<div align="center">(http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae338/flamingdeadman/Elliquiy/diesiraemainsign_big.png)<br/>If you have not been invited to this game, please do not post in any of the Dies Irae threads.<br/>This is a <span class="bbc_u">PRIVATE</span> game.<br/>Thank you.</div><hr/><hr/>Even after decades, the skies overhead loom with dark, menacing clouds, allowing sight neither of sun nor stars, a constant reminder of the war even to those that didn’t witness it first-hand. Night and Day are impossible to distinguish, and the concepts are alien to most living in these wastelands. There is a constant, low red glow reflecting from the clouds, just enough for those below to see by. Massive electrical storms are a common sight to those living within a good few miles of hot zones; fortunately, they rarely seem to do more damage than was already present.<div class="floatright">(http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae338/flamingdeadman/Elliquiy/city_of_ruins_by_freelancerart-d2z7ck5redsdf.jpg)</div>Buildings have crumbled, leaving only the strongest still standing; there are a few good shelters left, and those are well guarded by the gangs that reside in them.<br/><br/>Nuclear radiation has made almost the entire world uninhabitable; at least, to most. Animals and even some people have been affected by the radiation, causing extensive mutation, often coupled by increased hostility.  Over time, packs of mutated animals have formed, preying on the remaining human population and largely wiping out what lingered of their own lesser relatives.<br/><br/>Vergent City — like most cities left in this world — is broken, almost completely destroyed, its original name immortalized only in old stones and signs left standing.  A great man, Jarrod Simpkin, spent the years following the end of the big war leading the survivors and guiding them to convert the nearly demolished city into a refuge. For nearly a generation, the survivors worked together in near peace.  However, when Jarrod died, contention over who was to take charge arose, culminating in the murder of Jarrod’s son, Harlan.<br/><br/>The action caused the city’s residents to split, neither willing to leave the territory they had grown up in.  Bloodshed became commonplace, and rival gangs knew no mercy.  The Mysli Tribe fortified the Saint James Hospital for the Mentally Ill, while the Krovi Clan took over the Springfield Correctional Facility, leaving their former residence of the Clock Tower behind.<br/><hr/><hr/><div align="center">(http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae338/flamingdeadman/Elliquiy/navigation2.png)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">OOC Threads</span></span><br/>Character Sheet Thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145653.0)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_u">IC Threads</span></span><br/>The Mental Institution (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145669.0)<br/>The Prison (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145668.0)<br/>Main Street (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=153342.0)</div>