Prologue - Rise and Fall
Year 1760 - Start of Industrial Revolution
Britain started a revolutionary advancement in all fields of technology. Steam-powered vehicles hastened the trade, making the whole Europe a prosperous continent during this era.
Year 1801 - First Massacre
Winter Solstice, Spain was experiencing a normal day until an unknown creature emerged out of thin air. It was shaped like a human, but it had wings.. and floating in the air. The ones who witnessed it prayed to it since Spain mainly believes on Christianity and the being was shaped like an Angel. Without any notice, all of the people around the being were sliced into half, separating their torso from their upper body. This event was called the 'Divine Salvation', a sarcasm towards the Christian Belief by other religions. Spain declared a war against the entity, and was annihilated after two days. The being disappeared after annihilating Spain. The being was called "Rosavni", reverse of the Spanish word "Invasor" which means Invader to remember the event that exterminated the whole Spain.
Year 1802 - Desolate America
After a year, the whole world was in crisis. Spain, a powerful country, was annihilated by an unknown being for only two days. Each Country starts to make alliances. Before that happened, the neighbor country of Spain, Portugal, was also annihilated. A month before that, Europe lost their contact with the American Continent. It is speculated that they might be also destroyed by the being.
Year 1803 - Enslaved Eastern World
New Year's eve, 1803. That night, a gigantic light could be seen falling from the east. After twelve hours, it disappeared. Two weeks later, the whole Asian Continent was exterminated, except China and Japan. China retreated to the mountains and created underground bases to avoid annihilation. Japan, on the other hand, survived the relentless attacks of the Rosavni for ten months. Because of this, the Rosavni enslaved the Japan instead of eliminating the country.
In Europe, Nine countries starts to create their own "Fortress". These are extremely large underground bases that could support their country for hundreds of years. Because some small countries can't create a Fortress, they ceded themselves toward their neighbor superpowers. Netherlands collided with Germany, creating Germanic Republic. Belguim, Switzerland, and Luxembourg joined France, creating the United Alliance of Normadic States (UANS).
The Nine countries: UANS, Germanic Republic, Austro-Hungary, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Year 1804 - Formation of the Nine-Headed Hydra
After the construction of each country's "Fortress", they created an alliance against the Rosavni, which is called the "Hydra". They vowed that if one 'head' is destroyed, the other 'heads' would help the other to regrow again. After four months, the Rosavni started to move. The Rosavni tries to destroy one of the "Fortress", but it regrows again after two months.
Year 1805 - Hydra's Body
February 15 - Sweden was defeated. The other heads tried to rebuild Sweden, but their only underground passageway towards the Swedish "Fortress" was destroyed by the enemy.
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March 2 - Norway was defeated. Like the Swedish "Fortress, their underground passageway towards other "Fortress" were destroyed. This is the time when the "Hydra" created a "Main Fortress", which is situated in the middle of Mediterranean Sea. It acts as evacuation site for the destroyed countries. It is accessible by underground railways which is powered by steam.
Year 1806 - Gaining Knowledge
July 2 - Thomas Beddoes, a biologist, announced to the populace that Rosavni's bodies are made of air. The only tangible material within their bodies are the crystal that serves as their core. It could be destroyed by bullets, but these Rosavnis shape-shift according to one's belief. If you're a christian, you'll see it as an Angel, while in other religion, it may vary. Because of this, the Humanity regained hope to repel the alien race. Thomas also created a theory that Rosavni are only moving during winter, since they mostly attack during that time. This starts the theory that they only move during cold months because of their body composition, incompatibility with heat, etc.
This theories started the development of a new weapon, a Tactical Flamethrower.
October 31 - Thomas Beddoes' theory was put in action. The Fortresses deployed Flamethrowers around their area. When the Rosavni's attacked, they retaliated with their newly deployed weapons. The theory was proven true. It was the first retreat of the Rosavni's and the first victory of humanity, which is called the 'Scorching Halloween'.
Year 1810 - Rosavni Counterattacks
May 21 - Fortresses tried to expand their territories, which utterly failed. They discovered that the places Rosavni invaded are now covered with ice, making them active around their territory. The 'Hydra' started to create fire-based weapons.
September 25 - Start of another wave of Rosavni attacks. Hydra's resources started to decline because of overpopulation. One by one, the Hydra's fortresses started to fall. Only three of the heads left: UANS, Russia, and United Kingdom.
Year 1811 - Final Head of Hydra
November 5 - Russia surrendered. In exchange of their lives, they pointed the base of the main leader of Hydra, United Kingdom. After 16 days, United Kingdom fell. Even without any other fortress to count on, UANS successfully hid itself from the world for 135 years.
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"Hey dad, what's the world above look like?"
"I also don't know son, but they said that the 'sky' was beautiful."
"What is 'sky'?"
"I can't say describe it clearly, but it was something that people tried to soar, but no one ever succeed. After all, before we could do that, we were invaded by those despicable race of Rosavni."
"Dad, will there be a time when we could see the sky?"
"I hope, son."
That was the last conversation I had before my Dad fought the Rosavni.
I was five years old during that time.
Now that I'm seventeen years old.. I, Julius Halecia, shall start a story that would reverse the fate of humanity.