THE BEGINNING

The City bustled with life as today marked 13th November of the year 2040. It was a day of celebration and merry making, for humanity had unified and finally broke through the limitations of Terra after two decades of war, mindless slaughter and near extinction.

Prior to the war, four continents existed, namely: the Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Continent. However, chaos ensued when Terra's resources became scarce; the human population had overcome what the planet could bear.

Due to the large land mass of each continent, enforcing birth control was a headache to every Government, the people were just spread too wide and with very few personnel the various leaders could only look on helplessly.

Further, the resources involved in enforcing the birth control of such a large population was something none of the continents could afford especially with the shortage of resources; thus only a few important cities observed the birth control policies strictly.

Initially, it wasn't much of a problem since the mortality rate balanced it out and prevented overpopulation, but as science made many vital discoveries with respect to the human body, the average life span increased to 120 years. The balance was broken, almost a billion babies were born everyday whereas the mortality rate decreased.

Gradually, the population surpassed the 150 billion mark, more resources were consumed and destruction was imminent. Hell broke loose when Tyrant King Dewin, under the pressure of losing his supremacy, ordered for the acquisition of resources located within the Eastern Continent. Lost in his own delusions and blinded by greed, King Dewin left mayhem in his wake, annihilating all who opposed him.

Upon realizing the threat the Tyrant king posed to their existence, the other kings of the Western and Northern Continents joined forces to rid Terra of the eyesore King Dewin had become.

The ensuing war ravaged the continent. Billions lost their lives, on every street the stench of death reigned supreme.

The nuclear warhead commisioned for launch by Dragon King Ken Brace of the Northern Continent was the final straw. Close to more than half of the continent was laid to waste, becoming inhabitable.

Filled with extremely high levels of radiation and mutated organisms, this area became known as the death lands, for all who entered, very few survived.

The high amounts of radiation in the death lands led to the disruption of nature's machinations, causig natural disasters to erupt randomly; high magnitude earthquakes, 2000 feet tsunamis, Terra had become a living hell.

Compelled by the primal instinct of survival, the Kings relinquished their individual titles and established a supreme organisation, officially named the Unified Organisation of Preservation (UOP), to oversee the survival of the human race.

The three Kings of the Northern, Western and Eastern Continent unified to form a single large continent on the remaining half of the planet.

Vir, the new continent became a beacon of hope for all. The UOP delegated many research groups - in fulfilment of its purpose - to undertake various tests and experiments to develop technology that could sustain mankind and prevent extinction.

Dr. Dante Bell, the lead researcher of one of the most vital research programmes, the Personality and Neural Enchancement programme (PNE) heard a loud wail on one of his evening walksa.

After following the sound suspiciously, he discovered a baby wrapped in a pillow case abandoned in an alley. After running several tests, the baby prove to be a viable test subject for the PNE programme.

Unfortunately, before the programme was completed, world renowned scientist, Dr. Brigs successfully developed the "Genesis" a device that gave its operator the ability to manipulate - to some extent - the forces of nature.

The biggest threat to mankind was finally dealt with, and all the other research programmes were scheduled for shut down with the incomplete test subjects killed to prevent any future mishaps.

Fearing for the little baby's life, Dr. Bell made away with him and was declared deceased by the UOP, after 5 years of investigation without uncovering any leads. But as fate would have it, the reappearance of Dr. Bell and Pain will bring irrevocable changes to Terra forever!