Eaters

(Version 1.00 - Last Modified: 03/05/2006)


Introduction

The Coming of the Rifts, the Great Cataclysm, the end of the world; December 22, 2098 marked the end of life on Earth as everyone knew it. The collapse of modern society had a devastating effect on the survivors of the ruined cities of the great nations of the world. Although many people died in the initial aftermath of the coming of the rifts, there were still plenty of people left, unfortunately for them.

Beginning in the twentieth century, most cities in North America got their good through a series of distributors that delivered food each day to an independent network of convenience stores, markets, supermarkets, WalMarts, and other stores. If these shipments stopped, most cities could only feed the population for a few days at most and while some people died in the initial aftermath of the disaster, enough survived that the food supply could not stretch very far. The big food distribution centers could support a large number of people for a long time, but they were few and far between and only a relatively small number of people knew where they were. Most people did not even begin to think about food for the first few days, but when the disaster continued and order was not restored outside of the limited aid from the army and groups like NEMA, people began to worry about the future. People began to fight, scramble, and steal to get the food they needed for themselves and their families. After a week, people began to realize that their was not enough food to go around, they began to panic and they began to fight harder for what remained.

Most of the people that were willing to use force and to kill for food and power became bandits, but as the weeks went on, food became even more scarce, it could not just found in stores and where NEMA wasn't stepping in to protect the remaining food stores, armed people were taking that job. People already devastated by the collapse of everything they knew combined with the lack of food, made them go crazy and made them look for other sources of food. Unfortunately, these highly disturbed people looked around and saw a great source of food, walking on two legs. These people became cannibals and the mind-warping guilt of eating other people, caused these unfortunate souls to devolve further, completely cutting them off from the rest of survivors. They became a plague on weary and unsuspecting travels, one more danger in the world of ever increasing danger. As NEMA began to hear rumors about these cannibals, they called them Eaters and issued orders that they were to be shot on sight.

As the months wear on, the constant eating of brains caused some Eaters to mutate and develop psionic powers. These even more dangerous Eaters were stronger and faster and they used their limited psychic abilities very effectively. Unfortunately, the dark and evil act of cannibalism can attract attention from the darkest corners of the megaverse. Already many supernatural eyes were focused on Earth, the newest of the super nexus points in the megaverse and one of the dark gods saw what was becoming of the Eaters and decided to "help" it along. The being focused its energy on a few scattered groups of Eaters and infused them with dark energy, transforming them into minor supernatural creatures that became known as Super Eaters by the NEMA groups.


Eater

The standard Eater is effectively a deranged Human, although their insanity allows them to push their bodies past normal Human limits, they are still Human. Eaters live in small groups between four and thirty and generally keep to themselves when they are not out hunting for food, but they are not senseless killers. Although their deranged state and eating of Humans has hurt their mental faculties, they were still once Human and understand when a useful person comes into their grasp. Eaters often hold doctors and while their are some woman among the Eaters, most Eater groups do keep woman captives. Often the prisoners of Eaters have limbs or other pieces removed by the group as a sign of their captivity and most would rather be dead then remain prisoners another day, requiring the Eaters to guard them constantly.

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Psychic Eaters

Psychic Eaters are similar to their mundane cousins, but they have possess a few psionic abilities that make them more dangerous threats.

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Super Eaters

Super Eaters are the demented creations of an evil god that infused normal Eaters with dark energy. They have been transformed into minor supernatural creatures, making them deadly against normal opponents and a far greater challenge for NEMA soldiers seeking to clear out a nest of Eaters.

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