The Shade Wars (event)

The Shade Wars were a series of conflicts spurred by the Caerulean Legion after the Blue Prophet warned them of the *Cataclysm* - a world-ending disaster that would occur if they did not destroy several other Blue Armies and assassinate particular individuals.

## The Shade Wars

The Violian Coreship, in the final day of the Shade Wars.

### Combatants

Caerulean Legion, Ultramarine Armada, Niebieski Korpus, Blue Eurasian Pact, several lesser Blue Armies.

### Cause

Legionary attempt to prevent the Cataclysm.

### Outcome

Caerulean Legion destroys or assimilates most lesser Blue Armies and becomes a recognised religious superpower, countless smaller Blue Armies destroyed, Ultramarine Armada becomes chief in Blue Market operations, the Cataclysm is averted.

### Key Units

Bluebell Beauregarde, Amber Azul, Marinus, Moniker

## Prelude

Shortly after Aurelius united the remnants of the former resistance movement in London, he was "killed". After he was resurrected by Bluebell Beauregarde, she told him of her vision of a Cataclysm and the two set out to stop it by gathering an army and destroying anyone who was to be involved in the end of days. Thus the Caerulean Legion was formed to "save" the world.

## Key Events

Early in the war, the Legion made a name for itself by forsaking the unspoken rule of Blue Armies - leave each other alone. They actively hunted down other Armies due to their future involvement in the Cataclysm, often assassinating or executing their leaders before attempting to assimilate their remaining forces to further their goal. They also stood out among faith-based groups for having a leader who was confirmed to be unique and attuned to the mystical Blueberries, which is one reason that the Legion possessed high-end technologies and seemingly unnatural abilities and weapons such as the *Violium Seed Missile*.

After a few years, a sect of the Legion became near-obssessed with the Violium and were driven nearly to madness in order to serve it, allowing it to corrupt their bodies in a vain attempt to become hosts for future "Violians" - electronic alien entities that spawn from Violium and can control it's elements. This sect became known as the Blue Shadow Cult, simply known as "The Cultists", led by Brother Salg - a Host.

A year after that, the Legion was contacted by a Blue Army they had largely ignored due to them being insignificant. Their leader, Colonel Brink, offered his forces to serve Bluebell in exchange for protection from the "Cataclysm". Bluebell accepted, and "The Juicing Crew" or simply "The Juicers" were brought into the fold as a biological weapons division, specialising in Juice-based warfare.

Due to the two new sects of the Legion, a large collection of their forces were recognised for their blind faith in Bluebell and given even greater training and weapons, becoming "The Circle", her own personal guard, led by Archdeacon Aurelius.

Following a tip from the Juicers, the Legion launched a raid on a Mexican town in order to assassinate a worldwide supplier of their enemies - a "charity" group known as "Amigos de la Libre" or "Friends of the Free", led by a man named Marinus. They were easily able to overrun the town, with one of the Juicers' Commando units dragging the target before Colonel Brink (who had personally worked with Marinus) before drowning the Mexican in Juice with his bare hands, as revenge for cutting off the Juicers when the Legion began their conquest.

During a Legion assault on the Polish Blue Army, they were forced to retreat after they discovered that a majority of European Blue Armies had formed an alliance against them. Thus began a stalemate, which still stands today.

After the events of Supermassive, it's confirmed that the Legion will finish building the "Violian Coreship" and unleash it upon the European Blue Armies to overwhelm and annihilate them with the alien weaponry aboard, including the "Dahlian Wrath" beam that will cause Violium to grow unchecked.

## Aftermath

The following takes place in the Epilogue, and as such has not happened at the time of Supermassive.

Once the Legion caused Poland as a nation to surrender to it's will by using the Coreship, they descended upon the leader of the "alliance" known as the Blue Eurasian Pact - a young Polish woman known simply as "Moniker" as her real name is unknown. The Legion captured her and dragged her before the Blue Prophet, who infected her via skin contact before having her thrown through a Rift into the Fracture that had warned her of the Cataclysm, allowing her to experience the Hell she would have unleashed had the Legion not arisen to stop her.

The Legion then made an announcement to the world that they had prevented catastrophe on a global scale, and that the people of Earth should rejoice knowing that their salvation was at hand, as the Legion was now set on bringing about the "Blue Age", which most outside of the Legion criticise as "another name for Cataclysm".