The Red Plague

The Red Plague is a nine-person roleplay hosted by Jamsterbuggy. Like his previous RP Nightmares: A Small Hamlet, TRP takes place in a small town and features a village's worth of NPCs.

Plot

See also: The Red Plague/Logs

The year is 2043, and the world is still adjusting from the Great Power Outage of 2012. On March 14th, 2012, nearly all electronics ceased to work. It is estimated hundreds of millions died in the ensuing anarchy, but the exact number is unknown. No one knows exactly what happened either, but the most commonly accepted theory is that a strong EMP was launched into the stratosphere by some government. Whatever caused it no longer matters to the people, though, as the events that followed changed everything.

Countries struggled to establish communications with their citizens, a problem that still heavily persists today. Because of these poor communications, several countries were misled into thinking other countries were the cause of the Great Power Outage, leading to several small wars. Eventually these wars congregated in one massive whole, leading to World War III.

It soon become a well-accepted theory that Russia was the cause of the Outage. In retaliation, an action that everyone considers to be the biggest tragedy in human history, the United States, United Kingdom, and China nuked all of Russia. The attack was a surprise, and as such, nearly all of Russia's citizens were exterminated. Even worse, the reason everyone thought Russia was to blame turned out to be misinformation caused by the Outage.

The people lost faith in their governments because of this, and revolutions became common even in countries not involved in the nuking. Eventually, a single group known as the Army of One began popping up in many different regions. Unlike the revolutions, the AoO's methods were peaceful. They preached that the world should come together under one government, so that there could be a connected effort to reestablish communications and also to prevent a horrific event like the nuking of Russia from happening ever again.

The AoO succeeded in their goal and united the world. All the countries of Earth have lost their borders and go by a new name: Bennu. Although there are struggles with the loss of electronics, things have been getting better. Currently there is a focused effort on connecting towns to the Bennu system, which apparently drastically improves communication systems.

Cast

Player Characters

• Enoch Elberg, played by Swiggle
• Feng, played by Fafnir
• Michi, played by Crying
• Mint Lumiere, played by Liminori
• Ivy Rivera, played by Kestrel
• Uncle, played by Bokkun
• Oster Wise, played by Qlonever

Non-Player Characters

• Ozymandias