The Crusades

The Crusades are a series of Events after the initial conflict between The Dragon and Hermes involving the entire human population waging war against the Abyss spawn and trying to recover Hermes from The Abyss.

Following the Battle of Tangier and the departure of Hermes and The Dragon, humanity, now armed with Grimoires and under the effect of Post Unity Reality Dissociation Syndrome regrouped and established a fighting front against the Abyss Spawn across Earth.

Humanity's main goal throughout the Crusades was to push back the Spawns, reclaim landmasses, and finally traverse The Abyss to rescue Hermes. For this, many Fronts were created all over Earth to recover key locations to establish a supply chain to further advance the war efforts. Also, the Vanguard was assembled, a strike team of highly capable operatives meant as a symbolic and effective branch of the new military structure.

It should be noted that during this period, internet connections have been disrupted, and some technology like spacecrafts and satellites are very limited, as are many industrial facilities previously at hand, mostly because of being overrun by Spawns and sometimes because of the effect of the Hermes Awakening. According to records and remnants from the Crusades, each front specialized in different kinds of warfare, being noted that the Japanese front, for example, employed the Mechas they built for the War of Miracles.

The Crusades ended when the Vanguard made a last push supported by the entire military fleets of the joined Fronts on the last stronghold of the spawns where a gate to The Abyss was available. During this push, half of the Vanguard as well as thousands of soldiers died, with the gate being closed and sealed but Hermes remaining on the other side.

The Crusades Era gave path to a new world emerging from the ashes of what remained of the old one.