The Devil's War
Author's note: I do not own Rifts or any of it's settings or OCC's, people, races, or any other media I cross over into in this story. It is a fanfic with my own characters from my friends and I's campaign along with some crossovers from TV series, anime, and movies. This story is my first foray into fanfic so let me know how you like it. I also accept any requests for cross over idea's or if you have a character from a campaign you would like to see have a cameo. Just send me info about your characters personality, appearance, powers, and beliefs. Enjoy.
Prologue
It started in the year 2098. Mankind had been enjoying peace and prosperity for 50 years and the technological advancements continued to soar to the point where man thought that almost anything was possible. Medicine had cured cancer and propelled the human life span to 120-150 years effectively halving a persons aging. Damaged body parts and organs could be replaced with cybernetic or bionic counter parts and not only replaced, but a person could be made better, stronger, faster than ever. Babies could be engineered to have the exact characteristics their parents want; eye color, hair, height, and even physical looks could be encoded into the child's DNA from before they're even born. It was a golden age of humanity.
Medical advancement was not the only breakthroughs mankind had made however. Scientists also developed weapons, armor, and vehicles that had more firepower than any modern tank or soldier company. So many advancements where made that no one stopped to take a look at what was being created until it was too late. On December 22, 2098 everything came to an end.
Four hundred years later most of the survivors still don't know what happened, but on that day lines of blue energy called ley lines erupted destroying most of the world and it's population. Out of those ley lines opened Rifts to other dimensions and other planes of existence. Monsters, aliens, dinosaurs, and beings that fit no description came through by the thousands, maybe even more. The weather went chaotic and nature itself seemed to want to destroy the world. But the world did not end, oh no, humanity endured and continued to survive till this day four hundred year later. It is the year 109 PA, and the world is a very different, alien place. The ley lines still exist, some even being visible during the day and most of them at night. Dimensional rifts still open frequently and any number of beings can be found around the world. This is the world the Justicars find themselves in.
The Justicars. A group of like minded individuals of varying abilities and skills who banded together to fight the evil's that have invaded the world and to protect the innocent. Unlike mercenary companies that get paid to protect or help people, the Justicars do it simply because not everyone can afford to pay a trained soldier and not all mercenaries could be trusted. They don't see themselves as heroes, just people trying to make a chaotic world a little brighter one person at a time. They have been together fifteen years and have seen a lot of unusual things; from vampires, gods, and aliens to mutants, monsters, and things out of H.P. Lovecrafts Cthulu mythos, but never had they seen what was in front of them today.