Ward History
Chapter 15 - Sins of the Future
While the Order and the Ward Trading Company were at each other’s throats over control of the planet, a strange event took place that had never occurred before.
In the desolate desert sands to the east, a vortex of energy began to form. From the vortex a man walked out of the swirling energy. This man was different than any other to exist on Ward. He was clad in armor, but not leather or steel. This armor was black, almost indestructible, and as light as a feather. His helmet bear a glass like visor where normal eye slits would be, and he carried a weapon like a crossbow, but required no bolts. This weapon shot projectiles of led by the use of gunpowder. This man was from Ward, the Ward of the distant future.
This “Future Soldier” met with leaders of the Cabal and the Order. He gave a strict warning to them that they need to ally together and put an end to the Ward Trading Company. He explained to them that the Company is the reason for the return of the Undead King and the Empire of the Damned. He continued by telling them that in his time Ward is a desolate wasteland of undead. Mortals are almost fully extinct, and there is no hope.
He stated that with the assistance of an Evolved Dino they were able to develop the technology to travel back in time and change their future.
Some from the Cabal agreed with what Future Soldier was telling them, others thought he was a maniac who used too many illegal herbs. Regardless of their belief in this man’s story, the Cabal and the Order agreed that The Company was growing to powerful. They created a temporary alliance to bring down the Company and Buck City in order for them to reclaim their position as the controlling factions of Ward.
After his time with the Cabal and the Order, Future Soldier went to Buck City where he met with the head of the Company. He gave the same warning he previously told the Cabal and the Order. He warned them of the Undead King and the Empire of the Damned. He warned them it was their actions that began the end of Ward.
Rather than heed Future Soldiers warning, the Company took him into custody and brought him deep underground. Far under the surface of Buck City. Here is where all of their most powerful and secret weapons were being created. The Ward Trading Company was experimenting with Bio Weapons. A group of Dark Elves and Alchemists were working together to turn mortals into weapons of War, and bring the dead back to life.
As Future Soldier was being escorted to his prison cell, he saw him. In a reinforced glass cage, and wrapped in chains. The Undead King was there, and he was alive. As the CEO of the company walked with Future Soldier he explained to him that they had discovered the secret to immortality. Through the experimentation of the Dark Elves, and the chemistry of their Alchemists, they discovered they were missing something. Their experiments all turned into motricities and were difficult to control. Through chance, the Company discovered the final resting place of the Undead King. They excavated the burial site and moved his corpse to Buck City. Once in the Buck City laboratory, they managed to bring him back to life with Alchemical technology. Now that they had him, they finally had the missing piece to ever lasting life.
Future soldier now finally knew how the Undead King returned. This knowledge was lost in his time. He always suspected it was through necromancy of a maniacal fanatic. But it was worse than he ever predicted. Human greed and the lust for immortality was the catalyst to bring Ward to its end.