A realm of mirrored untruths

Contact with elder races of the realm was expected to usher in an era of prosperity and advancement. Instead, mankind ambitiously embraced alien weapons of mass destruction and grotesque genetic transformations. Guided by our new alien benefactors, we embroiled ourselves in doomed galactic wars that led to complete annihilation of the origin world.

In a desperate gamble to save humanity, cradle ships carrying the last of the unadulterated embryos were sent out to far-off worlds.

The gamble did succeed, but at a cost that would endure for millions of years to come.

Now, humanity survives as fragmented colonies in disparate worlds.

A new empire emerges that aims to unify all of the human race under the umbrella of a monarchy whose might rivals that of the great powers of the universe. Behind the quest for human supremacy is a zealous warlord who supposedly sacrificed his own life for the betterment of mankind. Transformed into a sentient megaconstruct, he governs trillions of lives, but his true intentions are known to no one.

Secluded in a colossal cosmic control center, the God King leads an endless crusade, his relentless ambition assimilating world after world.

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