====== Change of Fate ======

//Change of Fate// is a [[http://faterpg.com/|FATE]] game being developed by several friends.

===== Timeline =====

  * **2000:** Reports of people with strange powers begin to filter into mainstream consciousness. Paranormal study programs are first established at major universities.
  * **2007: The Final War on Terrorism.** at 7:00am on July 7th, 2007, Al Qaeda launches a coordinated attack on London, Moscow, New York, Dubai, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro. A year-long counter-offensive effectively annihilates Al Qaeda and mutes radical Islam as a political force.
  * **2015: The Korean Unification.** North Korea rattles its saber so much that the nations of the world broker a forced peace deal. Korea is re-united into a single country with two states, north and south.
  * **2016:** The first cases of a super-virulent mutation of AIDS called HAIDS (hemorrhagic acquired immune deficiency syndrome) are reported.
  * **2020: The African Quarantine.** HAIDS spreads so quickly that the entirety of sub-Saharan Africa is quarantined.
  * **2030: The Tibetan Force Field.** At approximately 10:38am on September 18th, 2030, a shimmering blue dome of blue light appears over Tibet and surrounding land. Nothing can get in or out.

===== Geopolitical Situation =====

  * The **United States** is basically unchanged, other than the rise of many strange cults.
  * **Russia** has become a major force again, thanks to the discovery of massive oil fields in the arctic. It's rumored to contain highly advanced magical research facilities.
  * The middle east is now primarily concerned with two growing superpowers: **Israel** and the **Islamic League of Peace** (Iran and Saudi Arabia), which are engaged in an ever-escalating technological/hacking cold war (think Neuromancer).
  * **Korea** is now a single country, but still very much divided into two states. The DMZ still exists.
  * **Japan** struggles with an aged population and a large influx of Korean refugees, but has become the world leader in integrating technology and magic.
  * **Sub-Saharan Africa** has been quarantined due to the outbreak of HAIDS.
  * **Northern Africa** and **Southern Europe** have formed the Mediterranean Hegemony of Equality, an EU-like economic and political group which comprises the nations surrounding the Mediterranean Ocean.
  * **China** has calmed down and now has a cordial--if often strained--relationship with the rest of the world.
  * **Europe** is freaking out.
  * **Central America** has dissolved into territories run by drug cartels.
  * **South America** is relatively unchanged, though there's a lot of magical research in the rain forests.

===== Characters =====

  * [[Abhay Dhasmana]] (Kelly)
  * [[Eva Wu]] (Lara)
  * [[Seamus O'Riley]] (Sean)
  * [[David Roscoe Osbourne]] (Sasha)
  * [[Brandons Characgter]] (Brandon)