly has vast knowledge on such a subject! She might even know more… There is something off about her! "Wait, just a second. Before you go into some long-winded explosion dump, aren't you some professional sage on Luvgood or something? After all, you do remind me of a similar superhero back in Silver City who just looks like you."
"Oh! Well, I hope you care to keep a secret, since we may come across each other." Brownie Sugarcube whispered a small magical message for Miranda. She nodded with glee. "Now, don't blow my cover, lass. After years of working right beside a spiteful sweetie Fluffykins, I picked up a lot on Luvgood to much lore passed by our contacts on here. There's much to explain, but we better deal with her crooks and keep the nation together."
In the memorial of Snowy Light, the once-contributed marble statue of Cynthia Luvgood was pulled down by the masses! The ones who once loved her are now against her. As her whereabouts is unknown, the rest of her empire began to shatter apart. From the lowest of scum to the congressmen, and elite members of society that were tied from the evidence from one little ninja were arrested. Even the word of a treacherous general was court martial from an alleged plan to overthrow the government.
As chaos reigns from civil unrest and proper cleansing of society, the cries of the windigos echoed throughout the nationwide blizzards.
Icy Coast State, Silverdale
Avala Reach Research Station was at the far end of the peninsula. At the border of Silverdale and territories of ice and mountains beyond, the station was a hub for travelers to many research projects from magical phenomena, ice core studies, and climatology. A network of metallic boxes and attractions, to a grand glassy igloo, was the hallmark of the station itself.
For the last few months to upmost as of recent, the bluish feathered penguin scientist, Gary, realized that the predictions and the data began to match. He was nervous as he can tell that the 'Super Blizzard' or Polar Vortex is real. Not to mention explaining the affair with a Water Master and a bunch of Malgraveans who came to finish up the evacuation. Gray knew he pushed his luck for too far, but he got one piece he needed.
"Long blizzards for days to even months are beyond other recorded snowstorms in the past. The closest is the 70s… and the Civil War." Gary adjusted his glasses. "Which given the news of monster attacks, and the evidence of similar events. That means that the fearmongering is indeed a reality. The monsters will come in this Polar Vortex, and we have little time to lose."
"This is most troublesome, yes." The puffin Malgraven soldier said. "Although I am dismay on why Silverdale didn't engineer a vast defense network to hold against a future threat such as this from happening again."
The dark-skinned human Water Master scoffed. "An ice wall is pointless as ice elementals can climb it without any trouble. Beyond such difficulties from different monsters, the politicians didn't see a reason for it after decades of silence. The last war ended with Garyx's defeat, and people believed it. The only ones who monitor ice monsters and Garyx was Princess Snow and the National Guard."
"Either way, I need more time to make hard copies," Gary said.
As the Water Master and the Malgravean left to handle the last of their tasks before keeping the road staff to the airport, Gary made copies of his report to emails. Just in case something disastrous went wrong, and his studies aren't published in time. As he finished the last of his work in less than an hour, the blizzards began fiercely as the magitek radar began to beep—multiple signs of them. Gary stormed out of the building, afraid of his very life, stormed out of the building.
"They're coming!"
With the remainder of the scared scientists, Gary attempted to pack up everything and fled to the airport. As the last of the belongings were taken, massive quakes in the ice began to break apart as the Children of Garyx came.
"By the Great Wing and Avala," Gary looked at the monstrous with terror! A massive ice elemental, towering about two stories high with teeth sharp as tween icicles! The icy lumbering giant of a humanoid cracked out loudly as its arm broke through the lab's metal walls! Even the little resistance left to face the first of the horrors with pistols and rifles only chipped its ice away. The ice elemental advantaged and stomped on all who resisted!
As the penguin scientist, scared as hell, jumped into his snowmobile, he witnessed many of his friends surrounded by smaller ice elementals that burst from the icy ground! Gary did his best to ram and pull out a few! But only a few ponies and penguins made it to the snowmobile four by four as the rest were smashed. Only a quick getaway from the worst! As a monstrous worm-like creature from the ice came to crush and destroy the rest of the outpost.
Avala Reach Research Station, alongside many of the edge towns and outposts, was the first to be consumed by winter. Flocks of refugees trek their way to the coastline for shelter. As they were followed by the hordes of ice monsters, only a temporary respite depended on the military's counter strike.
While the screams of jet fighters, bombers, and airborne infantry flew to face the horde and gun down the first wave… The flocks of creatures were endless. Perhaps even millions of them in number. The worst part... multiple signing of their advance came all across the South Pole, with massive icebergs with monstrous passengers floats alongside the creeping formation of sea ice to the mainland of Silverdale itself...
Fimbulvetr has begun.