only ashes fall
story by
2 Sique
Long ago, the peaceful planet of Sojakowan was nearing the brink of total War.
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Minerals to fuel newer technologies were mined with veracity to depletion at alarming rates.
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Leaders made moves which caused distrust, broken alliances, and sabotage at facilities all over the planet.
The general masses were drafted to maintain populations.
As the masses started to revolt,
Martial Law all over the world began as a means to claim all mineral production within their borders.
This was also the time that Generals decided to protect their armies as a whole.
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They used the Martial Law to deploy their ranks accordingly for when their coup was ready.
As the coups started taking place, the other generals followed as well, and the smaller countries were swiftly absorbed into securing the most land with the least resistance.
Leaders fell, Generals rose to power, and non sanctioned wars ensued.
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Alliances and pacts quickly lead to the formation of new factions.
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After the dust settled and the blitzkrieg ended,
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there were no more nations,
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there were only 4 territories controlled by a Faction,
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and each controller was a former General.
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Governments were replaced by once Military Powers. Who were self appointed leaders of their Factions.
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The four factions maintained their borders by means of zero tolerance and they were: The Northern and Southern, Eastern and the Western Territories.
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All land between these massive territories was desolate land where nothing was thought to live , yet allow survive, and was simply known as The Dead.
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At some point , the once powerful warriors grew impatient, and the time had come the show everyone the tech their Faction possessed.
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The battles were to be raged in the heavens and were so gruesome, that far below on Sojakowan, the soldiers fell from the sky like rain.
Time continued and the war raged on for so long it started crossing generations.
The Warlords of the warlords knew their own existence was slowing disappearing.
The skies were steadily turning black and the ground was a hellish bog of bodies.
The Warlords of the warlords knew their own existence was slowing disappearing.
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The " Treaty of Dead Rulers" declared each Faction would employ equal armies and send them into The Dead for a final battle.
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In one years time, the SOUND FOR BATTLE would fill the air, igniting the final battle that would become known as The Battle of All Battles.
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The remaining Victorious Soldiers would become the Fifth Faction.
The Council of the Elite, The Sojakowan Nobility.
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This truce would be the start to a new era ,
a chance for the planet to heal,
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the battles would be no more.
And from then on,
during the times of peace,
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no more soldiers,
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would fall from the heavens,
only ashes fall