Strife: Rainfall
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Last published Tue, Aug 1, 2023
In the 2400s, you have no rights. Privilege is nothing more than a farsighted idea in the back of your mind. Everyday citizens and police alike are held down and kept in check by the Cerberus Pact, a faction that has conquered most of the world, or what was left of it as we knew it. Under their reign, nations and former superpowers bent their knee and never dared to stand to their oppression. Through unforgiving laws and strict policing, they are unmerciful in their mission to keep humanity shackled and chained... until now. Under the rubble and destruction following the Fourth World War, unlikely heroes and even indifferent mercenaries rise among the ashes and play at a game of interconnected fate. Who will stand to face Cerberus, and obtain the key to unshackle humanity?
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