Book of Jherra

[Ayen]

In the wake of the realms coming together mysterious towers rose from the ground in every realm. Inside these towers, ancient runes which may very well hold the answers on how to restore the realms for good. The towers themselves act as a gateway between worlds allowing people a safer way to travel from one realm to the next. People who are lost in strange new worlds seek out the tower to return home while others wish to gain control of it to conquer the realms.

In the world of “Genesis” on the continent of “Jherra” the nations of Isafaro, Jherrazad, Aircano and Moon Valley made their bid for the tower. Isafaro and Jherrazad prepare for war over possession of the tower, Moon Valley watches from the sidelines while Aircano searches for a peaceful solution and Hallowton continue to live out their lives showing no interest in the tower called “Downward Spiral.”

Miracle High Priestess of Yahweh and leader of Aircano has been taking in refugees from other realms, offering them sanctuary as they try to grasp the situation at hand and find a way home. She did this in the name of Yahweh. Not knowing the true purpose of luring these people to Aircano.

And then He came.

“The Arashi” Aper. He came to eradicate all those that did not belong in this realm and the ones that stood against him in order to protect the city of Aircano was Miracle “The High Priestess, Solomon “The Warrior” and Captain of Aircano defenses, Amoura “The Night Angel”, Sparda “The Legendary Dark Knight”, Maricul “The Witch”, Dante “The Demon Slayer”, Kyal “The God of Paradise” and an unlikely ally Clash “The Shark.”

During the battle it was reveal that “The Arashi” was in fact the will of Yahweh himself, sent to save the realm and Miracle was rounding up the lost souls so that Aper may erase them to restore balance, but it was too late. The combined force of so much power coming together to do battle was enough to tear down the walls separating dimensions and plunge the universe into chaos. A paradox ensued, as they became the cause of the crisis they were sent to fix, as dimensional rifts began opening all around them.

In a last ditch effort to save the realm Aper went supernova and destroyed everything in its path. “The Night Angel” used her power to transport those on the battlefield to safety but “The Witch” Maricul chose to stay behind and laughed in the face of annihilation. Though her physical form was destroyed in the explosion that shook the realms her will remained. Evolving beyond that of gods Maricul used her power to save as many people as she could in the realms being destroyed and has created the world of Utopia. Made by the remnants of the destroyed realms it stands as the start of a new era and a place for those without worlds to take up residence.

[Ayen]

The fallout of the “Battle for Aircano” saw the birth of a second sun. Day and night became 24 hours instead of 12, a full day became 48 hours instead of 24, as tasking as it was the people of Genesis had no choice but to endure while the will of God shines down on the world for all time.

Miracle, Amoura, Sparda, Solomon, Kyal and the Clashes survived the outcome of the “Battle for Aircano” with Dante killed and Maricul destroyed only to be reborn days later. The heroes took refuge in Hallowton where Maricul would visit both Miracle and Amoura in their dreams, warning Miracle of a great evil coming out of Jherrazad and with Amoura discovering more of the “Arashi Prophecy” before both were overwhelmed with pure hatred for each other.

Later on in a meeting between Miracle, Amoura, Sparda, Solomon, Clash, Kyal, Amoura’s brother Michael and fiance Sazan (Daughter of Maricul) where it was decided that the new Aircano would be rebuilt in the Crystal Expanse beneath the very will of God as a symbol.

Meanwhile, still shaken up by the prophecy, Maricul contacted The Genius to investigate and uncover its true meaning. Her investigation led her to the deserts outside of Jherrazad where she encountered the “God of Paradise” Kyal and Chloe a recently turned vampire on her way from Isafaro after being pulled through a dimensional rift into Genesis. After being joined by Amoura the four of them followed a lead on the “Arashi Prophecy” which led them to an ancient temple where they uncovered that many years ago Yahweh (God of the Christian faith) was once a mortal man and friends with the man who would later become the devil of his religion.

Years ago a great conflict was created to decide the future gods of Genesis and Yahweh would earn his status via The Creator’s powers after proving himself worthy of godhood in the war. He would then transform his friends into angels but Lucifer would rebel against his former friend, declaring him a tyrant and went on a quest to become a god of his own through The Arashi’s power but while he did ascend into godhood, and became Lord Beelzebub he was given the same nightmares that plagued Amoura and Chloe's minds. They also learned that Yahweh created three beings to act as the failsafe of creation; Veran (The Messenger), Aper (The Storm) and a third that remains unknown (The End). They considered Yahweh’s one and only equals.

Visiting the temple awoken the great Lord Beelzebub from his slumber which caused him to confront the opposing party. Kyal, in his attempt to battle against the god was destroyed and gave birth to a new creation Shai who would pledge allegiance to Lord Beelzebub. Amoura attempted to destroy them both with her power before escaping with Genius, Chloe having already chose to flee before Lord Beelzebub was awakened, but both managed to survive and now wander the land of Genesis.

Elsewhere Miracle took parts of the Crystal Expanse and used it to rebuild Aircano naming it the Crystal City for being crafted in beautiful crystal and naming the second sun Emmanuel; God is with us.

[Ayen]

The awakening of Lord Beelzebub could be felt throughout the desert until he finally made it to the ruins of Aircano where Maricul was waiting for him. After their exchange Lord Beelzebub unleashed his legion of demons throughout Genesis and explained that the new “Trials of Fate” was at hand. The essence coming from the devils beneath the Crystal Expanse opt the elders of Crystal City to respond to the resurrected Lord Beelzebub.

Wanting to ensured that their High Priestess is ready for the trials ahead the elders sent her to the desert where she would be tempted by Lord Beelzebub as Jesus Christ was before her. For forty days and nights the High Priestess wandered the desert with just the clothes on her back and the word of God strengthening her until finally, she died.

Wandering the tunnel between afterlives Miracle followed a near blinding light that led to her Savior, but was told to depart from him as he did not acknowledge her as one of his children. Confused, Miracle cried out to him only to watch the light leave and the fires of hell come for her. Being devoured by the underworld the High Priestess found herself in chains experiencing pain that nothing in the above world could have ever thought possible.

Lord Beelzebub appeared before her in human form, offering her a chance to cheat this fate and live again but Miracle refused, believing in her Lord so much she would accept his ruling and declared herself worthy of the fires of hell. She would soon realize that this was the temptation of a High Priestess. The underworld broke away and she was back in the desert with the Lord of Demons accepting his defeat before making his leave and allowing two angels from heaven to tend to their champion.

[Ayen]

As the worlds continued to merge together the arrival of a new warrior occurred in Isafaro as Amoura’s younger sister Zira Firestone came from the City of Mortis. She was greeted by the soldiers of Isafaro and one of their specialists Drake White who tried to take her but she fought them off, and with the help of Amoura took their leave.

Meanwhile a new enemy emerged from the tower heading for Hallowton but was soon confronted by The Legendary Dark Knight Sparda, who discovered that the enemy had many similarities to an old comrade of theirs. After realizing he could not neutralize the threat on his own he headed back to Hallowton where he, Amoura, Miracle, Sazan, Clash and Michael would do battle against the mysterious new opponent.

As the battle waged on the group witness that the vampire had abilities identical to that of Maricul, The Spokesman of Insanity Alucard and even Amoura herself. The battle would come to its conclusion through Clash landing a sneak attack on the vampiress from below, allowing the others to finish the job that he started. Upon her defeat they saw that she was the daughter of Maricul, sister of Sazan, in an alternate dimension from their own, who made a name for herself by replicating the power and abilities of other warriors from her realm. Though defeated the vampire called Maya would not remain lost for long and her realm would not rest easy.

[Ayen]

During her expedition of the Downward Spiral, Zira Firestone arrived in Utopia where she would find the citizens worshiping a stature of Maricul which she knew an incarnation of from her own world. An enraged Maricul in the flesh would then appear attacking those worshiping her and opting a response from Zira Firestone, but the confrontation would end with Zira falling victim to Maricul’s seduction.

Meanwhile as Amoura took the battle to the invaders of Hallowton into the Crystal Expanse itself she would be summoned by an old enemy, the demon called Tajna Rasha! Tajna explained that she possesses a link to the final Arashi that is meant to bring about the end of all things and sent her on the path to seek out Maricul, a being that acted beyond the shackles of fate before departing.

Upon The Night Angel’s return to Hallowton she would encounter her younger sister again and notice that something was very wrong. Learning that she submitted to the seduction of Maricul the two argued but quickly reconciled with each other before deciding that it was finally time to pay Maricul a visit.

In Utopia the group of heroes met both new and familiar faces. While there The Genius Olivia Hart brought them outside of time, excluding Clash who was somehow left behind, and explained the possible connection between The Arashi and Maricul. She also explained that from the moment they entered into Utopia Maricul was able to read their thoughts and emotions with little to no difficulty. During the course of the conversation she gave them a book that recorded Maricul’s life from birth all the way up to present time for them to use as leverage before returning them to Utopia where they would find Clash was brain washed by The Seductress and was now their enemy.

During the confrontation came the arrival of Fukari a long time enemy of Maricul, and Darius Rulios, a Time Lord. Seconds before a battle could break loose Maricul used her new abilities to turned the group human, giving them the choice to leave. Most of them did. Fukari choosing to stay as a human and receiving her sight back from her now “former” enemy Maricul. After everyone departed Maricul went down to the treasure house pondering on what to do about a mysterious piece of cloth which is beyond her reach even in the confines of Utopia.

[Ayen]

Back in Isafaro a group of people would stand in defiance against the cruel oppressive government led by one General Koma Iz Vulture. A woman by the name of Imai Katayo began a resistance with another woman known only by the alias “201.” After 201 was captured, Imai began recruiting soldiers from other worlds that landed in Isafaro, and was willing to lend a hand in the good fight. Among those were Kragen, Garrus Vakarian, Kira Yamato, and after breaking 201 out of prison, Aminee Starlight.

Meanwhile Jherrazad would be paid a visit by “The Angel of Death” Mariya, who came to challenge the Empress, Ranko, to a battle for the souls from within the demon blade feared around the world as “Kasul.” Ranko accepted the challenge and after what felt like a lifetime of battling, Mariya would fall victim to the demon blade and become just another prison trapped from within its confines.

Moon Valley would see the rise of a new mayor, Conservative Candidate Carari Grey, and a new hero brandishing the colors red, blue and yellow who would later be called “Superwoman” by the residence of Moon Valley. The superhero, known to only a few as Kara Kent, would hit the scene by stopping a planned assassination on the Mayor’s life.
At the same time a woman by the name of Utena Tenjou would appear in the small mountain town, consumed by madness at the realization that her reality was a fictional program on TV here she began to go on a killing spree until ultimately forcing herself into the mountains to live in isolation before meeting a girl named June who would remind her of a friend from the past and cause the woman to end up right back in the town itself.

The High Priestess of Crystal City, Miracle, alongside Amoura and Sparda, would meet up with Isafaro, Jherrazad and Moon Valley leaders Vulture, Ranko and Carari Grey while Hami Morgan, a legend to the world of Genesis, would observe the meeting as a representative of Hallowton. Due to lack of evidence of The Arashi existence the other nations refused to believe there were any danger from them until Z-Rah, a demon under the command of Ranko, uncovered that Vulture already knew of The Arashi threat and was blocking Z-Rah’s ability to look into Miracle and her friends' minds for proof with a new experiment in his possession. The peace talks came to an end when Vulture declared war and teleported out of the tower leading to an alliance between the nations of Crystal City and Jherrazad with Moon Valley still on the fence and Hallowton opting to remain out of the confrontation.

The war for the tower has finally begun.

[Chloe/Kat]

In light of a war against Isafaro and Moon Valley, Crystal City was looking for a special occasion to boost morale for its people and Miracle saw the wedding of Michael and Sazan to be the perfect choice. Although it took much doing, and was greatly opposed by the citizens, the wedding went forward in the temple and turned out to be a beautiful ceremony. The reception on the other hand was another story.

Veran, the First Aspect and ruler of the Nightmares, made his presence known in all of Crystal City as mortals laid their eyes upon his form for the first time. Only Sir Solomon was strong enough to withstand the sight of the First Aspect and not fall to his death. Madness swept the land, rendering even the High Priestess powerless to do anything as she witnessed the dark side of her god destroying everything around her.

While one sister went to search for the means to conquer this threat, another would stand in defiance of it. Zira Firestone refused to succumb to fear and attacked Veran, only to be strung up by her own bullet and her own skeleton ripped from her body. Meanwhile back at Utopia Maricul argued with the Ghost of Legion Tajna Rasha, who previously told Sparda about the role he and Amoura had to play in order to defeat the Arashi and challenge fate, not believing Amoura to be worthy of the Shroud of Turin. The only known instrument in the universe that can fight an Arashi.

The debate would come to an abrupt end at the cries of Zira Firestone echoing from Crystal City to Maricul's ears. Fueled by a human emotion she has not felt for centuries, Maricul rushed onto the scene to aid Zira and provide sanctuary for the survivors as the rest of the continent watched in horror as Veran laid waste the holy city like his brother before him. With Aircano damned a second time the Lord of Terror heads for the tower, for Utopia.

[Ayen]

Utopia prepared for war as The First Aspect inched closer and closer to its borders and Maricul was desperate to do anything within her power to stall for time, even creating more distance for Veran to travel but in the end it was all but to prolong the inevitable arrival of The Arashi it would seem. As the rest of the Crystal City party could do nothing but wait with the looming fear of Veran shadowed over them, Maricul saw to the recovery of Zira Firestone personally as Amoura tried to convince Maricul to help her find the Shroud of Turin. At first she refused but through a shocking show of humanity, The Seductress agreed and directed Amoura to Miracle where she would look upon the face of Christ, the face of God, and be put on the path to locate the shroud.

While new warriors revealed themselves in the form of Linx and Leon Belmont, Clash headed for the tower to head Veran off but he was merely the diversion for something far worse. Lord Azathoth: the elder god. With Nyarlathotep “The Crawling Chaos” at his side they did battle with The First Aspect, sealed inside the tower, brought to a world where time could not be measured.

Meanwhile morning came to Utopia and Veran was nowhere to be found. Deeming it safe to leave, Miracle and her people were returned to Genesis and took refuge in Hallowton and the Domino Party; Sparda, Argus, Chloe, Zira Firestone, went on their way once Zira fully recovered but Amoura whereabouts after the previous night remained unknown.

In Hallowton Miracle would be confronted by her own conscious, believing that Yahweh's will was to finish the work Aper began she ordered her people to kill the Hallowton refugees and made siege for the tower where Maricul and her army stood in their way. Another great battle was fought in the Crystal Expanse leading to the unthinkable. Miracle summoned the power of both god and arashi, summoned the power of Aper while unbeknownst to them, Veran was still sealed inside the tower.

Prophecy was broken.

As a result the battle saw the near-death of both Miracle and Maricul at the hands of Sincara a child who blamed both women for the chaos in her world, and the death of Leon Belmont. Maricul was unable to get up under her own power until she was rejoined with a device which looked to be of similar design to the Downward Spiral and Miracle was saved through the card given to her as a gift by Jaden Yuki. Once Maricul was rejoined with the strange artifact she transported herself and Miracle to an undisclosed location. The battle ended in the retreat of Crystal City's forces but the war was far from over.

Prophecy must be avenged.

[The Creator]

Blasphemy.

The men who stood in defense of Utopia faced the jealousy and fury of the omnipotence as the First Aspect Veran made them pay for their defiance and headed to Utopia, his victory all but assured until the unthinkable occurred. The prayers of the High Priestess Miracle was heard, and the Second Aspect, his brother in arms, took form for a second time destroying prophecy. Since the beginning Arashi were not meant to exist together in one place. Veran could not continue his advancement for Utopia. The avatar of the Arashi has spoken. In the aftermath of a great battle in the Crystal Expanse before the Downward Spiral, Maricul would cast Miracle into a new reality robbing Genesis of one of its strongest warriors. Meanwhile another battle elsewhere in Genesis was about to threaten to tear the world apart. For there existed another Night Angel.

Refer to only as 'Other' the Amoura from a parallel universe appeared before the terrorist organization Intergang and a deal was struck with their leader Bruno Mannheim to eliminate one of Maricul's agents, Carari Grey, who acted as the mayor and guardian of a seal that leads into a terrifying hell dimension. Superwoman caught wind of the plot and immediately turned to warn the mayor, hatching a plan of their own. The confrontation between Superwoman and Other allowed Intergang to open the seal and unleash a literal hell upon Genesis, and from that hell, death.

An abomination called Doomsday rose from the seal and began his path of destruction. Superwoman challenged the beast while at the same time doing her all to protect the mayor from her assassination. For the first time in her life Superwoman felt real pain from the creature. The battle was long and intense but in the end, Superwoman managed to defeat the demon while the seal was closed by other agents of Maricul unhappy by Carari's failure, however the conclusion saw the death of a hero. The Woman of Steel made the ultimate sacrifice and died in the arms of her best friend Tori.

But a hero work is never done.

After her death, Superwoman's body was taken back to a broken down Moon Valley and put into a coffin where a funeral service was held to honor her. During the service a new threat would descend from above in the form of a god, his planet also descending from the heavens threatening to destroy their own. The only way out by command of the god called Darkseid, was complete obedience. That did not happen. Defenders of Genesis rise in the form of Utena, Chloe, Sparda, Aminee Starlight, Sincara and a new warrior named Rowen. Tori also attempted to defy the god's will but was obliterated, the only thing left of her body was a pile of ashes. The battle waged on and Sincara exploited an existing dimensional rift in the area to swallow Darkseid's planet whole however this allowed for Darkseid to merge with the rift, turning it into a black hole to consume them all.

His mistake.

Unleashing their power towards the rift Sincara, Chloe, Sparda and the late arrival of Argus would close the rift with Darkseid still merged within it and trap him in an unknown reality void of life and Genesis was saved.

Tori would awaken in an unknown frozen wasteland that made up the path between life and death, with no memory of how she died. Finding Superwoman wandering aimlessly in that frozen wasteland, Tori went over to her but soon discovered that Superwoman thought herself a failure after what happened with Doomsday. Through a loving kiss, Tori would snap Superwoman out of her depression and they would pursue the path back to life but not without terrible creatures emerging from the ground to stop them. With Tori now on her back, the Woman of Steel flew off into the sky and evaded the monsters that did not wish them a second chance at life. But none would stop them.

And they returned to life.

[The Creator]

With the defeat of Darkseid behind Genesis there was but one loose end to tie up in the form of the Intergang terrorist organization who worshiped the fallen god. Sincara tracked them down to where they regrouped in the mountains of Moon Valley, releasing a plague of sin to turn the surviving members against each other leaving mercenaries Deadpool, Urdnot Wrex and the leader of the organization with his guards as the only remaining opposition. During the conflict the recently revived Superwoman with Tori's spirit appeared in the cave and Utena alongside Sincara would be the ones to reach Bruno Mannheim with Wrex closely following their trail.

Bruno would be slain but Darkseid would take over his body and speak using Bruno as a vessel. Superwoman would intercept Sincara's attempts to plague Wrex with sin and be swept away by her own desires for Tori, chasing her out of the cave. Darkseid hurled Wrex into Sincara collapsing that part of the cave trapping them inside before making his escape. Alone, Sincara and Wrex would discover that Intergang had intended to bring Darkseid back to this world through some type of transportation device that access other words. Seeing that the entire cave was on the verge of collapsing they used the device to teleport outside the cave meeting up with Utena and Deadpool, the later of which also wanting to get Bruno/Darkseid back for skipping out on paying them and the four led by Utena hiked through the woods to follow his trail.

They'd track him down into an Isafaro outpost set up just outside of Moon Valley. Sincara attempted to plague them with sin but they were unaffected. Sensing something was wrong she warned Deadpool and Wrex to pull back but it was too late. Darkseid had managed to remove the free will of man, thus making them immune to sin as sin itself was a consequence of freewill, turning Deadpool and Wrex on Sincara and Utena forcing them to retreat as soon as a recovered Superwoman reached them with Tori still at her side. They returned to Kara's farm where they tended to Sincara and an enraged Utena whose hold on reality were starting to slip away again due to how alike Tori was to herself. They succeeded in calming Utena and during a heartfelt reunion between Kara and her parents a fully recovered Sincara left the farm to continue her search for Darkseid. However north from them a bigger challenge would await as the Queen of Utopia prepared to unite the realms and plunge the universe into chaos.

[The Creator]

Grand Utopia begins!

Maricul and her champions stood atop the Downward Spiral as Maricul began to use its power to merge the realities together prompting the people around them to act. Kragen and Garrus set off for the Crystal Expanse only to be intercepted by The Genius and forced to do battle with her. An old friend of Garrus by the name of Commander Shepard appeared during the conflict and thanks to a well timed stun grenade by an injured Kragen Garrus and Shepard was able to force the vampire into submission and break Maricul's brainwashing freeing the vampire from her grasp.

Utena and Aminee were also dragged into the conflict as mysterious creatures appeared before them and attacked them. They escaped Moon Valley and went to Jherrazad to seek out help for the situation while Chloe entered the Downward Spiral and met up with Tajna Rasha who attempted to kill Chloe until interference from Sincara allowed Chloe to absorb Tajna inside of Kasul and gain access to his omniscience learning that everything the Ghost of Legion had told them was a lie.

At the entrance of the tower the first of Maricul's men would fall as Bane beat the Angel of Death into submission and Sparda plunged his female clone named after his wife Eva into insanity via Waking Nightmare, losing a part of himself in the process as the war between Genesis and Utopia waged on.

Back on top of the tower Zira attempted to reason with Maricul but there would be no reasoning with The Seductress who tried to convince Zira to join her only to be turned down. Despite their strong feelings for each other Maricul casually discarded Zira leading to Kedara to attack her. The battle forcing Zira to release her full strength and nearly flooding the entire continent upon melting the Crystal Expanse. Meanwhile Superwoman did battle with Jill Valentine being summoned by The Creator itself and offered the chance to become the god of Jherra after having been found worthy of the title. Kara accepted and returned to Jherra in time to stop the flood caused by Zira and resurrected Kari and Aircano as her first acts of godhood.

The Ghost of Legion would stare down Maricul one final time as he revealed himself as the true controller of the Downward Spiral, rejecting Maricul's access and bringing the paradox to her knees and attempting to awaken Kasul into the specter's blade he wields, however in an act of defiance Kasul rejected Tajna and declared Ranko its one and only master. Breaking the endless cycle of Tajna Rasha and reviving hope as an event unseen by the Ghost of Legion had occurred leading to a chain reaction that can be used to stop The End from happening. Before leaving Kasul impaled Maricul and destroyed her body but she only exploded into a puff of smoke leaving behind a shard of Downward Spiral technology atop the tower exposing that this Maricul was not the real one. Kasul headed to the Netherrealm to rejoin with Ranko leaving Tajna for the first time in its existence...

Speechless.

[The Creator]

Some things are better left buried.

A being of overwhelming power was released by Isafaro soldiers. Adopting the name Gabrielle Lachney, the result of various different Alucards merging together creating a new entity. All but one refused to bind with Gabrielle as they made their way into the technological powerhouse metropolis and attacked an outpost located in the south east region of the city. There he waited for reinforcement to arrive. A team led by Ayanna Kaktas did battle with him and Nicodemus, a half demon who wished to assist Gabe attack on the city. It wasn't long before Gabrielle left the man to die as he went above their heads and blew down a helicopter.

As the fight waged on Ayanna would witness her own squad reverting into members of the undead through a mysterious virus they were injected with which regenerated their cells upon death. Further damage on the team caused them to mutate until they became abominations. Gabe did battle with one of these abominations just outside the outpost which was ended abruptly due to the interference by the new god Kara who demanded Gabe leave this place. Gabe refused to leave but decided a short intermission was in order to allow the damage that happened to the outpost to sink in to the Tyrant he planned to murder for waking him up.

Gabrielle retreated to a tavern where he would run into Daikus, the hybrid son of Dante and Maricul whom the Alucard inside Gabe's head knew from his world. The two conversed for a while before Daikus caught a soldier outside talking on his phone and shot him in the head causing another battle to begin inside the tavern. Gabe made sure to note how meaningless he thought this whole confrontation was while Daikus and the people he entered the tavern with did battle against the soldiers outside. Gabe broke his way through the soldiers and began walking down the street until he ran into Judas' Priest Alexander Anderson.

The battle commended. Gabe attempted reason with Anderson but Anderson continued to come at him, even managing to defeat The Keeper familiar Gabe had inside his arsenal making Alucard want to fight him more. Gabrielle refused but eventually relented as Anderson gained the upper-hand, allowing The No Life King to take control and forced the priest into a retreat as he proved too much for the regeneration as once Alucard was disappointed by another potential challenge falling through. Gabe then took back control to continue his war against the Tyrant.

[The Creator]

After years of living across from each other in mutual indifference General Vulture led a full-scale invasion on Hallowton looking to spread his territory there. Killing the Queen resulting in Princess Lori to take her mother's throne. She, alongside Ayen, Hotaru and Yuna entered the castle to find her mother's dead corpse and were nearly killed themselves by a fallen Vulture's VTOL before Arix arrived stopping the VTOL from crashing and then joining the resistance in pushing back the Vulture's troops. Sparda, Raal, Jenna and Rowen, the former two running into trouble when the null generators bound their powers in the area, also came to Hallowton aid with Sazan helping to ensure the people there escape through the tunnels left behind when Bane launched his attack on the city the previous year.

While this was going on Ranko would reunite with Kasul and become Queen of the Netherrealm, launching a full-scale invasion of her own on Genesis starting with the city home to the demon seal. Moon Valley. Superwoman, Utena, Aminee Starlight, Alexander Anderson, Demetrios and Firebrand did their best to push back the invading forces but the demon army adapted to their attacks and continued to resurrect their causalities providing an infinite number of troops to keep coming at them giving the resistance there no choice but to pull back with a group of Moon Valley refugees to the Empire of Jherrazad under the care of Empress Chloe. Anderson on the other hand vanished from the group.

Hallowton would not fall to the Vulture as the combined effort of Sparda, Raal and Yuna destroying the null generators while Arix took out their main forces forced the General into a retreat and allowed Hallowton to live to fight another day. In the aftermath of the destruction Raal would use his power to rebuild most of the city as Lori employed Arix and tasked him with the job of training what would become her new army as the war between Hallowton and Isafaro has finally begun. Superwoman would appear also wanting Arix's aid after discussion with the Empress imploring her to seek out the help of Arix, Gabe and the people of Aircano, the latter two which she refused to deal with but Arix said no and chose to remain in Hallowton as Superwoman went back to Jherrazad to prepare for the inevitable attack by the Netherrealm that now controlled Moon Valley. The sky turning red as blood and the power of unholy beings increased in favor of holy beings becoming weaker as the Netherrealm merged with Genesis. One thing was for sure:

This was only the beginning.

[The Creator]

As Gabrielle continued to get closer to the General with each man he killed he would be approached by Isafaro Resistance members Kragen and Garrus, who tried to get him on their side as well as help out with the Nethereralm invasion. Gabrielle questioned why they would want him as he would no doubt tarnish their reputation before proceeding to refuse to help Jherrazad fight off the Netherrealm. Their conversation came to a halt by a little red dot that blasted the area from space and sent thirteen special armored soldiers equipped with chainsaws at the group and another battle began thanks to Vulture's new pride and joy the Novalith Cannon.

They were not the only ones to feel the cannon's might as a raven-haired woman sharing the name Maricul but with a new look and attitude also did battle with Vulture's troops on the other side of town and was forced to battle the armored unit and being cut down as they proved more powerful than the usual soldiers of the Vulture. She of course managed to stand up and regenerate from the damage before going into a retreat. The newly acquired member of the Isafaro Resistance, The Genius, assisted the ground team by hacking into the space platform to shut it down temporarily but this allowed another new weapon of Vulture to hack into their systems and take control of the base. An artificial intelligence codenamed Red Queen. Stealth bombers and an armored undead unit was then sent to the base forcing the Resistance out. Kragen and Garrus went to their aid but Gabe turned elsewhere while the Resistance members were forced to retreat.

Later a woman simply known as Bee came into the city from Hallowton not knowing who she was and not being able to answer the soldiers questions. After being threatened Gabe would appear and the two would have to deal with a massive Mammoth Tank before discovering that Bee's name was Felicia and she was in fact the daughter of the Alucard trapped in his head. Gabe had meant to kill her for being Alucard's daughter but Felicia jumped into the air leaving an imprint of her hand on the ground before she left. Gabe would then have a meeting in his mind among the other Alucards he had absorbed to decide what to do next when a Mysterious Stranger attacked.

The battle between them saw the Darkness within Gabe manifest and tear apart the Alucard that had yet to merge with Gabe, leaving only Gabrielle left. Seeing that she was no match for the Darkness the woman took her leave, little did they realize however that they were being watched.

[The Creator]

In the aftermath of Vulture's attack on Hallowton one section of the city to the east has fallen to crime and corruption. Among them the Hellsing Organization led by Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing which was forced to take refuge in an old abandoned mansion that they were rebuilding after they were brought here upon the destruction of their own world. Integra held an audience with Lori on the terms of their employment which went well as the last thing Lori wanted to do was turn away help. She returned to her mansion where she met up with Sebastian Michaelis who she made a contract with for his services. The end result being that Sebastian would devour her soul when the terms of their contract was met. This remained a secret between the two.

Upon order of the Queen Integra sent Joann D'Arc to assist with the Netherrealm situation before meeting with Constantine Harker who became a member of the Board of Directors of Hellsing and provided his money and resources to them for their cause.

Back in Isafaro Mari felt a strong pull luring her to Hallowton where she believed the vampire who made her to be. Attacking the docks, Mari hijacked one of their ships and set sail for Hallowton but what she would find was Seras Victoria of Hellsing on patrol with the Wild Geese. Not believing that Seras was the source of the aura she felt all the way back in Isafaro, Mari did battle with her, demanding the whereabouts of the man she was looking for. The battle saw the crucifix that kept Mari's power in check come off and for the first time in her existence she released all of her power against Seras, and still it wasn't enough and Seras had yet to release all of her power. It wasn't until an order by Sir Integra that Seras stopped playing around with Mari and did lasting damage to her body. But instead of slaying her Integra branded Maricul's throat with the Hellsing pentagram and marked her among the freaks of the organization. In-between burning her cigar out on her face and backhanding the shit out of her for wrecking the mansion.