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One day, Apocalypse came to pass.
It started with a fog that engulfed the world. Thick and heavy in the atmosphere, nearly unbreathable to humans and able to corrupt a soul. It killed livestock, pulled buildings to the ground and deadened the soil.
After a month, shields were erected over major cities to keep it out, but by then humanity could no longer see the sun.
Next, they disappeared - the citizens in shieldless towns and the towns themselves - completely consumed by the fog. And in their place came monsters, beasts that craved human flesh and blood and knew nothing but destruction.
In a matter of days, only half of humanity remained. . . but they didn't plan on going down without a fight.
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