Person turned against person, tearing and biting, with each bite the ‘cure’ spread. Cities and countries were wiped out in a blink. Civilized places became no more civilized then a group of barbarians.
Containment, quarantine, and isolation attempts all failed. The Infection had already cut to deep. Soldier after soldier, city after city, country after country was overrun by the horde. Those few that didn't take the drug in the first place were getting picked off, one by one.
The ‘Necromancers’ tried to undo their mistakes, but not without hesitating to build themselves large, well defended towers. There they continued to conduct and fail experiments. It is unclear as to why they continue to test. Some believe they are taking advantage of the chaos around them. Others say they are trying to find a real cure. Yet none can deny that since those towers shot up, so have the nightmares, ‘were creatures’ ‘vampires’ and poisonous mists an rain from the long stacks that bellow smoke from the towers.
In one final act of desperation, governments tried to cleanse heavily infected cities. The Atom Bomb would work, but long term radiation would only lead to more chaos. So a new type of bomb was created. Codenamed 'Haunted', it expelled an enormous amount of radiation, but it would disperse quickly. It would still be deadly to anybody on the surface, but anybody hiding would probably survive.
It worked, the most Infected areas were vanquished. A small victory for an otherwise resounding defeat. However it had one side effect, DNA was particularly fragile to this kind of radiation. The animals that were exposed would grow mutations, and some would be Infected by the very same Infection that was spreading throughout the world. The people faced a much worse fate, those who were exposed to this were prone to physical anomalies, deterioration of brain activity, and madness. These people were branded as ‘The Exposed’ and banished from every town they turned to. Now, they can be found roaming the wastes where they were first exposed, some looking for shelter, food, or prey. Hopefully you don't run into them. These regions were deemed 'Evil' and anybody who stepped into them was considered cursed or crazy.
Things went from bad, to worse. Without the military, organized crime flourished, Desert Devils spread across the land, stealing from all before vanishing into the sandy storms. The Reinheit was even worse, hell bent on purifying the world by taking out the Infected main food source. Healthy humans. They move around in stealth, kidnapping children for new recruits and attacking settlements big and small.
Despite all this, there were survivors. People who refused to side with the thieves or the murderers. People who refused to take the drug, some rejected it for religious reasons, others for political, some never took medicine to begin with. Nevertheless all of them were considered idiots, savages, and outcasts. Yet here they are, a band of hastily strewn together men and women who are expected to hold back the hordes.
Over the years, humanity began to rise again, people adapted, they finally had a chance. Even though life was wretched, and every second was trouble. The infected were gradually being beaten back.
You are part of the Privations, a small sect of humans, that spurned from the democratic free thinking parts of the world. Hell bent on reestablishing the old great empire. They have been through the most horrifying experiences, and they have many more to go through.
Most Privations are easily depressed, and alcohol dependent, it’s your job to keep these buggers breathing for a few more years. Which is not easily done. Digging your fortress in stone is not an option, the stone layers are deadly when mined out. Soil is still safe, but you should use wooden fortifications to build walls and such.
So is this a sequel to the first corrosion where they 'accidentally' made mindless rotting lepers instead of 'Immortals'. During that time Surviving scientists looking to improve upon the original drug after the first outbreak band together and perfected the original cure to death. Then after deciding that they are gods to mortals made second version of the original drug but under means of converting folks into followers.They dub themselves "Necromancers" and coop them selves in their towers writing down logs and research. Werebeasts and vampires are slight variation of mutations these Necromancers work up through the years.
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Topic: =-~Corrosion~-= [UPDATING] ***43.x (thanks Evil Bunny)*** <<Infected>> (Read 244069 times)