some time in 1999, a nuclear war occurred. the nobility were vampires that planned for a possible nuclear war and sequestered all that was needed to rebuild civilization in their shelters. they use their science combined with magic to restore the world in their image. nearly all magical creatures are engineered, with a very small number being demons who survived the holocaust. despite their technology being great enough to create a blood substitute as food, they still prefer to feed on humans. as such, they create a civilization where vampires and humans coexist, eventually developing the planet into parklands and cities. the society eventually stagnates when vampire technology perfects scientific prophecy, which determines they are at their zenith of existence and thus are doomed to fall, overthrown by humans. the human race was also transformed at this time, with fear for the vampires being woven into the genetic level, and the inability to remember vampire weaknesses such as garlic and crucifixes.