Winter

A frozen wasteland is all that remains of what used to be a flourishing, green landscape. Climate change has plunged the world into a new ice age. Humanity was not prepared for the freezing temperatures, and much of our technology seized up, became unusable, due to the temperatures.

Colder countries became nigh on uninhabitable, and warmer places saw much of the population die out, due to their inability to cope with the suddenly freezing temperatures.

Governments collapsed as systems failed and the world descended into chaos. Wars began as some leaders saw it as an opportunity to take more resources and territory.

A few decades later, in the year 2107, the dust has settled, leaving a semi stable society, but at the cost of the totalitarian regime of Emperor Lars Christiansen.

The Emperor is a cruel leader, taking whatever resources he desires, pillaging and burning villages, killing their inhabitants, with nobody to stop him. The people hate him, but can do nothing.

All traces of effective military resistance have long since been stamped out. Guns have been rendered useless due to the cold, so warfare is now done with bladed weapons.

Most of the world’s population is centralized in what once was Asia, but is now known as New Ambrosia, with some very small tribes living in remote areas around the world.

Tales have sprung up, whispers of forgotten creatures of the past returning, legends of old supernatural forces reawakened by the ice age.

The world is a harsh, cold and unforgiving place, and the Emperor’s presence only serves to make things worse.