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# Paradise Lost

**Paradise Lost** is a personal project I have been working on since September 2021. It shares the name of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, and explores various dark themes while keeping the illusion of a promised paradise and fantasy world.

## Plot

At the beginning of the universe, the Creator was formed to watch over the world. He chose a singular spot in this new world, and created a home for himself and His children, His Angels. The Angels assisted the Creator in building the universe, but their creation as something 'good' also formed the contrast of 'evil', and thus Nahas was formed. Nahas whispered to the Angels a lie; that their Creator was going to leave them, and they became enraged. The Angels began building a tower that almost reached the heavens, but the Creator struck them down. Disappointed in his own craft, he punished the Angels by making them earthbound. This left a scar in the world; the event would later be recorded as the Tower of Babel I.

After doing so, he formed new children, Humanity. He told the Angels that they must grow alongside Humanity, yet never past it, and serve Humanity when Humanity desired. After shaking the universe, he departed from His children, and went to seek out the serpent; Nahas.

The new Angels, who now refer to themselves as Angelicals, were still infuriated about what occurred to them before and the lie that Nahas whispered to them, yet followed their Creator's words and grew alongside humanity. However, just as before, the creation of 'good' formed the contrast of 'evil', and Nahas sent his own children; Nephilim. The **abominations** of Nahas were seen as his futile attempt to mimic the Creator; and even he was scared of his own creation.

Humanity and the Angelicals slowly eased their tension and bonded, building their new world together, as the threat of the Nephilim was small. However, in the year ~440 A.D., the self-proclaimed King of Humanity waged war on the Angelicals, wanting to make the world a place dominated by the human race. A race war ensued, and thus the 500-Year-War came to fruition; the casualties and bloodshed quickly becoming innumerable.

The world was left in a catastrophic state as countries rose and fell, Humanity and the Angelicals grasping one another's throats in desperate attempts of survival. Alas, in 952 A.D., the war came to an end after a new threat had finally made its place; the **Nephilim** had returned.

While Humanity and the Angelicals were having their fit of war, the Nephilim slowly grow in the shadows, swarming where no other race dared to venture. A man, August, claimed to be tired of the war, and that the Creator had given him a **message** to grow the Nephilim and become the new Creator; thus, the Nephilim had suddenly rose in power and numbers, forcing Humanity and the Angelicals to ally together.

### Paradise Lost (I) Plot

Hyun-Koune'li is a young Human researcher who is hired by Black Rabbit to assist them in their project, *Operation Chariot*. As he begins his field work, he comes to realize that Sanctum, the Angelical homelands, is far different than what he was taught in Albion. The more he seems to uncover, the less 'correct' things seem to be, and the more the truth dawns on him. Suddenly, he begins receiving calls from an unknown person who refers to themselves as 8th Month. '*8th*' gives him hints and reveals the truth about his teammates pasts, and what they plan for the future, as a horrified Koune'li sees more and more of the gruesome reality he has brought himself into.

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