The Age of Oppression began in 2999, A year of great technological advancement for humanity. Most diseases had been cured, clean renewable energy was used by the entire planet, world hunger was a thing of the past, and Earth was just generally a happier place. Alien contact had been established so seeing an alien was nothing new, people were living longer and happier, and war was all but non existent. Of course this could not last. In the start of 2999, actual Gods descended from the Heavens. These Gods and Goddesses were unlike anything anyone had ever seen. In no recorded history or religion had these Celestial beings ever been recognized. This was because humans were flawed and the Gods people thought they knew such as in Greek, Roman, Norse, and Egyptian mythology were all just made up creations with some likeness taken from real Gods who were only slightly noticed in rare occurrences. These Gods did not have children with humans though. And were much less aggressive then the made up Gods in mythologies. Up until now that is. The Gods were satisfied with people worshiping fake imitations, for they knew not what they did, and besides that the Gods were....well....Gods. Who cares what puny humans did as long as they were worshiping and sacrificing. Nowadays no one worshiped any Gods, no one sacrificed, and no one truly even cared. The Gods held a meeting amongst themselves and decided to show themselves to the world. The world reacted in a fashion that would surprise no one, very violently. At first they nearly threw themselves at the Gods, not begging for mercy but more of a questioning all of creation type thing. Once human curiosity was satisfied, they still refused to resort to barbaric sacrificial rituals, and worship. This angered the Gods and they decided Humanity needed to be punished. They began creating natural disasters, killing millions upon millions.
After people started dying, world leaders around the globe began giving the all clear sign on attacking the Gods, but to no avail. No weapon they had would effect the Gods. When humans began fighting back this struck a nerve in the Gods and they struck humanity back tenfold. They began creating humanoid looking soldiers called Angels and Demons. The Gods gave the angels the look of what humans thought angels looked like. They looked human, acted human, had human parts, but they also had wings, a halo, and had a very basic angel appearance. Demons on the other hand had pure black eyes and a much more Goth looking appearance. In human terms, Angels tended to be more Delta force, and Demons were more like Army grunts. These beings humans could fight, but not for long. The exact amount of time it took for the Gods to win the war, no one knows, but they did. Now humans live in small cities underground, with barely functioning societies. Humanity gets its heat and power from the earths core using machines to channel it. Other supplies took years to grow, find, and make but they were grown, found, and made.
In the year 107PG (Post Gods) something amazing was discovered. A group of humans went topside to search for technology, relics, or anything useful (food being the exception for food and water were plenty) they discovered an old cave filled with ancient symbols. At the cave was a small box upon an old altar. These explorers opened the box, letting lose an enormous amount of multi colored energy. This energy was in fact a very old power, that spread around the globe like a fog. The fog cleared after a week, then suddenly small handfuls of people began experiencing something strange. A tattoo would appear on their body, on people 18 and above, and began appearing on more people on their 18th birthday. Not many people had this happen but the few who did discovered they could......do things. When they concentrated they discovered they could do things no normal human could do. Some could control an element, some had enhanced physical abilities, some enhanced mental abilities, and so on. The amount of gifts available always seemed to increased. Everyone who had this Tattoo (which would be called a Taboo later on) only seemed to receive one ability, much were much more durable than regular people. They could stand only slightly higher and lower temperatures than normal people, they needed to eat less often and sleep less, they could survive falls that would kill a normal person, and they lived a few years longer than most without their physical appearance aging along with them. Essentially they looked younger than they were when they began getting old.
These abilities as time would tell could even hurt Gods. No Gods to date have died yet, but killing Angels and Demons was slightly easier if you had a Taboo in your group. In the year 110PG the Goddess known as SukSema appeared before the main human city, TeraNova. She stated that she was here to help, wanting to end the suffering of humanity. She believed that The Gods were destroying the Earth, and by killing humans they were destroying the greatest creation in the universe. Humans were not the only species in the universe but they were the most creative and beautiful. She sought peace between the two, but understood that while the Gods have such a big upper hand there could be no peace. So she offered humanity a deal. She would help humanity drive off the Gods, if in the end they did not worship her but recognize her. Offer her tributes but they could not be of taken lives or blood, something small as in a portion of food or they could give thanks for her assistance. She would help them by lending them her strategic mind and keeping the location of their cities hidden form the Gods by using her magic. While yes the Gods knew they were underground, finding the exact location of cities were difficult and the Gods would rather send their soldiers then come themselves unless they had too.
It is now the year 120, 13 years after the discovery of Taboos, and 10 tens after Humanity allied itself with a Goddess. The main military force is called the New Age Army, and it is law that all Taboos enlist. Humanity has not taken back the above ground, but the Gods cant seem to wipe out humanity. there are 7 cities total - TeraNova, CityCentral, Dove, Bettledoose, Eden, Oasis, and Belldown.
After people started dying, world leaders around the globe began giving the all clear sign on attacking the Gods, but to no avail. No weapon they had would effect the Gods. When humans began fighting back this struck a nerve in the Gods and they struck humanity back tenfold. They began creating humanoid looking soldiers called Angels and Demons. The Gods gave the angels the look of what humans thought angels looked like. They looked human, acted human, had human parts, but they also had wings, a halo, and had a very basic angel appearance. Demons on the other hand had pure black eyes and a much more Goth looking appearance. In human terms, Angels tended to be more Delta force, and Demons were more like Army grunts. These beings humans could fight, but not for long. The exact amount of time it took for the Gods to win the war, no one knows, but they did. Now humans live in small cities underground, with barely functioning societies. Humanity gets its heat and power from the earths core using machines to channel it. Other supplies took years to grow, find, and make but they were grown, found, and made.
In the year 107PG (Post Gods) something amazing was discovered. A group of humans went topside to search for technology, relics, or anything useful (food being the exception for food and water were plenty) they discovered an old cave filled with ancient symbols. At the cave was a small box upon an old altar. These explorers opened the box, letting lose an enormous amount of multi colored energy. This energy was in fact a very old power, that spread around the globe like a fog. The fog cleared after a week, then suddenly small handfuls of people began experiencing something strange. A tattoo would appear on their body, on people 18 and above, and began appearing on more people on their 18th birthday. Not many people had this happen but the few who did discovered they could......do things. When they concentrated they discovered they could do things no normal human could do. Some could control an element, some had enhanced physical abilities, some enhanced mental abilities, and so on. The amount of gifts available always seemed to increased. Everyone who had this Tattoo (which would be called a Taboo later on) only seemed to receive one ability, much were much more durable than regular people. They could stand only slightly higher and lower temperatures than normal people, they needed to eat less often and sleep less, they could survive falls that would kill a normal person, and they lived a few years longer than most without their physical appearance aging along with them. Essentially they looked younger than they were when they began getting old.
These abilities as time would tell could even hurt Gods. No Gods to date have died yet, but killing Angels and Demons was slightly easier if you had a Taboo in your group. In the year 110PG the Goddess known as SukSema appeared before the main human city, TeraNova. She stated that she was here to help, wanting to end the suffering of humanity. She believed that The Gods were destroying the Earth, and by killing humans they were destroying the greatest creation in the universe. Humans were not the only species in the universe but they were the most creative and beautiful. She sought peace between the two, but understood that while the Gods have such a big upper hand there could be no peace. So she offered humanity a deal. She would help humanity drive off the Gods, if in the end they did not worship her but recognize her. Offer her tributes but they could not be of taken lives or blood, something small as in a portion of food or they could give thanks for her assistance. She would help them by lending them her strategic mind and keeping the location of their cities hidden form the Gods by using her magic. While yes the Gods knew they were underground, finding the exact location of cities were difficult and the Gods would rather send their soldiers then come themselves unless they had too.
It is now the year 120, 13 years after the discovery of Taboos, and 10 tens after Humanity allied itself with a Goddess. The main military force is called the New Age Army, and it is law that all Taboos enlist. Humanity has not taken back the above ground, but the Gods cant seem to wipe out humanity. there are 7 cities total - TeraNova, CityCentral, Dove, Bettledoose, Eden, Oasis, and Belldown.
