The Final March

The dust billowed across the plain removing all vision from those that entered this dead land, though this is where many were passing through. Through the wasteland towards those that had began to inhabit the world once again. the world had come to an end not through human kinds own meddling but through something none of them saw coming, the arrival of a god and his army. 300 years ago there was a legend that one day a god shall appear and bring unto this world his divine will now many people thought this meant he would save them from evil and take them to the next life and if not that then he would remove all suffering and pain from it instead. This legend created a large group of followers who quickly became a great power, this religious order was called the Followers of The new Sun. They all had a symbol of a large sun with crossed blades over it on their clothes. They went around spreading their future gods word and trying to root out all those who were against them of which there were a few but the main one being a splinter group of their own group. The Followers of the Dread god. These believed in another part of the legend that only a select few had kept in their heart, I myself do not know it but I do believe that these were the ones that got the true gods wishes.

Anyway when the god arrived he declared that all who followed his orders blindly shall be taken to the realm of the gods to be immortalized, his first order being a sacrifice of over half the worlds population and with that around the world millions died by various means so that a few people could appease a strange being. His next order being the abandonment of all modern items. Power and machines mainly, and with that power stations were destroyed and factories demolished. The world re-entered the feudal era as swords and armor became the only things available to protect yourself, as this went on the god and his followers gained control of an entire continent and all those that did not follow him fled to the other remaining lands where his power was not as strong. Now then I bet you are wondering how I can tell you this it is because, well I am only a recording one of a few bits of tech that run on batteries and this is my message. That god must be stopped before he destroys this world completely now if you shall take up arms you will need help. Band together and bring back the world we once knew.

"Captain we have been camping for ages when are we going to start moving again?" Asked a young soldier, The one he called captain was stood outside of the camp overlooking the valley they had yet to enter. The captain dressed in dirt coated trousers and shirt a duster providing some protection blew in the wind.

"We shall not be moving to the rest of the army young one." The captain replied. The young soldier was confused and went on about how the main force had gone on ahead 20 nights ago and that this unit was to follow ages ago. He kept on saying that the captain would be tried for insubordination. The captain just smiled and stared out over the valley, he took a few steps forward before turning to look at the young one.

"We are not going after them as they have been wiped out by the Fodg. I got a report by carrier pigeon a few nights back. As the army reached then end of the valley they were ambushed and wiped out after a few hours of fighting, the last order command sent was to put me in complete charge in all remaining forces." The captain calmly told him.

"Wha wha, the entire force was taken out. How many of the followers are there in this area and uhhh. Wait if they wiped out the force they would be heading towards us, then why aren't we heading home. The soldier replied.

The captain explained that as he was now in charge he had come up with a tough decision, they could either flee home or stand and do all they could to hold the Fodg back. Captain went on that he had thought about leading the forces home but after being unable to truly decide.

"In the end I had to choose between making sure we all saw our families on last time and being know to others as cowards or staying here to fight the Fodg with what little men we have an not see our families yet be known as ones who sacrificed themselves despite knowing this." The captain told him.

The young soldier started yelling that he did not wish to die now, not here in a wasteland, not here away from his fiance. The captain sighed and walked towards him, he rested his hand on his shoulder and smiled.

"Don't worry my friend I am not forcing you as you will now see."

"Men! I have something to tell you that I should have said a while ago, our main force is gone due to the Fodg. Now they march towards us and I am in command now. I myself have decided to stay here and hold the Fodg back for as long as possible, I have decided to remain here in this god forsaken land away from my family and die here. I will not force you to remain here with me but know that if we do not stand then our families shall fall to this forsaken army and that we shall be called cowards by others who fight for the same goal as us. So I give you a choice march home this instance or stand with me weapons drawn and die a sacrifice!" The captain bellowed to the camp.

There was a murmur of voices before a large roar of support broke out and the group of people headed towards the valley entrance, the captain turned back to the young soldier and held out his hand. The young soldier breathed deeply before taking it.

"To glory my captain, I ask that I be allowed to fight by your side but also that I may send a message back home." The soldier asked. The captain agreed and the soldier wrote his note.