Introduction

Introduction

 

 

There is the moral of all human tales:

 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past,

 First Freedom, and then Glory--when that fails,

 Wealth, vice, corruption--barbarism at last.

 And History, with all her volumes vast,

 Hath but ONE page

 

-Lord Byron from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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            This story takes place in a world very much like Earth but different in every aspect. Ando is a planet ruled by four superpowers: the Kingdom of Vathul, the Sorin Federation, Nandru Universe and the Albion Empire who have divided up the rest of Ando between themselves. Set ten years after the Astral War (2015-2017), the old democratic states of Eurocan have been invaded by the Albion Empire and its native subjects stripped of their rights. Under the leadership of a new Albion King, the Albion nobility rule over Eurocan with an iron fist. However, with the rise of a new terrorist group, Sentinel, and their masked leader, Drom, the country of Eurocan enters a period of Rebellion. This is the story about the destruction of an empire and the rise of civilization. This is the story of how the world came to an end.