Character Contest 35: Road Warrior
Third and final entry: The Flagellants. This is how I imagine a nuclear holocaust. A world akin to the Black Plague.
The Flagellants
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The Fires of Man nearly destroyed the human race. A new Dark Age descended, though the survivors did not call it that. Civilization began the struggle to rebuild. Radiation poisoning, blight, and plagues continued long into the Illumination.
As in another troubled time, a radical theology took hold among the populace. The faithful seek penance for the evil that men had brought upon the earth. Driven by the silent Angels of Purification, Flagellants roam the earth. Crossing the vast wastelands, they bring their message of repent and salvation to the isolated pockets of humanity. Those who do not give themselves unto the Goddess are dispatched by the Angels from Her Heaven on Earth to the cursed underworld of The False Gods of Men.
