Aila 'The Sledge Queen'

Eden-227 is where this all takes place in. Just like DW, the planet lost its sun and the scavengers stayed behind after the collapse.

She often wields a sledgehammer, with her appearance consisting of a bloody golden crown, black hair, with purple highlights. She also wears bulletproof arm protection and mentioning arms, she does have chains on them.. she also wears a stash of bullets around her chest and dark gray jeans. Underneath that, she has a firefighter’s uniform, as to her background as she used to be a former firefighter.

Within the Demise of Eden AU, which is what we are in currently, she also wields a shotgun in addition to the hammer.

Though in the current moment, she’s dying!

‘Sure. The girl was a Queen.’

‘Royalty– Courtesy of the Raiders. But, that wouldn’t stop her.’

‘She’d die protecting her friends. She wouldn’t let any lives go in vain watching, letting them scream and suffer in her stead.’

‘No, she promised. She’d vowed.’

‘Of course she’d keep her word to the end.’

‘. . To the end. Ironic.’

‘She had an Iron will, that’s for sure.’

‘Raw determination and grit,’

‘Though,’

‘Quickly, she’d realize,’

‘Eden-227 No Longer had a place for heroes like The Sledge Queen.’

UMG / RIS / New Earth - Previous games. The Ulacylon MegaGroup corp' is a company based upon New Earth long ago. So far they have no ties nor jurisdiction over Eden 227.

The things they have done have spread over to Eden, but they do not ever encounter the place. "Servos" exist because of them. Cybernetic Enhancements too. Though they're cruel regardless of their charity.

// WE ARE THE FUTURE OF MANKIND. //

On New Earth, they would run a game series dubbed "Survival of the Fittest", they would cycle the trash of Earth's new Society, The Last Man Standing will be rewarded with "freedom". There have been exceptions, i.e. those who bring plenty of views from their presence alone. The best note of this would be "Rayzen", who was "freed" and then later captured, brainwashed and thrown back into the fight.

New Earth is essentially a couple continents artificially glued right back onto the face of the earth after Old Earth broke apart. DOUBLE THE SIZE of the American Continent. All the laws we know were rewrote by them. All previous life on earth was completely terminated as a result of the Corpo Wars, except Poultry and Farm Animals (due to cloning). Most exotic wildlife is dead. Outside of New Earth, it's all DEAD.

The Ulacylon Megagroup Corporation wasn't exactly beloved by all. Imagine one day your family is taken from you, thrown onto a game show against their will, pitted to death just for people's viewing pleasure... Not many would stand up to them, though the RIS made an appearance as an unknown "Freedom Fighting" organisation dedicated on bringing down the UMG. It's worth noting that RIS doesn't abbreviate to anything.

// "PROGRESS" WITH NO MORALS. // -- how dare they. ~ ris

A so-called "death squad" has been mentioned from time to time, donning "red colored hard suits", which would aparrently be focused exactly for combat. All we know is that it's speculation. Like a fairy tale or a myth among the Ulacylon Staff. Same goes with this "Void" guy people keep mentioning. Hard Suits are usually green, yellow, blue... Not all too sure about red though.

Eden-227 Welcome to Eden, a completely different system than the one we're used to, "Sol" or "The Solar System". The system features a tiny star, might've been a dwarf star. Plenty of these "Neo-Thermal Generators" were put up across every colonized planet in the system, so we can keep them warm. Eden 227 is one of those planets.

While there's no shortage of space on New Earth, and they could literally sustain almost twice as much human life there now, Eden was colonized for further intergalactic travel, because it's the perfect hub point between New Earth and further sectors in space.

It was a pretty normal civilization, maybe a little hostile due to the harsh climate due to the less-than-optimal Neo Thermal Generators. It was comparable to Chicago, Until The Collapse happened.

It's worth noting that Eden 227 is more city-like in nature, and the map itself would be FAR different to the one we have. Do not take all the map elements as "guaranteed canon".

The AGENCY The AGENCY is an organization which serves as a pseudo-government in case the government in New Earth failed, they feature an interplanetary focus and have ties to other organizations, (as mentioned in several perk descriptions) allowing distant imports i.e. RIS and UMG tech.

The Agency sends out waves of Agents. These agents can be your average joe, or a geared up "cyborg" with high-tech augmentations. Each "wave" of agents comprises of around 5 units, each which do different things. In normal circumstances, the wave counter should be NO GREATER than 1.

In the events of Decaying Winter:

Wave 1 was always on the planet, pre-prepared in the case if any form of dangerous event occurred.

The Neo Thermal Generators were starting to go out, and the Second Wave was deployed to investigate the Neo Thermal Generator sites, and prevent major losses from occurring. By the time they'd arrived, it was too late. Eden was already doomed.

The Third Wave would assist in helping the planet, with forced evacuation protocols having every single civilian removed from the planet. This team was led by some of the higher tier agents, Tier 5 agents. Notably, "Valorii" and "Yosef".

Following the forced evacuation protocols, Eden 227 was left under the new found jurisdiction of the Eden Restoration Unit - a private military company. Any remaining life would be terminated as a result, due to their trespass, and naturally this became the chaotic state of Eden as we know it, since the forced evacuation protocols left out A LOT of free stuff for people to "loot". Or better said... Scavenge.

It is notable that The Agency has forward operating bases on the planets, Wave 4 encounters one dubbed "Agency Facility E-6", which appeared to be a pseudo-call center and featured an emergency armory. This could possibly be for the First Wave Agents.

You could further this by claiming the ones in the Castle Echo were also First Wave Agents, due to there being only four in the echo. Four "Hardshells", but that is mostly speculation.

Agent Wave 4 (that's you)

Note from the author, it's come to terms that the ERU appeared some time after Wave 4 did, it's known Wave 4 did a "fcky wucky" for the most part, but it's entirely uncertain how we crashed. Remember that these ARE just theories and are not the official lore of the game. Due to Scavengers dropping in from out of the sky, willingly placing themselves onto the lawless planet of Eden 227, the ERU would assumingly setup anti-air systems. The Agency had no choice but to send out the fourth wave. The information on the now-inoperable Neo Thermal Generators was invaluable for them to retrieve. Wave Four was sent out.

What a mistake that was.

The ERU Anti Air systems (assumingly) performed a "f*cky wucky". Your dropship got shot out of the sky. You crash. All equipment you had except your augmentations and personal equipment are lost. Your pilot is dead. You're heavily injured and are now at a severe risk of sepsis, more commonly known to the community as the "Systemic Infection" system, heavily inspired by The Division Survival.

With your life on a countdown, your objective is to get out of there ASAP.

Hello can you hear us? This is not what we've expected but we have no other options. You guys need to stall them as long as possible while we try to get you guys out of here. Remember whatever is happening don't trust THEM. We can't hold the connection much longer. We might still get you guys out of there. But you have to survive 10 more days. We hope you can make it. Best of luck.

Reikgon and his Shadows Reikgon is an unknown being, not confirmed to be a god, nor a human. The only thing that's known about them is that they want to ensure the demise of Eden for one reason or another, and uses his Shadows for that purpose.

Reikgon's Shadows are creatures beyond human. They are often called "demons", although that's not their true name. They are called Shadows because that's what they are. Absence of light. They hold immense power and are capable of causing havoc and strife wherever they go. They live off of a human host, who also dies when the shadow dies. It's not known whether or not Shadows are scavengers or civilians who used to live on Eden before the collapse. For all we know, we could be killing innocent people.

"Reikgons" "Demons" "Shadows". Reikgon's Shadows are shadow entities. They are mixed into people, and they function weirdly.

The Skinner is a good example, one that has confused the community amass, it hides within that person. Not like a parasite, it controls the host.

The Sickler is aggressive, but sad. You know the Tip: Don't provoke the Sad Boy.

The Hanger has powers to make you think s*icidal thoughts.

The Hidden is a rip-off of Polter ( This is a joke )

Reikgon is said to be a person, but they could also be a Shadow.

The Leader of the Shadows can "control" the current situation.

Apostles are somehow connected to the Shadows and Reikgon and knows things nobody else does.

Sin The Reikgon's cult, also known as Sin (a name given to them by Zym), was situated on Eden for a very long time with unknown goals. They weren't that popular. But they have had a resurgence after the Collapse of Eden. Either they caused it, or they took advantage of the situation.

Between brainwashed people, people looking for a place to stay, or people willing to join for any other reason, this "cult" is kind of like livestock. Do not underestimate this livestock though! They took control of a whole stronghold, and they can annihilate you if you don't play your cards right.

To note, The Sin whom have taken control of Agency Facility E-6 are NOT the only organisation of them. There's many of them, and they're all somehow connected to Reikgon.

Where Reikgon can see, there shalt be sin.

"We will be there to bring them their reckoning."

The Scavengers The Scavengers are many "tribes" or "large groups" of criminals and bandits who stayed after the evacuation protocols or decided they would jump onto the looting band wagon after they forced all those civilians out. All that free stuff, just waiting to be stolen.. er.. "scavenged".

That's right, people willingly return to Eden 227 for Looting or the lack of law. The "Scavengers" are comprised of corrupt people, criminals or dangerous people - And there are a lot of these groups. Most being completely unnamed.

As of recent times, the third Wave went missing. some say the leader was one of those agents. They're also working alongside two other Agents. Body Guard types. He kind of has his whole band assembled. Don't know what he has planned for that group, though. It's best say we call him "Rogue", especially since he brings us no form of Aid during our greatest time of need.

While most scavengers are part of Yosef's group, not all of them are. They are criminals, and criminals aren't known to follow rules. They fight, and that's how Scavenger Wars happen. The scavenger's nightly raids on the Agents can be explained by lack of order and control within the scavenger groups.

The Raiders, mostly the Former ones. After the Collapse, it's not like they could evacuate everyone. Some people stayed behind. Most of the scavengers are just petty criminals, no combat training, nothing. The Raiders, however, are not petty criminals. They are an organized group of people with advanced training: police officers, firefighters, military personnel, all of that. "Elite scavengers" of sorts, however they do not belong to those lead-pipe wielding scavengers, and are 10 times as deadly as them.

The "Raiders" we encounter in the Wave 4 Agent Scenario (Normal Decaying Winter Gameplay) aren't actually raiders anymore.

Sledge Queen, a former firefighter - and not quite interested in the "leadership" idea - is who we'd call their "leader". Due to her interests and goals not matching up with the Raiders' initiative, she split off with her own group, who are now called the "Former Raiders" - and they are the group encountered in the base game.

Her Sledgehammer is a lighter model than most. The hammer's head was gifted to her by Rayzen from "Survival of the Fittest", even signed by him. While the hammerhead DOES come from Rayzen's "Decimator", the hammer Sledge Queen wields is NOT a decimator. There is no shotgun function. She is called the Sledge Queen. Not the Decimator Queen.

Her "Knuckleboom" augmentation was stolen from an Arbiter by the name of Oliver. Supposedly, Oliver attacked her long time ago, which forced her to kill him in self-defense. She claimed his wrist shotgun after his defeat, which was then surgically augmented onto her arm by an Agent-defector by the name of Hal. Hal is heavily suggested to have been killed by Valorii. It is likely Sledge Queen's Agent 'ZERO' container used to belong to Oliver as well.

Her group compromises of other individuals, people bearing fire axes, riot shields, car doors, firearms. They are likely of Firefighter / Military descent. High risk, High reward. That's what this compound is. You kill Sledge Queen and they'll all go away, letting the players get lots of free loot.

In the game and in-lore, the Raiders are a neutral faction, even to Wave 4. By "Neutral", they will not actively go out of their way to attack the players, only attacking when approached or provoked. We don't know for certain if this logic applies to the main band that the Raiders originally hailed from, or if this is just the group trying to conserve scarce resources.

Sledge Queen nor her Raiders do not have any relationship to The Agency. One interesting detail is that Executioner marks her as "Wanted by Agency" and the AGENT Device classifies her as a "High Value Target". This is likely due to her being a leader of the former raiders, similarly to Yosef, however Yosef is wanted for other reasons due to his ex-affiliation.

It's noted that they are "former raiders", the Raiders are a pre-established faction, Rayzen being one of the first ever mentioned Raiders - while also an unfortunate gameshow contestant. Not much is known about the main band of Raiders or their origins, but it's possible they only accept people who know how to take care of themselves - reflected by this small group of former-raiders.

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