Prelude

Something is wrong with the world. You've known it since you changed, becoming more than a mere animal. The source of your change has always been a mystery, one that ate at your guts like a hungry rat- demanding that you discover an answer.


But your master always counseled against looking. You were different. You knew this, but your master told you that this would mean that humans would fear and despise you. Your master told you that she herself was in hiding. And that both you and she must remain unknown to the outside world in order to remain alive.


But now your master Karai is dead, killed by the same mysterious sickness that has begun killing humans all over the city- and you assume also all over the world. Master Karai was lucky, she did not rise again as one of the hungry dead. You are grateful for such small favors now.


You have seen others like yourself: beings now more than animals, but decidedly not human. You can see no reason to stay hidden any longer. There are as many like you as there are humans now. Hiding does not protect one from the relentless shuffling hunt of the hungry dead. Hiding does not stop the dark dreams of deep space and hideous ancient gods that haunt you.

Before she died, your master wondered if 'the brothers' had survived. She mentioned New York in a fevered waking dream that followed. But you now live on the west coast of what used to be Canada, and New York is a long journey. But the world has changed, and you are orphaned by the only parent that you ever had. And so you decide to seek out these brothers in New York and see if they live and if perhaps they know something of your origins and something of the madness that now stalks the world.


Welcome to the...

PLANET OF THE MUTANTS