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Stories, factions, places and conflicts from VoidSiege. The Atlas remains the interactive map and timeline; this library is the long-form companion.
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Trudging forward behind a wall of mechanized soldiers, the armies of the Confederation lay waste to all that would oppose their master’s rule. Now is the age of the machine and the artificial mind,…
Read recordAfter the carnage of the Civil War, Tin Men replaced the vast numbers of those killed in the conflict against the Asylumists. Although the Confederation would no longer see the unfathomable numbers of Horde…
Read recordTo say the Council is not without mercy is only foolish propaganda driven by those who would seek to bring ruin to our lives. You need only look upon the Convict Drones to see…
Read recordRedeemer’s lives tend to be short. In their pursuit of forgiveness, they hurl themselves into battle in an attempt to gain the favour of the Council. Those who survive and succeed where all others…
Read recordOf all the criminals seeking redemption, many lose their lives in pursuit of the Council’s forgiveness. Some, however, rise to the challenge and by putting their faith back into the hands of the masters…
Read recordWith the success of the Tin Men, The Council were given the go ahead to begin production of many more mechanical soldiers. Before the events outside of Magmanon, in which the Council unleashed the…
Read recordThe Sparkie was the first version of the Recon Drone to be produced for combat purposes. Before their introduction into the army, they served as simple reconnaissance, but the speed at which the enemy…
Read recordAll hope was now gone. Magmanon’s mighty cannons had long since fallen silent, and yet the enemy still poured over the battlements. From building to building, bunker to bunker, house to house, every soldier…
Read recordTin-Men Linebreakers began, as most Confederation units do, as an experiment. The Tin-Men were proving decisive against many enemies but they had flaws. Early A.I rendered them increasingly specialist and unable to switch tactics…
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From deep within the blood soaked Asylum cities pour the creatures of nightmare known as the Asylumists. From the moment they enter the world, from the cold, lifeless mechanisms of great machines, they are…
Read recordDeep within the Asylum cities the endless hordes of the Asylumists fought. From the very moment they emerged into the world their waking moments began with the lust for slaughter. They would kill or…
Read recordNot all Death Squad are created equal. As more Horde are dragged through the factories of the Blood engines, some are used as test subjects for weapons, others are fitted with explosives to become…
Read recordThe Death Squad were the first variant of the mass waves that came spilling from the Asylum cities. After their emergence more and more varied and terrifying Asylumists emerged. Back in the depths of…
Read recordIn the beginning the Horde swept over the land alone. Smashing all aside with sheer numbers and ferocity, the unprecedented waves of the Asylumists almost annihilated the forces of the Coalition. It wasn’t until…
Read recordThe Asylum cities were a haven for the Asylumists to arm themselves and proceed with their bloody murder. Stockpiled with weapons, equipment and vehicles, the Horde quickly amassed a formidable armory and turned it…
Read recordNo one has been within view of the Asylum cities since the end of the Asylumist War. The statements from that time, now hundreds of years old, speak of cities that might as well…
Read recordAs the smog gathers overhead and the air becomes filled with toxic fumes, strange glowing lights can be seen moving between the ruins, the shadows of sinister constructs flowing over the corpses of those…
Read recordMany machines shunt and haul within the Blood Engines factories. The Twisted Masters of the Asylumist forces are consistently tinkering to find faster, more efficient ways for their minions to do their tasks. Armed…
Read recordWhen the first reports of attacks began to emanate from the Asylum cities the Coalition, that would later become the Confederation, took this as a clear sign that their long time enemies the Guardians…
Read recordThere is no limit to the machinations of the Asylumist Blood Engines. From within their strongholds, they toil on all manner of nightmarish creations. One such horror is the Twisted Horde, a mutilated, grafted…
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They are not alive.They are not dead.They are the Host — a colony of wills bound by death itself.Every cell that falls silent, every flake of shed skin, every fragment of plant tissue —…
Read recordAs the hunt continued on the surface and through the tunnels beneath, the innumerable remains of the fallen and the prey of the hunt festered in the depths of the Scarr. The void storm…
Read recordThe ground rippled and split as a dense cloud of winged monstrosities burst into the sky. Nearby Underan watched as the swarm rose quickly before descending into the hunting parties below. The Underan were…
Read recordThe Host are everywhere. If something grows, lives and dies it will experience the infestation of Host cells throughout its life. Like other entities from the Host, Mawscreamers emerge from the bunched-up remains of…
Read recordThe massive bulk pulled itself from the darkness, its features illuminated only by a thin stream of light from a crack in the cave roof. It seemed to ignore the hunters as it dragged…
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This companion record brings together approved public Atlas material for a Lore-menu subject whose live navigation currently has no dedicated destination. It remains source-labelled for creator review.The Drakka AppearsDuring the chaos of the evacuation,…
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This companion record brings together approved public Atlas material for a Lore-menu subject whose live navigation currently has no dedicated destination. It remains source-labelled for creator review.The Demonic WarThe vast death and torture plains…
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This companion record brings together approved public Atlas material for a Lore-menu subject whose live navigation currently has no dedicated destination. It remains source-labelled for creator review.The First EchoSurvivors within Anoria begin to experience…
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One glance over his shoulder at the canyon wall was all it took for Dammis to stop the massive convoy. Just a few dust clouds leapt over the barren rock-strewn landscape, easily dismissed by…
Read recordThe Return of the Coalition Battered by the constant force of the storms, slowly eroded by time and the unrelenting void surges, the mighty strongholds of the Coalition stood silently in the darkness. All…
Read recordThe Council dwelled in the shadows of the lands they now rule over for centuries. They met and worked secretly, seeking out practices and experiments that would have them killed if discovered. Even before…
Read recordThe Coalition and the people of the Asylum cities enjoyed a long and prosperous friendship. The Coalition offered protection from the various scavenger groups and access to their facilities. At the same time, the…
Read recordToral saw it first, a glaring lightning blue above the smouldering pile of debris superheated by the Hellbore rounds that had torn the structure apart. The Tin Man, eyes moving from side to side…
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