Pandemia Rise of the Paramecia

Sector 5: Chronicle of Corruption

Every story has a beginning, so does planets, life, and other things that live on therein. Or at least that's what we think right? Travesty Echo, that is my name. I'm an Eon Ruffian from the planet Pandemia. A ruffian is a dog-like race. Ruffians tend to stand at a height of five feet at maximum. However, unlike regular Ruffians, Eon Ruffians only live in the negative dimension and have red-toned fur. I'm currently 55 years of age. I've lived a long life and I've seen many different things. For most of my life, I lived in a major industrial city, Iron-Works Medley.

There I was a metalsmith engineer. Foraging anything and everything from all various kinds of metals. I even helped build a lot of the spacecraft and other vehicles that we use on this planet our technological advances are far above most planets in our system. We are known for the innovative development of metal works and clockwork mechanics. The city of Iron-Works Medley houses about 35,000 residents and 5000 major companies.

Most companies were privately owned within this city whereas some are local to our planet others are hosted via a proxy of some sort from either another planet or space trader. Most of the public companies are well known even among locals as well as visitors. On the outside, the city is a huge vast of forest street with winding roads running through them connecting the major cities and even some of the small farm towns or settlements. With that being said, there are still many uncharted and unexplored areas and territories. Aside from those unexplored areas, there are territories that are considered restricted even to residents of this planet.

There are two areas on this planet that are considered restricted zones; one is to the Northside of the planet, and the other is to the Southwest. To the North is a mountainous region called Forbidden Sky. An area is known to contain many mysteries at home to different superstitions. So far, the only rumour about this area are claims of portals opening there at random and things coming out of there that was never seen before.

Well, this was always the circling thought at the time. And no one dared venture into the area for fear of the terrible storms that loomed overhead. Many a time people have tried from the human cities out of sheer curiosity, to venture in there. However, each time the party was killed by a strange entity or were struck down by the terrifying white lightning. Then one day someone succeeded in entering this area. The adventurer recorded his ventures and streamed for everyone to see.

As he did, he happened upon a weird looking green transparent orb hidden in the very base of the valleys below the heavy mist. The adventurer curiously picked up the sphere to which a random portal opened up, swallowing him whole. After this terrifying incident's broadcast, the government made it illegal to enter this area and deemed it too dangerous.

At the time of the incident, I was only 36 years old and pursuing my dreams of becoming a master engineer. I was almost finished with it and even better I managed to meet an amazing woman along the way. From that day on I pledge my life to protect and provide for her for the rest of my days. Unfortunately, those peaceful days would all be short-lived.

Five years later a strange entity emerged from the Valley of the Forbidden Sky. He claimed to be the weird adventure from five years prior, but this didn't stand well with the government as they wanted total control wouldn't allow this. When the incident occurred, and that adventure had vanished the government seized an opportunity to take absolute control over the planet and rule the people using fear.

They didn't want anyone to leave the planet or seek refuge anywhere else. For when the Forbidden Sky became a restricted area as well as the forbidden island in the Southwest. Their rule had become absolute and unquestionable with the installation militia to guard the areas.

New laws and rules were formed and forced on the people. Everyone was classified either rich or poor. Of course, I belonged to the poor side and my bride Camille belong to the rich. This in turn was frowned upon and considered taboo. Our peaceful world had become an entity ruled by money and greed. Still, this did not deter me.

When the adventurer requested to return to the cities and tell about his amazing exploits, the government denied him and branded him a traitor. They said he had violated the law by entering the restricted zones. And that he was claiming to be someone with whom was deemed dead years ago.

The government then sent their militia after him, to capture the adventurer. They couldn't have this adventure walking about, telling how he survived from the Forbidden Sky to give people any kind of hope.

When the adventurer realized the pending betrayal of his own people and that the government seeks his head, he retreated to the valley covered in mist. The government militia of our planet pursued him into the hazy fog without warrant or fear. However, it was quiet for about an hour after they had entered. The silence was almost deafening. Then as if a cry of bloody murder, we heard a terrifying yell from what sounded like soldiers running through the mist. "Run! Run! They're coming, they're coming, they will corrupt us all. Just as they have done all the others," shouted a soldier out of fear.

Many onlookers who lived near that area of the Forbidden Sky saw the soldier running from the mist in absolute fright. Many who saw him thought him to be delirious and a coward. Thus, they ignored his warning and shoved him to the streets. The soldiers seeing no one believing him, went back to the government to beg them for help and to warn them of the oncoming threat.

However, the government didn't believe him and forced him to go back to the valley. He was to fight or die by the marine force and branded a deserter. The government's ego was so large they assumed that money and sheer force would solve all their problems. So, they attempted to send more militia back with the soldier to fight off the enemy force. The soldier realizing his fate and not wanting to be labelled a deserter; stood fast before the valley once more knowing the government wouldn't help him.

However, this time was slightly different. The government wanted to prove that there was nothing to fear and that the soldier was nothing more than a coward and decided to broadcast the incident worldwide. As the soldier was about to walk into the mist once more and accept his fate, weird corrupted looking creatures started coming out of the valley in hordes.

Following after the creatures was this weird orange looking thick opaque gas. As the gas began to spread, random nearby people and creatures started collapsing unable to breathe. However, the soldier continued on with his assault, regardless of this gas. He charged in headfirst with his weapon drawn attacking the corrupted. But alas, he too would succumb to the gas and collapse, but unlike everyone else who just simply passed out, his body started to change and morph. Soon he resembled one of the very corrupted he was fighting.

After a few minutes many of the others, both the militia and the civilians that were nearby that had succumbed to the gas, started morphing into one of the corrupted. It wasn't long before the gas covered more than 2/3 of the planet surface.

Due to the government's ignorance and stupidity in the face of such danger, the people turned on them and revolted. Not long after, a resistance had risen to take down the tyrannical government; after five months of fighting the government had fallen. But this wasn't the end of it.

It has been six years since the day the government fell. Me and my faction, The Ruffian Ranger, had joined the resistance to stop the corrupted who were spreading and destroying everything in their wake.

The new Arms Engineer Guild was created to make and provide weapons to fight the corrupted. At the same time, researchers were doing everything in their power to isolate that gas. However, they too would fail and succumb to the gas as well.

In terms of the adventure nobody even knows where he went or even if that person who came back is truly him, but what we do know is he is responsible for this plague. He controls the monsters and sends them out. Even if this was an attempt to reconcile against the government; they haven't existed for six years, this attack should have ceased.

The corrupted appeared to be serpent-esk in nature. These creatures had heads of snakes upon a used to be a human body or whatever creature it originally was. These creatures continued to decimate and destroy anything and everything in their wake as they continued travelling around the world. They had no sense, no rhyme, no reason, and they only knew destruction.

However, these were only the grunt soldiers. As there were more powerful beings afoot. Yeah, we haven't seen one yet. Only their silhouettes have ever made an appearance should they ever be summoned. And even with that, we've only ever seen three of them at once but who knows how many of them exist.

Over half the planet now was devastated and on top of that more than 3/5 of the population has been either killed or been corrupted. Our options have been severely limited. It didn't matter what nationality, race, or profession you were. Everybody had to fight, and everyone had to contribute. Trying to find a cure became nothing more than a pipe dream at this point. The main goal now was to take out the corrupted by any means necessary.

Eon ruffians, Eon humans, Mechanoids, Anti-Strobies and many more were now united under a single flag. The name of our resistance became known as the United Ruination. We fought long and hard for another five years against the corrupted until our forces started to dwindle drastically. Soon many started to fall ill or became unable to continue the fight.

We had to do something, anything. we tried everything to keep them from turning to corrupted. However, most don't survive the treatment and die. The treatment was essentially a surgery to remove the infected organs. Of course, as one would surmise, the surgery went as well as cooking an egg on hot concrete. Then there's the other side. Even if they survive the treatment, there's no telling how long they will survive afterwards.

I and my squad had to do something. So, we set out to find a decent ship. We're hoping that maybe on another planet we could find some help. But nothing ever goes as planned, right as we attempted to leave the planet the ship picked up a weird anomaly in space-time. To which the ship activated its autopilot one flew towards the detected area. As we got closer to the area that is detected to investigate the anomaly, we found ourselves hovering right above the Forbidden Sky.

As we got within range of the forbidden Sky something went wrong with the phase shift engine that was on board. It randomly connected to someone unknown planet that no one's ever heard of. Next without warning the warp drive kicked in on its own and we were off to who knows where. We had no idea where we would end up all we hoped for was that we could find help to save our planet.