It has been nine millennia since the fall of the Ancients.
Nine millennia since the earth was torn asunder.
In that time, the descendants of the Ancients have grown and flourished in the new world, under the protection of the last gifts of science that their forbearers were able to bestow upon them.
The Octrian, the Urchin, the Anemone, the Crustacean, the Fish, the Jellyfish, and finally the Inklings – all entrusted to inherit the earth, with all its wonders and dangers - to live as they did.
Perhaps a too closely to how they lived.
Many things survived the cataclysm with them, other than science. Ideals, emotions. Love, Hate, Rage, and Peace.
But above all else, one shadow of life came to afflict the new world.
War.
Not even the Ancients could protect their children from War.
So War flourished.
Their differences great and obvious, these demi-creatures war freely with each other, but only one has remained a constant enemy to all species.
The Inklings, perhaps too accepting of the realities of war, have made enemies with every other faction. Surrounded on all sides, caged by the seas surrounding them, the Inklings desperately defend their island home.
Urchin and Anemone strike from the straits to the west. From the south, the Crustaceans come and go as they like, traveling up the great deltas and rivers in the lowlands. From the East, the Octrian have recently been dealt a severe blow, and plot their next invasion. From the North, the massive hordes of Jellyfish gather, readying to swarm south. Finally, from every coast on the Island, Fish-Tribes pillage and plunder, destroying anything too close to the water.
Despite being surrounded, and despite being in five never ending battles, the Inklings persevere, dedicating their entire lives to their people, and to the war that engulfs them.
Traveling their country, dozens of Inkling Battle Companies ready themselves for the coming spring, when all their enemies will assault their shores.
The Tenth Battle Patrol Company, also called the Blue Moons to those that know of their recent victories, follows their Brigade General to the Minami Delta, located in the Southern Provinces of their Island Nation.
General Range, recently promoted for his heroic actions against the Octrian during their winter battles, eagerly awaits his third company that will be joining his brigade in a small town, known as Kamakessai.
With the first monsoons of the year on their way, it appears those in the Tenth will be able to enjoy peace for a small time. With their hardest battles behind them, each of them look towards the future, confident in themselves and their General.
But not everyone is content with being idle when it rains.