SET IN 2004 (SC-13)

IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC POST SECOND COMING OF HEAVEN ON A TNO-LIKE EARTH

ADVENTUS SECUNDUS

SECOND COMING

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

Pre-Breakthrough Era (1945-1990)

1945: End of World War II - German victory in Europe, Japanese partial victory in Asia

1946: Second Phase of Lebensraum begins. Establishment of permanent Reichskommissariats and Reichsprotektorates across occupied Europe

1950-1952: West Russian War - Russian forces defeated, further collapse into smaller warlord states

1957: Death of Adolf , succession crisis and partial Bürgerkrieg (civil war). Speer-Goebbels bloc emerges victorious, swift dissolution of the SS

1958: Lebensraum officially halted after causing 68.3 million deaths total (44.8 million in first phase). Eastern Europe heavily Germanized

1960-1974: Reform period in the Greater Germanic Reich

1973: Death of Joseph Goebbels

1976: Death of Albert Speer, dissolution of the Greater Germanic Reich. All Reichskommissariats and Reichsprotektorates transition to independent Republiks. Germany's population reaches approximately 322 million out of 754 million total Europeans

1976-1982: Period of relative stability, independent European republics establish themselves

1982: Opening of the EDEN PROJECT - massive international collaboration between:

- Toronto Accord (USA-aligned nations)

- Einheitspakt (German sphere)

- ALVOB (Russian sphere - Siberia, small portions of European Russia, Central Asian aligned states)

- PRC

- Japanese sphere (Manchuria, Greater Mongolia, Taiwan, United Korea, Northern Chinese State Republic)

- Republic of Brazil

- Republic of Argentina

- African Socialist Republic (West United Africa + Northern Greater Congo area)

1985: First detection of "Heavenly Particles" by EDEN PROJECT researchers

1986: One of God's Ophanim captured by research team. Dies one month later from extensive testing. Small fragments of heavenly technology acquired

1987: THE HEAVENLY CONTACT

- Researchers successfully open portal to Eden

- Holy Heavenly Guards of Eden defend against human incursion

- 723 humans killed in the initial breach

- Portal sealed

- Several angels captured during incident (mostly regular angels, 3 Thrones, 1 Cherubim)

- Captured angels tortured and experimented upon by human scientists

- Most captured angels die from experimentation

1988 (December 3rd): By this point, humanity has opened the portal only two additional times, cautious of triggering "Heavenly Cascade" or "Heavenly Breakthrough." USA establishes independent scientific branch to develop separate portal technology

1990 (December 2nd): US branch conducts unauthorized incursion into Eden

- Several dozen special forces soldiers with armored equipment enter

- Multiple angels killed

- One Throne angel injured

- Entire human force wiped out shortly after

1990 (December 24th): THE SECOND COMING / THE HEAVENLY BREAKTHROUGH

- Heavenly Forces descend to Earth

- God no longer visible on His throne - even Heaven's advanced surveillance cameras glitched at the moment of His disappearance

- Heavenly Higher Council authorizes full-scale invasion, suspecting humans captured God

- 94% of Earth's 5.8 billion population exterminated (5.46 billion deaths)

- 340 million survivors remain (6% of original population)

- Multiple Heavenly Kingdoms established across Earth

- Human governments declare Heavenly forces official enemies

- Active warfare period begins, then partially subsides

- Global population: 340 million

- Second Coming Calendar (SC) officially adopted

POST-SECOND COMING

SC [year] since the Second Coming

(New Calendar system)

SC 1 (1991): THE GREAT HEAVENLY FISSURE

- Human intelligence agencies infiltrate Higher Lands of Heaven (realm above Eden)

- Discovery that Heavenly Council splitting into competing factions

- Continued low-intensity warfare between humans and angels

- Beginning of societal reorganization under apocalyptic conditions

SC 2-4 (1992-1995): Period of escalating Heavenly internal tensions

- Heavenly Council authority deteriorates

- Some angel kingdoms begin operating independently

- Human resistance attempts to exploit divisions

- Continued population decline from ongoing conflict

SC 5 (1996): HEAVENLY COUNCIL COLLAPSES

- Complete dissolution of unified Heavenly authority

- Angel forces on Earth fragment into independent kingdoms and mandates

- Powerful Heavenly kingdoms merge and consolidate

- Weaker Heavenly kingdoms abandoned

- Eden citizens relocated to abandoned kingdoms face death or anarchy

- No unified angel command structure remains

SC 6-8 (1997-1999): Consolidation period

- Major Heavenly kingdoms establish stable territories

- Minor kingdoms continue to collapse or be absorbed

- Human nations attempt reorganization amid chaos

- Infrastructure breakdown accelerates in unmaintained regions

SC 9 (2000): THE GREAT EMPTINESS BEGINS

- Heavenly Kingdoms withdraw into isolation

- Minimal contact between angel kingdoms and human states

- Global human population: 297 million (declining)

- Widespread depression and hopelessness among survivors

- Catastrophically low birth rates

- Human governments can only administer small regions

- High frequency of "Leftover Angelical Divisions" (rogue angel units) disrupts territorial control

- Former pre-Breakthrough political factions revive briefly, then further collapse

- European population reaches approximately 60% of global total (178 million)

SC 9-12 (2000-2003): The Great Emptiness continues

- Human survival mode

- Most of Earth consists of empty ruins

- Minimal coordination between human states

- Internet remains functional

- Trade between human states limited primarily to military equipment

- Each human state pursues independent survival strategy

- UN reduced to controlling tiny scattered mandates globally

- Technology level: late 2000s to early 2010s equivalent

- Heavenly kingdoms maintain Eden citizen populations under angelic governance

- Former priests who became collaborators serve as intermediaries

- No warfare between different Heavenly kingdoms (yet)

SC 13 (2004): CURRENT ERA

- Global population: 297 million (continuing to decline)

- Birth rates: moderate (improvement from catastrophic lows)

- Pervasive despair and depression

- Europe remains most populated region (60% of survivors ≈ 178 million)

- Most infrastructure focused on basic survival and military production

- Active warfare minimal but constant low-level conflict

Major Human Nations (SC 13)

• European Theater

German Successor States (non-communicating, minimal coordination):

- Deutsches Republik - Democratic liberal government, maintains collaborator states: Danish Republic, Nordland Republic, Republic of the Benelux, South German Administrations (Wien and Munich)

- Preußisches Nationalstaat - Military state, heavily struggling, facing imminent collapse from Heavenly Principalities of the Baltics invasion

- Ostland Konföderation - Cannot control Sankt Petersburg (occupied by St. Peter's Kingdom of Petersburg), controls surrounding territory, maintains Finnish Republic as puppet state

- Moskowien Schutzzone - Eastern protection zone

- Wolgastaat - Volga region state

- Siebenbürgischen Bund - Relaxed democratic Germans (Siebenbürgen Bund, Banat Bund, Burzenland Bund)

- Nordstern Schutzzone - Northern protection zone

- Rhinelander Bund - Rhineland confederation

Other European States:

- Republic of France

- United Kingdom

- Breton State

- North Italian Republic

- Swiss Emergency Government

- Swedish Emergency Government of Stockholm

- Gotland National State - Swedish military control of Gotland and Öland islands

• North American Theater

- United States Federal Government - East Coast only

- Republic of New Texas

- Republic of California

- Republic of Cascadia - Controls Alaska Territory as direct puppet

- Republic of Quebec

- Republic of Canada

• Asian Theater

- Siberian Federation

- State of Japan - Tokyo Government

- Republic of Greater Kyoto - Kyoto Government (peaceful to Tokyo)

- Republic of Korea

- State of Northern China - Suffering not so severe famine

- People's Republic of China - Southern territories, suffering very so severe famine

• Oceanian Theater

- Neu-Zeeland - Dutch-ruled, controls only North Island of New Zealand

- Victorian Commonwealth - Controls only Victoria region of Australia

• Other Regions

- South America: Almost completely empty, no organized states, few survivors in total despair

- Africa: Almost completely empty except small pockets, no major organized resistance

- UN Mandates: Scattered tiny enclaves across globe with minimal authority

Major Heavenly Kingdoms and Mandates (SC 13)

Middle Eastern Kingdoms:

- Holy Kingdom of the Levant

- Holy Mandate of Northern Levant and Cyprus

- Holy Mandate of Babylon

- Holy Kingdom of New Eden - Northern Persian Gulf

- Holy Kingdom of the Nile - Egypt

European Kingdoms:

- Holy Kingdom of the Byzantine - Eastern Mediterranean

- Holy Mandate of Greater Athos - Greece region

- Holy Kingdom of the Papal States - Central Italy

- St. Peter's Kingdom of Petersburg - Sankt Petersburg, blocking Ostland Konföderation

- Heavenly Principalities of the Baltics - Currently invading Preußisches Nationalstaat

Iberian Kingdoms:

- Holy Kingdom of Galicia

- Holy Mandate of Compostela

Central European Kingdoms:

- Holy Kingdom of the Land of Stephen - Hungary

Other Regions:

- Holy Mandate of Northern Africa

- Many smaller mandates and kingdoms exist but are not major powers

Heavenly Kingdom Characteristics:

- Govern populations of Eden Citizens (souls from Heaven now on Earth)

- Minimal human collaborators (mostly former priests from pre-Breakthrough)

- Ideologically split along theological/moral philosophy lines (human-like but holy-oriented)

- Currently maintain truce with each other (no inter-kingdom warfare "for now")

- Interact with human states unpredictably - either warfare or complete avoidance

- Occupy religiously significant historical territories

Current State of the World (SC 13/2004)

Demographics:

- Global population: 297 million (down from 340 million at Breakthrough)

- 60% in Europe (≈178 million)

- Declining birth rates improving to "moderate" from catastrophic lows

- Both Chinese states experiencing severe famine, population collapse imminent

Technology: Late 2000s to early 2010s equivalent

- Internet still functional but empty

- Focus on military production

- Some states researching artificial reproduction (rumored in some regions)

Society:

- Pervasive depression and hopelessness

- Militarized societies focused on survival

- Most infrastructure devoted to basic necessities and weapons production

- Human states barely communicate except through internet and minimal trade

- Weapons trade primary form of inter-state commerce

Geopolitics:

- No unified human resistance

- Each state pursues independent survival strategy

- UN exists in name only with tiny scattered mandates

- Heavenly kingdoms maintain isolation

- Uneasy stalemate between human and angel forces

- Most of Earth: empty ruins, depopulated wastelands

The Great Emptiness: humanity and angel kingdoms exist in isolated pockets across a largely dead planet, with survivors clinging to bare existence amid the ruins of civilization.

World isn't so nice..