AVOGON

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Knux_nyan

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The world in question is an interesting one. Over all, it consists of beautiful countryside, rolling hills, majestic mountain ranges, and all around impressive scenery. Except for one area. This area extends from one end of the world to the other, dividing it in half, and is sixty miles wide. A dark cloud of smoke covers it, and the towns that used to be within this area have been all but abandoned by their original populations, the husks of shattered buildings leaving only echoes of the hustle and bustle that used to fill the towns. The once beautiful countryside has been decimated by this world's one, chronic disease: war.

Here, the two races, the Draconians, in their brown/crimson uniforms and camo, and Erudians, beige and tan, clash in vicious battle, slaughtering each other by the thousands, creating this battlefield, fittingly called "The Scar" by both sides. Artillery shells whizz overhead, and the area is filled with the constant chatter of machine gun fire and explosions. Tanks trundle across the war-torn landscape, lobbing shells across the battlefield to explode in either another tank, or among a group of soldiers, cutting them down like a scythe. Infantrymen charge from their foxholes, screaming battlecries as they try to overrun the enemy positions, and sometimes they do, which shifts the front lines by a mile or two, though often they are pushed back within the week. In the abandoned cities, house to house fighting compresses the soldiers and tanks into the crowded streets and buildings, and fighting often devolves to hand-to-hand. Of course, the battle isn't just limited to the ground...

In the air, Erudian and Draconian planes streak almost gracefully through the air, trying to outmaneuver and shoot down their opponents, while at the same time, trying to provide air support to the ground troops or escorting massive two-and-four-engined bombers across the Scar, which try to break through the literal walls of antiaircraft fire that the ground throws up at them, so that they may continue to their targets....

Once free of the Scar, the bombers continue to their targets, which can consist of factories, warehouses, military bases, airfields, or, horrifyingly, civilian centers, in a tactic called Terror Bombing, the only objective of which is to demoralize the enemy by killing their civilians. The closer to the Scar the town is, the more damage it will have inflicted to it by bombers, but it will also have more antiaircraft defenses as well. The further back one goes, the less defended yet less damaged the towns get, though there are two towns that have minimal damage, but are very heavily defended, and located very, very far from the Scar. On the west side, you have the Erudian's capital, Cruz.

Cruz is a very lively city, with the streets hustling and bustling with activity and liveliness, the only signs of war being the anti-aircraft guns mounted on the rooftops, the squads of soldiers who do their routine patrols, and the occasional air raid siren, which goes off either as a simple drill, or sometimes in the event of an actual air raid. Despite the defenses, Cruz is not completely untouched by the Draconians. In a few places, entire blocks have been reduced to rubble by Draconian bombers, and rescuers are seen plying through the wreckage looking for survivors. On every street corner, there are posters urging the civilians not to give up, or telling them to do their part, or, most often, demonizing the Draconians as ruthless monsters that will not hesitate to kill them. Even with the war having gone on for centuries, many Erudians still feel a deep sense of pride, and the recruiting offices are rarely empty.

The polar opposite of Cruz is Kaltenstien, Draconia's capital, located to the east. It has a more medieval feel to it, with large stone walls and squat, solid buildings. Despite this, it is just as active as Cruz, and even the same in a few ways, though it is a lot more...formal. The bustle is quieter, with people only talking in social areas, like bars, restaurants, coffee houses, or parks, and the military presence is higher, with not soldiers but tanks patrolling the streets. The people quietly, but contentedly go about their business, though they cast an apprehensive stare to the skies whenever the drone of an aircraft engine is heard. Like Cruz, though, many of the rooftops have AA emplacements, and there are large areas of the cities reduced to rubble by Erudian bombers. Also like Erudia are the propaganda posters, denouncing the Erudians as sneering imperialists who want nothing more than to take your home and the clothes off your back before enslaving you to work in the mines.


However, a new set of colors have made their appearance in the Scar: Black and White. Every now and then, a group of Nobodies or Heartless will suddenly appear, and begin attacking both sides simultaneously, both on the ground, or in the air. At these points, something amazing happens: The Erudians and Draconians stop, for just a second, and begin working together to defeat the new enemies. On the ground, Draconian tanks will provide support for Erudian soldiers as they charge into the Heartless' or Nobodies' formations, using numbers and sheer firepower to defeat the hordes to compensate for not having, or even knowing about, Keyblades. In the air, Erudian fighters will work alongside Draconian bombers as they turn their guns against aerial and ground-based Heartless/Nobodies, shredding the creatures apart with a blaze of gunfire. The battles crop up every now and then, and vary in length, depending on what Heartless/Nobodies arrive and in what numbers, but in the end the creatures are dispatched, and the Erudians and Draconians continue their fighting, just as it always was, and as it will always be. Or so it seems....