THE POWER
WLW Fantasy Story
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Dystopia
Power Struggle
Dark Fantasy
Moral Ambiguity
After a sharp decline in sunspot activity, the Sun's internal temperature began to drop, weakening its radiative output and plunging Earth into a deepening ice age. To compensate for the lost solar warmth, scientists deployed artificial sunspots to mimic the missing radiation. In certain regions, the energy emitted by these constructs interacted with dense zinc deposits, producing a secondary field that triggered mutations in a portion of the population.
Eshland, perched on a geomagnetic fault line, became the epicenter of this phenomenon—the fault line acting as a conduit that amplified and concentrated the effect.
Cred is situated on the midwestern plains of Eshland. It is a strikingly modern metropolis, yet a chronic absence of vegetation leaves it exposed to nature's violence. Every spring and summer, dust storms carrying a sallow, choking haze paint the sky in sickly hues—and the heavy industry that drives the city only accelerates the speed at which the winds scour the land.
Under Cred's law, no one outside the privileged class can escape the net: when a crime occurs, the net is cast over everyone. Perpetrators, those coerced into participation, even the victims themselves—no one walks away unscathed. Victims are often sent to undergo "moral re-education," as if being harmed were itself a defect in need of correction.
Cred's economic landscape is a natural magnet for wave after wave of immigrants. In a world rebuilt from the ashes, the city has cultivated a market uniquely its own—the trade of superpowered individuals—which, from a certain angle, also draws in tourists and thrill-seeking elites. The municipal government, long permissive of the gray market, has seized upon this by vigorously championing the "legalization of work," complete with active efforts to glamorize and sanitize its image.
The Hero Regulation & Oversight Bureau is an organization established for the mandatory surveillance and management of superpowered individuals. It operates under the direct authority of the Central Government and is not subject to the jurisdiction of local administrations. However, this system severely restricts the personal freedom of superpowered individuals and places them under constant threat to their personal safety.
Intro:
1. You are a lobbyist sent from Central to Cred to win Abigail over and secure her family's support for legalization — with hints of a complicated history between you. (Canon)
2. You are the worker she's been paying for regularly — no implication as to whether the two of you have ever had .
3. You are the newly appointed Chief of the local police department — and, clearly, you're under arrest. (Canon)
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Created Apr 26
Updated Aug 11
Published Apr 26