WORLD RECAPS.

below you will find what we hope to be an easier to understand summary of our little world. while things like the timeline doc & other pages found here can give depth to the world, we know the importance of having a more personalised, general overview of the world and its events. this server was founded and first opened in january of 2024 and aside for plentiful events, we are also returning from an almost 10 month hiatus & revamp. so there is plenty of room for new exploration as we shake off the dust & as always, we are welcome to any and all questions! for any specific characters you would like a recap on, please see that characters application over in the server. 

click here for timeline doc! additionally, we have transferred all admin recaps & individual character recaps that were in server, to a page here!

to begin our story... 

in january of 2024, the shadow world that accounts for every faction and creature and being in the known universe that cannot be simply counted as 'human', was in a state of tentative 'peace'. among the forces of heaven, pieces were being moved into place. with a failed apocalypse years before, new plans were brought forward. an idea to bring about the second coming, a return of faith. it was heaven's idea, a way they could take back the reigns of the world as a whole from forces from hell and everything in between that they deemed lesser. but unknown to them, hell had plans of their own... things moving in to place for centuries. a slow game, but a powerful one. the pit that had held lucifer's form locked inside for an eternity was finally open. this meant that no longer would the king of hell be working from between prison bars. no longer whispering into the hearts of those above. but instead, he could truly lead and come forth. 666 seals had been broken in a variety of different ways over time and the resurrection of a pure-angel blooded shadowhunter, sacrificing the wish given through the collection of the mortal instruments, was one of the very last of these seals. 

however, groups like the shadowhunters of the clave were still finding success working alongside other factions and groups of the downworld to keep peace and stability. peace treaties that were signed in the summer of 2023, those were still being upheld all around. or, so it had seemed. slowly, as 2024 began to progress, it became more and more clear to those across the globe that peace was something of a myth- a lie really. something spoken of, but really, a distraction, while heaven and hell started pointing their weapons against one another again, not caring who might get taken out in the process. 

but life still went on and on, and while heaven and hell fought (neither able to get the upper hand because for every move from one side, there was a counter from the other that meant no real change nor progress), others found time to play and engage in their own chaos. because after all, heaven and hell aren't the only powers of this universe, and they certainly weren't the central focus of everyone's story. not when, for example, vampires of the world started experiencing strange phenomenon. 

late 2024 saw the further rise of rockstar band, the vampire lestat, fronted by the actual vampire, lestat de lioncourt. someone determined to shake up the state of the downworld, and maybe bring them into the light where before, there had always been a degree of secrecy around the supernatural world and the mundane, human one. he aimed to project vampires especially, into the public eye. now of course, when a rockstar starts claiming they are a vampire, it's hit or miss on who believes it. but, it definitely ruffled feathers within vampiric communities. and most importantly... it reawakened the old, the original queen of the damned, the mother of all forms and variants of vampires across the globe. nobody could have anticipated the fall out this would create, the way vampires all over would come under attack from her because surprisingly... she stood by lestat's desire, in part at least. the only problem was, she was far more vicious about it. killing any that stood in her way and in the end, she had a clear plan: wipe out most vampires on earth and create a new eden. though really, she didn't plan to stop there with just vampires. and she stole lestat away to help her do it: mesmerising him into doing her far crueller bidding than he had ever wanted. 

eventually, there was a stand taken against her. vampires and others allied that came together with the aim to destroy akasha and stop her reign of terror. a plan to transfer the sacred vampiric core that resided in her, and move it to another that could be trusted to lead and protect them, that could be trusted with the heart and origin of all vampires. and this worked! but certainly not without fall out along the way. 

however, with things in a strange kind of state of unease after this, heaven took it upon themselves to change tactics in a way. their great second coming plan was abandoned entirely, shelved. instead, metatron took charge with the approval from god herself and after outright defiance from their own rogue or fallen angels (like arielle and aziraphale), set some cruel plays into motion. aziraphale was tricked, lied to. the promise of freedom and protection and the return of stolen memories, in exchange for a ritual that would officially offer up the keys to heaven. however, what this actually did was cause masses of angels to be cast out of heaven entirely and stripped of their wings and power. heaven twisted this to make aziraphale look the villain, aligned with lucifer. and in turn, metatron offered those angels that had suffered a return to full power and heaven so long as they remained loyal. 

this act turned the tides of the war between heaven and hell and sets the stage for where we pick up now with lines being drawn. heaven making alliances with other powerful entities and factions, and hell doing much the same. people and groups that otherwise, would not associate, find themselves being called upon. 

so where might you fall? a specific side? or perhaps somewhere in the shadows or between the lines. perhaps nowhere at all. dive in, and find your part in the story.