DEGENESİS

Of crow and lion...

The European continent: Cold, forgotten ruined cities, the toxic red dust of the craters, the people as stubborn as the land. Then the dark continent of Africa: subtropical climate, plants laden with fruits, a new renaissance of technology. The land masses which have been separate in the past are now connected, and crossing is easy. Still, some regions are fought over, but who is strong enough to stop a whole people? But many stay at the place they call home, fight a daily struggle for survival. Maybe they don’t know better. Maybe they do not trust the news of a paradise called Africa. And maybe the true reason lies in the crushed heritage of their forbearers: the artifacts of the ancients. One of these treasures is enough to turn a poor prospector into a rich Scrapper – or into a mighty warlord. The fixed ideas about these possible findings keeps their culture alive, is their fuel for the flame of hope. Europe is a continent for adventurers and soldiers of fortune: Everyone can make it there.

The lion knows this and lusts after the crow’s wings which allows to the bird to soar over the plains. For centuries the Neolybians and other African people have pushed towards the North, to rob the ignorant Clanners of the production plants that belonged to their forefathers. But the Southern European city states are not much better: Hi-Tech enclaves sent out shock troops to seize the oil wells of the Neolybians. Being in control of the oil for just a few days would spell rulership over one’s own country for weeks, perhaps even months. The Mediterranean Sea, a puddle of brackish water covered with algae and the stench of salt and decay, has become the central lynchpin of the post-apocalyptic world.