In the wake of MeteorFall, Midgar was abandoned, in favor of building a new, bigger and better city, Edge. People were just beginning to settle back down to normal life when the Advent Children began wreaking havoc. The remnants of Jenova sought to reunite with their 'mother'. The Children were swiftly dealt with by the Heroes of MeteorFall, the rebel group turned planet savers, AVALANCHE. In the wake of the Advent Children's downfall, the citizens of Edge were reluctant and wary of the returning peace. The days turned to weeks, turned to months; eventually the time of peace stretched out to two years. People the planet over were happy, prospering in the newfound tranquility. And then the disappearances started. A person here, a person there; vanished without a trace. Then, more disappeared in greater, ever increasing numbers. AVALANCHE was called upon once again to save the planet from an extremist group. DEEPGROUND, a splinter faction of the Shinra Electric Power Company. At great cost to the planet and its' people, the world was saved yet again. Thoroughly chastised by the erroneous ways of their forebears, the populace of the planet vowed to never again willfully damage the planet. Their vow lasted many hundreds of years, but the irrevocable damage had been meted out. A thousand years after the last manmade threat to the planet, less than a tenth of the original population remained. Though they did their best, the planet had dried up, taking with it everyone it could, whether by sickness, or by starvation. Those few that survived, eked out a living in the barren wasteland their home world had become.