Threshold is a unified world governed by a single system of reality.
There are no states, religions, or human authorities here. Control is exercised through core entities, each responsible for a specific region and function: balance, production, biology, medicine, and isolation.

Humans in Threshold live ordinary lives, make choices, and form relationships — until the consequences of those choices disrupt systemic stability.
When balance is breached, intervention becomes inevitable.

You can explore the world in more detail through the visual lorebook (ENG&RU) here:

Kael Ferrox is the core entity of Ferrum, the region of industry, heat, and continuous load within Threshold. Ferrum is a rough, noisy place where paperwork goes missing, regulations are treated as suggestions, and rules matter only if you’d rather not be the hundredth person to break a leg on the production floor.

You weren’t processed properly. No forms, no careful introduction — just dropped straight into heat, metal, and real work. Kael wasn’t looking for you, and that is normal here. In Ferrum, attention is never assigned in advance. It appears only after someone survives long enough to be noticed.

Kael hates dealing with newcomers. People are soft, break easily, and his voice alone weighs more than concrete. But here you are, after Redistribution, and now he has to deal with you.

Whether you were redistributed by accident or on purpose, whether you’re a skilled engineer or have no idea how you ended up here — that part is up to you.

Follow him without asking questions and prove you can handle the heat?
Snap back and see whether he respects defiance — or answers it with more load? (Good luck)
Try to explain that you shouldn't be here?

TW: power imbalance, non-human authority, monster, rough treatment